hip hop
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90s Throwback Thursday Jam – Brandy – I Wanna Be Down (Remix) (feat. Mc Lyte, YoYo & Queen Latifah)
I wasn’t a hardcore Brandy fan but I’m feeling this 90s swag today. Tell ’em ladies! Lol Continue reading
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Chance The Rapper Partners with Lyft to Raise Funds to Support Chicago Public Schools
REPOST from Good Black News. Please click the link below for the original post. “The ride-share service Lyft announced Tuesday that passengers can now round up their fare to the next dollar and donate the difference to Chance the Rapper’s fund to support Chicago Public Schools. The New Chance Arts and Literature Fund, devoted to creating and expanding Chicago arts… Continue reading
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90s Throwback Thursday Jam – The Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”
Ya’ll know this was the song back in the day. (Fun Fact: Biggie’s mom, Voletta Wallace, said in a documentary that Biggie was a good guy and that he didn’t really struggle like that growing up lol) Continue reading
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Throwback Thursday Jam – Common, I Used to Love H.E.R
You gotta be from the Chi to appreciate Common….this here back when Hip Hop had a conscious… Continue reading
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Thursday Throwback Jam – Dear Mama by Tupac
“A poor single mother on welfare tell me how you did it” Whew. Can so relate to this Continue reading
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Dear Hip Hop…
Who Willie Lynched your mentality? Who put you under a spell? Why you let them teleport you back to slavery? They could have at least made it look good didn’t have to hang you on the block in your own hood from your own trees could have bridged the gap between the souls you “sold”… Continue reading
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Today’s Rap Music
Today’s rap music (actually today’s music in general) is nothing short of sad. You used to rewind the lyrics of Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest etc., because you actually learned something. But now you have to rewind lyrics to convince yourself you really did hear what you wish you didn’t.… Continue reading
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