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The Top 13 Hip-Hop Songs For Summer

By J. Pablo Wed., Jun. 20 2012 at 2:00 PM
Categories: Cool Kids, DJ Jazzy Jeff, De La Soul, Dead Prez, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, J. Pablo, Large Professor, Playlists, Raekwon, The Roots

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Free lunch, fire hydrants on full blast and beach chairs on the sidewalk—yep, the summer's here Need a hand composing a playlist to go along with a hot and lazy day's activities? Just in time for the official start of summer (and today's 90-plus temperatures), SOTC has put together a list of the best songs we like to hear while poolside, seaside, passenger-side, or just sitting in front of a fan watching Do The Right Thing. (No, "Hot In Herre" is not on the list.) Drums, please...

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Blue Note Records' Ten Best Sample Sources

By Phillip Mlynar Thu., Jun. 23 2011 at 12:00 PM
Categories: A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Featured, J Dilla, Lists, MF Doom, Phillip Mlynar, Q-Tip

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Blue Note's cover art: Also an inspiration. (Original on the left, homage on the right.)
Hip-hop artists have never been shy about sampling songs from the vaults of the Blue Note jazz label, and few have pilfered with as much creativity and gusto as A Tribe Called Quest's one-time de facto leader Q-Tip. During Tribe's heyday, Tip mined heavily from Blue Note's stylistic peak in the '70s, with cornerstone tracks from the group's first three albums being hooked around jazz grooves. Ahead of Michael Rapaport's documentary about the band, which hits screens on July 8, here are ten Blue Note tracks that have been flipped into rap classics—including, of course, a liberal number of Q-Tip compositions.

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Top Ten Greatest Rap-Acronym Anthems

By Phillip Mlynar Tue., Feb. 1 2011 at 11:23 AM
Categories: De La Soul, Featured, Ice-T, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Killer Mike, LL Cool J, Lists, Prodigy, Schoolly D, Screwball, Smif-n-Wessun, Wu-Tang

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Kanye West and Jay-Z's Lex Luger-produced "H.A.M." is a creative union of the two biggest currently recording rap stars in the world -- as the lead single to the duo's upcoming Watch the Throne project, it's a feisty statement of intent. But more importantly, it's a fresh edition to the canon of wonderful rap songs tagged with (usually) brilliantly bad acronyms. With "H.A.M." Fever still in full effect, here are 10 of rap's biggest acronym-based anthems.

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Live: De La Soul, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, And DJ Premier Wax Gloriously Nostalgic At The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival

By Palika Makam Mon., Jul. 12 2010 at 8:15 AM
Categories: Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, De La Soul, Last Night, Live, Palika Makam, Pete Rock & CL Smooth

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De La Soul's Posdnuos, sweating it out. Photo by Palika.
Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Saturday, July 10

Fully equipped with chicken skewers and beer, a DJ tent, live street-art exhibitions, custom-made jewelry, and graffiti-styled T-shirts and hats for sale, the 2010 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival was a giant barbeque and flea market jumbled up into a Brooklyn-centric, old-school-hip-hop-celebrating rainy hot mess. And I mean that in the best way possible.

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