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When Hip-Hip Was Hip-Hop: Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh’s 1984 Performance At Lincoln Project

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Dec 302011
 

The year was 1984 and the first Macintosh computer went up for sale, the first consumer CD player became available and forensic scientists developed genetic fingerprinting technology. On television we were watching Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins and Terminator while artists like Phil Collins, Tina Turner, and Stevie Wonder rocked the pop charts.

The early hip-hop heads were having none of that and breaked to the mixes of Kool DJ Red Alert, the Fat Boys rapping out Can You Feel It, and Newcleus with Jam On It. Party goers in New York might have been around to hear live music from the likes of Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh and one of their early live performances took place at Lincoln Project, NY. If you missed it, were too young or not even born, this is for you and the true heads out there. La Di Da Di, we like to party!

Shouts to StupidDOPE for this one.

50 Cent Live In NYC

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Dec 302011
 

Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ was a classic album. 50′s failure to recognize this and his reluctance to embrace this notion has been the reason he has not been successful since. While his other albums went platinum and gold, nothing he’s released has ever come close to being as good as his first release. You would think at this point that 50 would understand that and give the fans a rundown of the classic album. I guess he’s spending too much time drinking Vitamin Water instead.

Big K.R.I.T. The Fader Documentary

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Dec 292011
 

If there was one person in 2011 that impressed me beyond belief, it’s Big K.R.I.T. Speaking with numerous upon hundreds of people regarding his talent, everyone said amazing things. There is nothing not to like about the guy. He understands hip-hop, he makes his own beats, and he doesn’t beef around (cough cough GAME). Be on the lookout for his album, Live From The Underground early in 2012.

Forbes Interviews Mac Miller

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Dec 282011
 

Mac Miller was lucky enough to find his way into Forbes magazine at the end of 2011. As a result, he got to chop it up with some unknowledgeable business journalist about remaining independent, rising to #1 on Billboard.com and his comparisons to Eminem and Wiz Khalifa.

Elzhi-Memory Lane (Video)

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Dec 282011
 

In this video, Elzhi takes his audience back in time to the Mid-90′s, and into Maurice Malone’s Hip-Hop Shop. The Shop was the heart of the Detroit hip hop scene where many collaborated, battled and shared music. It was there that a young Elzhi first grabbed the microphone to prove that he had the ability to become one of the greatest rappers alive.

Music executive and artist manager Jae Barber, also a Detroit native, provided an authentic picture of the world Elzhi revisits in his nostalgic spin on Nas’ classic song, “Memory Lane.” The video includes rare visuals of various artists such as Eminem and Royce da 5’9. Amongst the many artists included are the late Baatin, Proof and J Dilla. If this isn’t video of the year, I don’t know what is.

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