Articles Posted in the Hip-Hop 101 Category
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Exact Date of Ice Cube’s “Good Day” Identified
We love rap nerds. Especially when someone like Donovan Strain posts the results of his scientific investigation to determine the exact date of Ice Cube’s “Good Day.” Sadly, we just missed an opportunity to celebrate…
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Lyrics Of Fury: Nas On ‘Triple Beam Dreams’
In today’s age of shout-along hooks and pop rap made for the common denominator, it’s reassuring to hear lyricism is still alive. Each month TRU picks a single verse out of the vast amount of…
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“FBI Try And Want Word With This” 10 Wu Quotes On The Feds
Sure, ODB could sound slightly paranoid every now and then. Okay, he sounded paranoid a lot of the time, but is it all paranoia when the feds are really gunnin’ for ya? It’s not like…
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Common Decodes ‘The Believer’ And ‘Respiration’
Common apparently wasn’t done ‘decoding’ his new album on his own YouTube channel and took some time to share his thoughts with shirt merchant’s side-hustle. He also delves into the backgrounds of his classic verse…
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Thank You, Etta: 5 Awesome Etta James Samples
Etta James has been fighting a bout with both dementia and chronic leukemia for quite some time. Her doctor has now announced there’s nothing left to do for her but pray. Having lost a homie…
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The Ruler’s Back: Why Hip-Hop Needs The Further Adventures Of Slick Rick
The Ruler’s back! Let the rap world rejoice as one of the most influential emcees to have ever graced the make has unexpectedly returned to spit a full track again, on a Premier beat no less. Reports say 70s and 80s babies may endure slight skippage of the heartbeat today.
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7 Clues to the Rap Game If You’ve Just Woken Up from the 90s
Let’s say you’re a hip-hop fan who’s been in a coma since the mid-90s and has just waken up. First off; Welcome back and kudos for mastering the internet right away, you’ve immediately hit on…
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Ol’ Dirty Bastard: Gone, But Not Forgotten
As of this week it’s been 7 years already since the greatest drunken boxer in the field of rap passed on to join the gods. While the man without a father to his style is…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Lecrae (The Christian Rapper on Statik Selektah’s new album)
“You probably watchin’ like ‘I never heard of him / I’d murder him / the nerve of him / rockin’ with P-p-p-p-remier, that’s so absurd of him’” -Lecrae Perhaps that verse during the 2011 BET…
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Who flipped it better? J. Cole Vs CRU
2011: J. Cole – The Sideline Story 1997: CRU Ft. Slick Rick – Just Another Case ORIGINAL: Rhythm – The World Is A Place (1976)
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They Reminisce Over You: Tupac Amaru Shakur
Today marks the 15th anniversary of one of hip-hop culture’s darkest hours. You’ve heard what happened 15 years ago, and the particulars have been explored a multitude of times, so instead of getting into that…
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15 Things 2Pac Did Better Than Almost Every Other Rapper
15 years have passed since hip-hop held it’s collective breath on September 13th. Tupac Shakur is still undeniably one of the biggest names the culture ever produced, as evidenced by these 15 points, one for…
