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ML Fun Facts! (10/1/08)

Unlike the last two, there’s no theme for this month’s Fun Facts, just good ol’ random shenanigans. With school picking up steam once again, nowadays the creative juices are flowing more like Jim Jones than Rakim. 1. Inspectah Deck had a cold when he recorded his verse for “Stick Me..

1 Oct
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Beat Drop Hip-Hop

Beat Drop: The RZA.

As a Wu-Tang stan — and a stubborn one, at that — I always hated reading and hearing people say shit along the lines of the Wu being “over”, or “dead”, or trying to start rumors that they were “breaking up”. Yes, the quality of music coming from the Wu..

25 Sep
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Fun Facts Hip-Hop

Rappers’ First Jobs: Another ML Fun Facts! Special Presentation (9/1/08)

(Image courtesy of The Smoking Gun and the other sites emphatically tagged over the pic) So, has this whole ordeal about Rick Ross being a C.O. in his former life — you know, back when he was mere mortal William Roberts and not “the biggest bawse that you’ve thus far”..

1 Sep
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Hip-Hop

Introducing Benisour.

They say you can’t please all of the people, all of the time… maybe so, but you can try to please as many different demographics of people separately, and, if all goes well, you can end up pleasing all of the people bit by bit. That seems to be the..

27 Aug
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Concerts Hip-Hop Metal Lungie Diggin Rock Something to View

Rock The Bells, San Bernardino, CA (8/9/08) Recap.

To ensure that you, ML’s faithful readers, get the most in-depth recap of this year’s Rock The Bells festival in sunny Southern California as possible, I’ve made sure that reading this entire post will take about 12 hours. Grab a snack and enjoy… (more…) Sphere: Related Content

12 Aug
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Beat Drop Hip-Hop

Beat Drop: Curtis Mayfield.

Before there was… … there was… Like previous Beat Drop subject Isaac Hayes (and unlike all other Beat Drop subjects), Curtis Mayfield has not produced any hip hop records — at least not directly. However, he has produced, written, and performed (either with his heavenly voice or ability to play..

4 Aug
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Fun Facts Hip-Hop

“Takeover” vs. “Ether”: A ML Fun Facts! Special Presentation (8/1/08)

To celebrate this feature making a fifth installment, I thought I’d base this month’s Fun Facts! around a theme. With rap beefs being the subliminal-laden wars-of-words that they are, I figured I’d be doing a service to solve some of the mysteries behind one of hip hop’s most legendary feuds…..

1 Aug
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Beat Drop Hip-Hop

Beat Drop: The Neptunes.

The “Neptunes sound” is candy sweet. Allow me to explain (so that I don’t have to say “no homo”)… Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, despite their initial successes as hitmakers for the likes of Noreaga and Ol’ Dirty Bastard, are responsible for some of the most “bubble gum” music of..

21 Jul
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Fun Facts Hip-Hop

ML Fun Facts! (7/1/08)

Time for more Fun Facts, and, remember, the offer from last month’s installment still stands. 1. Madlib conceived and recorded Quasimoto’s The Unseen during a week-long psilocybin binge.* 2. 2Pac began his career as a roadie and back-up dancer for Digital Underground. 3. While a member of Cash Money Records,..

30 Jun
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Hip-Hop Remix Tuesdays

Remix Tuesdays: Cormega.

How long has it been since Cormega’s last new album, ’02’s The True Meaning? “6 years” is the easy answer, but consider this: the original title to its follow-up — Urban Legend — was swiped by T.I., which led Mega to change the title to The Inevitable. This happened in..