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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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Watching The Throne: Do Disgruntled Retailers Have A Point?
Last Thursday an assortment of independent retailers, aka ‘mom & pop record stores’ issued a statement through the Record Store Day channels urging Jay & Ye to put a stop to their deal with Best…
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Seun Kuti On Rap: They’re All Traitors To Hip-Hop
With most rappers either creating lame duck marketing disses or swallowing anything worthwhile they might have to say as to not disturb rap’s circle jerk, it’s actually refreshing to hear somebody throw in a couple…
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“Smart is the new gangsta”- One on One with Black Rob
Black Rob is certainly glad to be free. Couple that with the fact that his new album, Game Tested, Streets Approved, drops next week, and you’ve got one lively man to talk to. So lively,…
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TRU Brain Trust Reviews Jay-Z & Kanye West’s “Otis”
Aaron Sometimes you just know a classic track when you hear one.Kanye and Jay’s first official cut off Watch the Throne has been released, no HAM. Fortunately, they ditched that disappointment and crafted the masterpiece…
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UNDRCRWN & Mixstream Present Mick Boogie – Excursions
If you fox with mixtapes, you know Mick Boogie goes in with the special compilations. With the Beats, Rhymes and Life movie recently dropping, A Tribe Called Quest talk has been heavy, with a number…
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Illegally Tapped Phone Conversations By Rappers
With all the hullabaloo around the phone hacking scandal with Rupert Murdoch and the demise of British tabloid News Of the World you’d almost forget the real victims. We at TRU HQ don’t condone these…
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Thank You, Fonce Mizell
Alphonso ‘Fonce’ Mizell has passed away. Together with his brother Larry Mizell he formed the production duo ‘The Mizell Brothers‘ that produced many jazz, soul and r&b classics laying the foundation for vast amounts of…
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TRU Presents: The 10 Greatest Wu-Tang Videos
Remember Cappadonna’s ‘Milk The Cow‘? It was one of the highlights on his solo debut in 1998 so I was surprised to suddenly see a video pop up online that I had never seen. The…
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My Little Wu-Tang Clan: Shame on a Nigga
This is epicness. Props to whoever put this together; it’s hilarious and perfectly executed. Dirty is no doubt smiling in his grave right now.
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Before They Were Famous: 10 Little-known Debuts from Big-time Rappers
Many rappers have crafted some classic debuts that are superior to anything in their respective catalogs. Think Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Ready to Die, etc. Still, there have been more than a few rappers who struck…
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Alicia Keys At The BET Awards 2011
I can’t honestly be bothered to hammer out more sentences about it than that, so enjoy some pics of Miss Keys her performance instead.
