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The Top 3.9 Hip-Hop Songs Of The Week
September 12, 2012 in Sound of the City
The philosopher Jiminy Cricket once famously said, "Just look at the morning paper. Turn to any page. You'll find the whole world worryin' about some future age. But why get...
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The Fall Of Curtis: How September 11, 2007 Changed Everything For 50 Cent
September 11, 2012 in Sound of the City
Let me indulge in a little bit of Jay-Z/Kanye fan fiction in the least 50 Shades of Grey way possible: Def Jam President and retired rapper Jay-Z was fed up. 50...
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The Top 5.33 Hip-Hop Songs Of The Week
September 05, 2012 in Sound of the City
The "b word" has been a staple of hip-hop for decades, although there's some linguistic shading as far as its use: women that aren't particularly awesome are called "bitches"; really...
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The Top 3.28 Hip-Hop Songs Of The Week
August 29, 2012 in Sound of the City
Rap has always had a dividing line between the rapper and the guy that yells out things on stage because it's America, damn it. That man used to be the...
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Which Member Of Slaughterhouse Went In Hardest On On The House?
August 22, 2012 in Sound of the City
There are two ways to tell if an upcoming album is going to be a letdown: • When the artist starts talking about his next project before the new project...
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So Nas Might Have Used A Ghostwriter. So What?
August 16, 2012 in Sound of the City
Earlier this week, one tweet and one blog post alleging that Nas had used ghostwriters—specifically, Jay Electronica and stic of Dead Prez—on his 2007 album Untitled. The tweet, by Jay-Z...
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The Top 3.66 Hip-Hop Songs Of The Week
August 15, 2012 in Sound of the City
Hip-hop is at its best when artists collaborate, challenging one another to create their best work, and this week's best hip-hop tracks are highlighted by a collection of odd couples....
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The Top 5 Rap Songs Of The Week: Olympic Edition
August 08, 2012 in Sound of the City
Action Bronson. There was a time when the best place to hear new music was Hot 97, when the sound of bombs going off would signal a song debuting across...
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The Top 3.75 Hip-Hop Songs Of The Week
August 01, 2012 in Sound of the City
Welcome to Sound of the City's scouring of the many hip-hop songs that drop every week in hopes of finding a couple of songs that stand out. This week we...
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The Top 3.5 Hip-Hop Songs Of The Week
July 25, 2012 in Sound of the City
The worst result of 21st-century technological advances, at least from a musical point of view, is the dual proliferation of DIY recording equipment and social media, allowing millions of—notice the...
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Does Nas's New Album Prove That Life Is Good For Older Rappers?
July 17, 2012 in Sound of the City
Something weird is going on in rap music; older rappers are as lost as Mitt Romney in a Dollar Tree. In a game dominated by the young, there doesn't seem...
