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How Mixtape Weezy Turned My Hip Hop Love Affair Into A Full Blown Marriage
When we talk about the inception of hip hop, we should start with Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, The Sugarhill Gang, and a host of other crucial players in the development and progression of the genre. Those who heard Rapper’s Delight on the radio and rocked Adidas (Run DMC),…
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Exploring The History of Unique Voices In Hip Hop (Editorial)
Since the birth of hip hop in the late 70’s there have been a slew of artists with strong personalities. Taking it back to the mid/late 80’s we can look at Flavor Flav. Public Enemy was a revolutionary group for the genre of hip hop and music in general, but Flavor gave the group, well,…
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Wiz + Curren$y’s How Fly collab project made me believe in mixtapes
In 2008 I was a freshman at Northeastern Illinois University. I attended Carthage in Kenosha initially, hoping to major in social work. I despised Carthage; the choice to go there was heavily influenced by my guidance counselor from my snobby, upper class, private high school. I wanted diversity and I wanted a school I could…
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Intro to flowsfordays via Weezy F Baby
I’ve never been a fan of trilogies. I read the first Harry Potter book at age 10 and loved it, but didn’t keep up with the barrage of books that followed. Call it laziness, or perhaps a lack of focus in those playful years of basketball leagues, Crazy Bones (if you are a 90’s baby…
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