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Big L :: Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

Steve 'Flash' JuonFebruary 18, 2003

Tragedy struck the hip-hop world hard on February 15th, 1999. Lamont Coleman, better known to rap fans everywhere as Big L, was gunned down in the streets of Ha... Read More...

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EPMD :: Strictly Business

Steve 'Flash' JuonJanuary 28, 2003

The 1980's gave birth to a series of rap groups whose names would be forever etched in the hip-hop hall of fame: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, The Tr... Read More...

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DMX :: It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot

Steve 'Flash' JuonJanuary 28, 2003

Odd choice for a featured review? Not necessarily. As many music lovers, let alone rap heads know, January tends to be a slow month for new record releases. Th... Read More...

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OutKast :: ATLiens

Steve 'Flash' JuonJanuary 28, 2003

At first, their career seemed to be something of an accident. Andre Benjamin and Big Boi recorded what might have been a throwaway song for a LaFace Christmas ... Read More...

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Chilly Tee :: Get Off Mine

Matt JostJanuary 25, 2003

Taking hip-hop production and, more importantly, hip-hop music light years beyond anyone's wildest dreams on at least two Public Enemy albums, The Bomb Squad w... Read More...

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Too $hort :: Born to Mack

Steve 'Flash' JuonJanuary 25, 2003

Making his major label debut with "Born to Mack," Todd Shaw a.k.a. Too $hort was already well known to a concentrated fan base in and around Oakland, Californi... Read More...

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Reviews

Freeway & Jake One :: The Stimulus Package 2

A-F-R-O x Stu Bangas :: The Bad and The Ugly

Westside Gunn :: Still Praying

Big L :: Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

EPMD :: Strictly Business

DMX :: It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot

OutKast :: ATLiens

Chilly Tee :: Get Off Mine

Too $hort :: Born to Mack