Check out my Urban Legends piece on the 20th anniversary of DMX’s second No. 1 album of 1998, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood HERE.
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Interview: Slick Rick Remembers His Debut Album On Its 30th Anniversary
Articles, Interviews, Music, Published Material
I had the honor of interviewing Slick Rick, Lyor Cohen and Bill Adler for Urban Legends’ 30th anniversary celebration of The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. Read HERE.
Also, pre-order the Urban Legends re-release of the album HERE, and stream his new unreleased track “Snakes of The World Today” below.
14 Shots To The Dome
Articles, Music, Published Material, The Good Old Days
My first piece for Universal Music Group imprint Urban Legends revisits LL Cool J’s fifth album 14 Shots to the Dome 25 years later. Read HERE.
The Making of Jewelz with O.C.
Articles, Interviews, Music, Published Material, The Good Old Days
I used to have the magazine ad for Jewelz hanging on my wall in college, and listened to it constantly my sophomore year. So to interview O.C. 20 years later about the making of the album was special. Read HERE.
Lesson Learn’d
Articles, Interviews, Music, The Good Old DaysMore new Wu, featuring Inspectah Deck and Def Squad affiliate Redman. Beat is tough.
Related: The Oral History of Redman’s Sooperman Lover Series
The Lost Album
Articles, Interviews, Music, The Good Old DaysIts Overture presents their take on what a Nas and Large Professor collaborative album would sound like. Well done!
Big Mouth – Official Trailer
Art, Articles, Comedy, Interviews, My Dudes, Televisionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTC7wQMHHEA
Can’t wait for this. Shout out to my bros Andrew and Nick!
RIP Prodigy
Articles, Events, Mixes, Music, My Dudes, The Good Old DaysThis Prodigy tribute is brought to you by UpNorthTrips. Listen to the mix above created by myself and Vinylcologist from 2011—featuring 10 classic Prodigy and Alchemist collaborations which are among my favorite rap songs ever—while you peep the Pee pics below compiled over the years by my bro Ev Boogie…
01 Feb 1995, New York State, USA — Prodigy and Havoc (Mobb Deep) with NAS and Wu-Tang clan member, Raekwon. They were in the studio recording, ‘Eye for an Eye (Your Beef is Mines)’. (Prodigy, front left, Nas , front right, Havoc, standing, left, and Raekwon, form Wu-Tang Clan, standing, right) — Image by © Chi Modu/Diverse Images/Corbis
ca. 1999-2001 — Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep — Image by © Erin Patrice O’Brien/Corbis
RIP Prodigy. Hands down one of my favorite rappers of all-time, an artist I’ve spent a huge percentage of my life listening to. Pee and Mobb have always been my go-to in the whip, and will continue to be.
“Gangsters don’t die, they just turn to legends…”
*Update*
Check out this Prodigy tribute mix I made for NahRight…
H.N.I.C. Mix (Prodigy Tribute) – Tracklist
Quiet Storm (Original Version)
Power Rap
Basics
Street Life
How Many MCs Freestyle
Motherless Child Freestyle
Eye For An Eye (Original Version)
Avirex
Rep The QBC
Live Nigga Rap
Killaz Theme
Back At You
True Lies
Dog Shit
What’s Poppin’ Thun
What A Real Mobb Do
You Ain’t A Killer Freestyle
Cut Em Short
Gun Love
Finest
Pebble Beach
We Don’t Love Them Hoes
Tough Love
Young Luv
I Want You
Jay Z Diss
When It Comes To The Beef
Waterboarding
License To Kill
Pop Them Thangs
Three Stories
The Start Of Your Ending (41st Side)
True Disdain
Articles, Interviews, Sports, The Good Old Days
Here’s an oral history of the 1997 Knicks-Heat postseason brawl, courtesy of The Ringer.
Nostalgia Ultra: An Oral History of Camp Lo’s Uptown Saturday Night
Articles, Interviews, Music, The Good Old Days
Read HERE. Shouts to Jerry Barrow for putting this together!
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