The work the producers did on these records was some of the best of their respective careers. Even now, putting on tracks like O.C.’s "Time’s Up" (Buckwild), Jeru’s "Come Clean" (Premier), Meth’s "Bring the Pain" (RZA), Biggie’s "The What" (Easy Mo Bee), ...
In truth, I enjoy Thanksgiving as much as most, more than many and less than a few; being my first year away from family and friends during this festive period, I wondered how I would feel spending so much time with people I’ve only known for many months/a few months/a few weeks/...
Its beats may have been firmly based in American funk and disco, but hip-hop’s attitude and techniques were heavily Jamaican. Many of hip-hop’s founding fathers were of Jamaican heritage. DJ Kool Herc, often cited as the pioneer who made hip-hop rock the block in the first instance, ...
bringing to a close the violent cross-country rivalry that had dominated the 1990s rap world and enthralled the media and the public. Astonishingly, the Biggie Smalls murder also remains unsolved, and Wallaceâ
at least for me. It also gave me a taste of what touring was really like. I met some cool kids too. I brought tons of mixtapes that I had planned to sell, but I ended up giving most of them away, cuz so many of these kids were so clearly starving for hip hop I felt bad cha...
“I’m going, going, back, back to Yosemite,” I say, invoking the lyrics of Biggie Smalls, my hand scratching an invisible record. “You should work with me at the winery,” Dave says. “Stay with me at the house in the vineyard.” ...
And this was a large urban school district, the majority of kids are Black and Latino. The vast majority of them are on free and reduced lunch and so, the typical story of many of these large schools and school districts. CS: And this was a moment where some of the discourse was ...
“Honestly, I did not really know anything about Biggie Smalls,” said Carson. “But while I’m watching, I’m thinking to myself, ‘Hold on a second here. This is all interconnected. These are all the same guys.’” Carson realized that the tactics used in the Biggie Smalls ...