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With all this talk about Diddy’s Last Train and Dr. Dre’s Detox, YFWB wanted to remind readers about a 1996 album that almost ended the good Doctor’s career. Don’t act like you didn’t buy it – and hated it. |
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As I mentioned on Twitter this week, Kodak has a great profile of my man John Gotty one of the founders of The Smoking Section. Click here to watch the video. In watching the other videos (B. Dot from Rap Radar, Angela Yee, etc) I was really pleased to see they were all [...] |
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We return with a regular feature on YFWB: “The Streets Say”, where we offer a collection of the most on-point reviews on the latest hip-hop releases. On deck: Redman’s “Redman presents….Reggie” |
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Bad Boy Records and Sean Combs have been a force in hip hop for some time. There is no debate that they ruled the late 90′s with the introduction of the Notorious B.I.G., Craig Mack, Ma$e and even Diddy (Puff Daddy then) himself. They introduced a new sound and a new direction (a.k.a. the “Shiny [...] |
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YFWB readers probably know about what happened to On Smash and DaJaz1 by now. But if you don’t, the lowdown is that both sites were seized by the federal government for alleged copyright infringement. This was part of a larger effort by the feds to clamp down on pirated music. I should say from the [...] |
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With Christmas around the corner, Hova has decided to bless us with a greatest hits collection. Of course, the problem is that if you’re a fan, you already have most (or likely all) of the tracks included in such a collection. I have to give credit to the record company – they did throw in [...] |
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One dope dude, Rizoh, has penned a definitive list of how heads who love this hip-hop sh*t can save it – in many cases, from itself. Rizoh has posted the entire list on The Rap Up and it’s worth reading and heeding. My favorites: 5. Stop dubbing every new jack “the next great” this and [...] |
