Posts Tagged ‘ Guru ’

Rest in Power, Guru

July 19, 2011
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com A little over a year ago hip hop lost a legend, Keith Elam, better known as Guru. While controversy clouded his passing, in life he gave us years of incredible music with and without his Gang Starr partner DJ Premier. Whether lacing Premo’s beats with his signature voice or working...

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Bahamadia – Kollage

May 18, 2011
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Bahamadia – Kollage

As seen on The T.R.O.Y. Blog In the small pond of female MCs, an artist like Bahamadia who has not had to resort to selling  sex appeal, is a rarity. Her unique, soft-spoken yet eloquent words made her debut Kollage an album that is both relaxing and challenging. With a backdrop of all-star production from...

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Hype > Lyrics

September 9, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com The usual response you’ll get from those true and tired hip hop heads (sorry but I hate that term, #justsayin) when you ask what the most important skill an artist must possess is, will be that it’s the lyrics. Without words that make you think, or brilliantly articulate an important...

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The Future of Hip Hop

May 15, 2010
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As seen on RepPGHHipHop.com In hip hop we have always had the uncanny ability to look at the past, whether it be for important reasons such as pulling samples to create beats or cut hooks, or for the overdone debates of who was the best MC in 1987 and what the best album from...

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