Jason De Zilva

9

M.O.P. :: First Family 4 Life

Jason De ZilvaSeptember 26, 2006

As Billy Danze states in the opening skit to "First Family 4 Life," things were "way out of control." The divide between underground and mainstream music was i... Read More...

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7

Potluck :: Straight Outta Humboldt

Jason De ZilvaSeptember 12, 2006

According to online magazine 3am Magazine, "Humboldt's herb virtually every other strain grown in North America seem like second-rate Mexican schwag weed." Th... Read More...

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9.5

Show & AG :: Goodfellas

Jason De ZilvaAugust 29, 2006

"I love hip-hop â€“ Not Rock 'N Roll/Yeah I'm a giant, and I got lots of soul" From the outset of Showbiz and AG's 1991 EP lead single "Soul Clap," the Bronx n... Read More...

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6.5

Defari :: Street Music

Jason De ZilvaAugust 22, 2006

The Likwit Crew (Defari, Dilated Peoples, King Tee, the Liks, and Xzibit) have distinguished themselves in the West for bumping atypical music of their area by... Read More...

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8

Nicolay :: Here

Jason De ZilvaAugust 15, 2006

Nothing speaks more to the modern internationalization of hip-hop music - identified by its increased computerization - than the story of Nicolay. His coming t... Read More...

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9

Artifacts :: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Jason De ZilvaAugust 8, 2006

By 1994, several Hip Hop duos had already established a high-quality standard in back-and-forth rhyming amidst unbridled chemistry and fluent exchanges that imp... Read More...

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