May 2013
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Roc Marciano feat. Cormega, "Ruff Town"
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In Search of Crooklyn Dodgers Sweaters
Bonus beats from the Crooklyn Dodgers oral history, wherein I ask who is still in possession of their original Crooklyn Dodgers sweater… Buckshot: “You know what? I don’t know where that is at, ha ha! I don’t know where a lot of things I’ve had is at and that sweater is definitely one of them.” Masta Ace: “Yes I do.” Special Ed: “Yes, I still...
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Fat Tony and Crowd-Surfing Cats
“I just played a show with Antwon a couple of months ago in a little town outside of Dallas and that was the craziest crowd I’ve played to in a while. Fist of all, a guy got a stray cat from off the street, brought the cat inside and started crowd-surfing the cat. Kids were passing the cat around. Then people were excited but also pissed, like it was animal cruelty. This girl grabbed...
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Dev Hynes on Janet Jackson's janet. album
“I first heard that record from MTV. I remember being struck by the videos, especially around that time as MTV and video were kinda like in full force so the songs and the videos to me at that point are one and the same. My sister had the album the week of release and I guess I was like eight years old. I looked up to my sister so everything that she would listen to religiously, I would also...
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“Drake is a legend like myself and he is so talented and loved and he has an...”
– http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/05/14/riff-raff-actor/
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The Doppelgangaz: Inside The Black Cloak World
I got to profile the Doppelgangaz for Impose. Handily, they’ve made my favorite rap album of the year so far with HARK:
There’s a brothel in an undisclosed location in Orange County, New York that hides a recording studio in its basement. Down inside that decrepit vault, towards the back of the building, two guys don full-length, hooded black cloaks and take on the monikers of EP and...
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The Crooklyn Dodgers: An Oral History
Q-Tip: “Spike Lee called me and asked me to do it. He just said he wanted Brooklyn MCs, so we had a screening of the movie and we had Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Masta Ace, Special Ed, Buckshot, a couple of other ones. We was watching the movie and ODB got up after ten minutes and was like, “Man, ain’t nobody getting shot in this movie!” and walked out. So it was the MCs that was left that got on the...
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April 2013
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RA The Rugged Man vs. Tony T
“There’s another great child rapper from Harlem who was murdered, his name’s Tony T. He came out with a record produced by the great Teddy Riley at the time, it was called “Expressing My Thoughts,” and this dude was like he had energy and he was hard! He came out with an album called Physical or something and his rhyme style was ill for a kid. I don’t know what...
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"I was just in the studio with Organized Noize the... →
Big K.R.I.T. talks about his next album plans.
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Young Guru on De La vs. Tribe
“I don’t want to sound like I’m dissing Tribe but we’re arguing the best of the best. It’s two groups that were from the same crew but in my opinion De La’s consistency wins out ‘cause I give Tribe two classic albums and I give De La three classic albums. People would argue whether or not those albums are classic but I consider Grind Date a classic. So...
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B.I.C.'s 'Influence' →
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“I look up to Larry David a lot and Curb Your Enthusiasm is also one of my...”
– http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/04/25/black-dave/
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Action Bronson's Finest Cover Songs Posted as... →
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Fat Tony, "I Shine" | Fresh Daily | Impose... →
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Modern Shark: No School™ Rap →
Free goodies from the rap label with the best t-shirts.
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ASAP Ferg’s Five Thoughts on Stepping Up Your... →
Following yesterday’s revelation that Azealia Banks is really good at ordering food, here’s the A$AP Mob’s in-house cheese expert.
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On Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge's 'Twelve...
This is Ghost, after all: We want medallions the size of dinner plates and bright yellow Air Max sneakers radiating in the midnight drizzle; we want outlandish stage directions, like big Ghost stepping off laughing or moseying off gracefully.
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“She’s a real connoisseur and really knows what she’s on about. She’s good at...”
– Lil Internet on Azealia Banks’s sushi credentials
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Talking Louis C.K., South Park, and Popcorn With... →
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Riff Raff Prepared for His ‘One Life to Live’ Role... →
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Learn To Speak French With Roc Marciano
Do you speak any French? Roc Marciano: ”[Laughs.] No. A little bit I learned in school but I wasn’t paying attention. My name is Rakeem and there wasn’t no French name for Rakeem so I remember saying “Je m’appelle Robert.” She gave me Robert instead of Rakeem! Vous applez vous, whatever that means, I remember saying that! I remember about two sentences!” More on Marci Beaucoup over at...
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“It’s like a scotch and a cigar album!”
– http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/04/09/illogic-blockhead-capture-the-sun-stream/
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A Very Important Story About Sir Michael Rocks's...
You recently Instagrammed a picture of a dog that got chewing gum in its fur. What’s the story behind that? “That’s my girl’s dog. He’s super bad! We were out in Miami and I flew him out so he could get a little vacation sun and we let him out of the cage and in the morning we woke up and he had a bunch of gum in his fur from under the bed or something. We had to get some scissors and cut it...
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Five Legendary But Proudly Tone Deaf Rappers →
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“DyMe manages to rhyme “rich women” with “garlic pasta got shrimps in it.”
– Get To Know DyMe A Duzin
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March 2013
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“This pie was some type of pie that was frozen — you ate it cold. [Pauses]...”
– Sadat X reminisces over 9th Wonder’s mom’s pie
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Kool G Rap's Key Food Days
On “Road To The Riches” you have a line about working in a Key Food supermarket. Was that true? “That was true.”
Which Key Food store was it? “The Key Food store was in Brooklyn, off McGuinness Boulevard in Brooklyn. I was like 15-years-old working there and I was sweeping the floors. I was doing a little bit of everything: I was sweeping the floors; eventually I was...
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SpaceGhostPurrp Recorded With Joey Bada$$
“It’s regular Joey and me, it’s like everyday. He’s someone I’d just walk to the store with and some shit like that. When I’m in New York I hang in Brooklyn, and you know Joey makes it easier to vibe with ’cause he’s from Brooklyn and shit. His energy is already felt.”
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