Monthly Archives: October 2010

The Modern Day Classic

October 25, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com When hip hop hit its arguable peak, which many point to as being around 1998, I was 14 years old. I’d spent the greater part of my youth bumping everything from Wu-Tang to Snoop to the Boogiemonsters and everything in between. When the subject of classic hip hop is discussed...

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Who Cares if Keith Murray Knocked Out 2Pac?

October 19, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com Aight so a couple months back (seemed like more recently than that) a video came out in which Def Squad legend Keith Murray described an evening in which he chin-checked 2Pac and subsequently smashed a bottle over Damon Dash’s head (which is actually more impressive given the size of Dame’s...

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The Death of the Sample

October 14, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com I don’t think it’s news to anyone that hip hop is global, from the growing number of artists getting shine to the numerous examples of rap cultural influence in mainstream society. We’ve gone from street corners to corner offices (I think I stole that from Jay, who probably stole it...

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Talent Does Not Equal Relevancy

October 11, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com We all have our own personal tastes and while some are based on years of dedication to an artist’s entire catalog, other people just like what’s hot and could give a fuck less about the unreleased demo from 2004 with an extra verse on a later used track. Proving how...

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Nas Lost Pt. 62

October 8, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com So recently an e-mail was released that Nas apparently wrote to Def Jam with regard to the release date for his Lost Tapes 2 album. For those who remember back in 2002 when he was riding the wave of success following the overrated but still pretty good Stillmatic he released...

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Cocaine Rap

October 4, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com First off, I don’t condone the use or sale of illegal narcotics and myself have never been anywhere near anything of that nature. With that said, cocaine rap is one of the best sub-genres of hip hop we’ve ever had and when done right it produces easily some of the...

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