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I slept, I cried...Rakim, backed by The Roots, revisits Paid In Full

Friday, June 24, 2011 0 comments

Legend Rakim, the infamous Roots band and a small intimate setting at the legendary Blue Note jazz lounge will forever be remembered how the Hip-Hop classic Paid In Full album was honored last night in New York City. The original god MC was a special guest of the Philadelphia band who’s been putting on a series of shows at the lower Manhattan venue.

With lines snaked around the corner from the hotspot waiting to be a part of history, Ra didn’t dissapoint his fans peforming the album in it’s entirety.

Rakim is an MC who hails from the era of hip-hop when samples were the source of most of rap music's booming sounds. Wednesday night, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the iconic and influential MC's debut album, Paid in Full, Rakim performed his seminal classic in its entirety with The Roots providing all the backing instrumentation.

Has it been TWENTY-FIVE years since this album dropped? It's been a long time...

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Music Video: College Boyz - Victim Of The Ghetto

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 0 comments

Remember Conrad from Weeds? Or Jay from 40 Year Old Virgin? Well those characters were played by Romany Malco, who before all that was a successful rapper in the group College Boyz. They had a hit in 1991, with "Victim of the Ghetto" which went to number one on the Rap charts.
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Music Video: Pixies - Alec Eiffel

Thursday, May 12, 2011 0 comments
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Sh!t Just Got Real!

Friday, April 29, 2011 0 comments
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