Oh yeah. The greatest rap crew of all time. My favorite part of the first video is the Rockness Monsta hamming it up. If I was on the east coast I’d be at that show. Even if I had to teach at 8 the next morning.
“. . . my eyes peep this life in a form you can’t picture/panoramic view the hammer damage yer crew/back flipping, gat spittin’, sell-crack rapper dude/backsmack a few rappers who rap with the attitude.” -Sean Price.
Seems like someone is struggling with the cannibalistic weight of the language of the Clipse. Two brothers: Pusha T and formerly-Malice make up the Clipse. Relentless, talented, ruthless, and grimy were the hallmarks of this duo. 2011 saw Malice reject the image and the name (he now goes by No Malice). Here is Malice renouncing his past.
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I like to get to my theory class early. Like 30 minutes early. I enjoy sitting in the quiet thinking about what I’m going to say. Two of my favorite students show up almost as early. We’ve developed a casual pre-class discussion forum that starts at 7:30 AM. On wednesday I played them both Kayne & Jay-Z’s “Nigga’s in Paris” and Yasiin Bey’s (AKA Mos Def) version “Niggas in Poorest.”
I’m enjoying Young Guru’s attempt to mediate these two arguments. Should we watch the throne or beware the throne?
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Nice little interview with Ice T. My favorite part? When Belzer describes his reaction to Immortal Technique.
Thanks to what the fuck have you done for the link.
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A$$holes By Nature is the name of the duo. The roots go deep. Here are the pair as part of the Guerilla Maab.
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Some casual notes about this video:
– Not enough flags present.
– Articulating the rural-urban divide has never been easier than this.
– Kid Rock looks a lot like my Uncle.
– Is it required for emcees to have terrible haircuts in 2012?
– We skipped all the places between the Bronx and Alabama.
– Kool Herc should get props — but the necessity of giving him a caption to ID the seemingly-random-older-black-DJ-guy at the end of the video strikes me as a token nod to the codification of the early symbols of hip hop.
– The lifted limo looks like something that the staff of Elemental magazine would mock.
– How much does Monster pay Yela for the promo?
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Thanks to Flea Market Funk for the clip. FMF rock every day of the week, but made the Humboldt-approved-blog list with the profile of DJ Mantease’s record art work. Thanks FMF!
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Life of refinement 