Articles Posted in the Lists Category
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7 Classic ItstheReal Videos (In Honor of Urbane Outfitters)
If you’ve been paying attention to TRU you’re already more than familiar with the brothers Rosenthal bka “it’s The Real”. In honor of their seven-track EP making its way to the web for free, we took a dive into the archives and came up with these seven classic videos from their humble beginnings.
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The Bloggerati Top 10 Rappers In The Game
With the annual frustration over MTV’s popularity chart fresh in our memory, we decided we could bemoan the state of things as they are, or take it upon ourselves to prove we could do it…
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Searching For Gold: 10 Great Songs From Crap Albums
Albums weren’t always as disposable as they are nowadays, even if they were pretty bad. Here are ten records that reeked as a whole along with the jewels they hid among their dirt.
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Notorious B.I.G’s 10 Greatest Opening Lines
Coogi sweater? Check. Gucci shades? Check. Insane opening lines? Check, check, check.
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The 15 Greatest Illuminati Lyrics In Rap
We’ve delved into the rich history of conspiracy theories on wax and came up with the top 15 references towards the secret society that wants your mind, soul and your body.
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The 25 Best Rap Love Songs
The homie Riz cooked up a solid list of rap Valentine’s songs for you and your wiz to go walk these dogs and represent Wu too, stream it right here.
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5 Questions Regarding Kurtis Blow’s Insane “Basketball” Video
Coming across this hip-hop classic song’s video today reminded me that frankly, it is insane. Here are five questions worth pondering regarding the weirdest basketball match you’ve ever seen.
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Black Byrd RIP: The 10 Greatest Donald Byrd Samples
Donald Byrd’s adventurous musical spirit and willingness to embrace the interpretations of his work by generations after him made an artist who’s influence on music, especially hip-hop, jazz and soul, is hard to overstate. Follow along for our ten favorite tracks that have Donald Byrd’s musical finferprints all over them.
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10 Tracks That Prove Dilla Ripped Mics Too (#DillaWeek)
Dilla’s status as one of the GOATs among hip-hop producers is undisputed. That is a shadow that looms large, even on Dilla himself, because his prowess on the mic is often overlooked. Dilla was a…
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11 Rap Songs To Respect Women To
Way back in the stone age of 2009, when TRU was still in its early years, Riz put up a very tongue-in-cheek and politically incorrect list of rap songs full of misogyny titled “11 Rap…
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The 13 Most Anticipated Hip Hop Albums of 2013
Hip hop releases slated for 2013 include albums from mainstream superstars, underground darlings and pretty much everyone in between…
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The 10 Greatest Comic Books of 2012
Besides a pretty big interest in rap music, I have a big passion for another quitessentially American form of pop culture: comic books. Here’s ten picks for comic books of the year from yours truly.
