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Do The Right Thing: “Fight The Power” 30 Years Later
Closing out Black Music Month by reflecting on PE’s iconic “Fight The Power”.
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Ice Cube’s Path To Moguldom Is A Story Of Determination, Self-mastery And Ownership
From vilified gangsta rapper to media mogul, Ice Cube has had an eventful 50 years on Earth.
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“Everybody Say Ramo!”: Celebrating 35 Years Of “Beat Street”
“Beat Street” gave us the culture, complete with hip-hop, breakdancing, graffiti and the Bronx.
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“It Ain’t Hard To Tell”: 25 Years Later Nas’ “Illmatic” Still Reigns
“Walk the blocks with a bop, check the dames, plus the games people play, plus the problems of the world…
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25 Years After Their Wondrous Debut, Wu-Tang Still Brings The Ruckus
Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers triggered an East Coast Renaissance, paving a path that would later be followed by the…
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Celebrating 25 Years Of Midnight Marauders: A Musical Masterpiece
We pay homage to the underappreciated gem that was A Tribe Called Quest’s last epic album.
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30 Years After Straight Outta Compton, Ain’t Much Changed
This week marks the 30th anniversary of N.W.A.'s debut album, Straight Outta Compton. The project shifted the paradigm in H
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Mary J. Blige’s “What’s The 411?” Defined Urban Music’s New Culture
She was the girl everyone was being introduced to and yet they all felt they had known forever. She was…
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Celebrating 30 Years Of LL Cool J’s “Bigger And Deffer” Album
Once all the bells had been rocked and his radio had been lovingly placed on the floor, James Todd Smith,…
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Eric B. & Rakim’s Seminal “Paid In Full” Album Turns 30
There is no Hip Hop master plan that has ever been quite as unique or everlasting as the one formulated…
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