Articles Posted December 2011
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Funky Drummer J-1 Remembered (Video)
Eric Coleman of Mochilla made of video of the night he and his friends paid tribute to J-1, the drummer in Dam-Funk’s band who recently passed away while they were touring in Sweden.
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11 Great Albums You (Probably) Missed in 2011
We listened to tons of albums in 2011. We loved some, loathed some. Praised the good, dissed the bad. But there are only so many days in a year, so we also missed a few…
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Droop-E ft. Kendrick Lamar – Rossi Wine (Free my Mind)
This video makes me reminisce about the great city of Istanbul, though not a single shot is filmed over there. It does however, prominently feature a pastime that’s very popular in the city smack dab…
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…And Then There Was The Time Nike Released A Gold Plated Ski Boot
A few months back, Osamu Koyama, the designer behind jewelry label Complete Technique, mentioned briefly about the new ZF-1 snowboard boots from Nike Snowboarding and his participation in the upcoming Shoeshine Project 2012. The week,…
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The Top 20 Rap Songs Of 2011
2011 was a year with many faces in this world of rap. We saw emo-rap rise to prominence like never before while the man partly responsible for paving it’s way towards the mainstream dived headfirst…
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DJ Earworm’s World Go Boom Is The Ultimate 2011 Chart Mashup
Yeah, some of the source material is straight outta turdsville, but this is some very impressive mash-up mixing that’ll serve as a comprehensive time-capsule of the charts of 2011. Besides, you aren’t gonna rock a…
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Cuban Linx – Geek Down
♣ The 25 Best Comic Books Of 2011 [Complex] ♣ Universal Music Takes Down 50 Cent’s Official YouTube Video [Tech Dirt] ♣ 30 Amazing Photographs And The Stories Behind Them [BuzzFeed] ♣ A list of…
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Mr. Muthaf*ckin eXquire – Merry eX-mas & …
Christmas has come and passed, what’s left now is wrapping up the year-end lists and scouring the inbox and RSS feeds to see what we’ve missed while out celebrating with family and friends. The theme…
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HHIR Drops Epic Greatest Samples Of 2011 Compilation
The homie Ivan has just unleashed his samples of the year compilation. I know the word ‘epic’ gets thrown around to describe everyting from funny to mildly entertaining these days, but it’s fully applicable in…
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Classics Revisited: Geto Boys – We Can’t Be Stopped
These days, the word “classic” is thrown around as loosely as a Nerf ball at a picnic. However, we at TRU consider classics to be something which stand the test of time and have a…
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The Evolution of Tex-Mas [Infographic]
Did you get a “Merry Christmas” text this morning? It may not be the most unique message, but it was the first text ever sent to a cellphone. And it’s definitely more festive than, say,…
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What if yo child get AMMONIA?
Yes, every black person in Houston sounds exactly like this. Everyone. I’ve never met a black Houstonian that didn’t talk like this. We are a monolithic group. And yes, we’re all shoe connoisseurs. Look us…
