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8 months
50 Cent rarely get the credit he deserves. But he is unequivocally THEE most important hip-hop artist of the 2000s (yes Kanye is as well) but back to 50 — it’s NOT because of Get Rich or Die Tryin. Here’s why
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Jay-Z — “Where I’m From” One of the best displays of composition & linguistic mastery in hip-hop history. “Your word was everything, so everything you say you do — you did it, couldn’t talk about it if you ain’t live it”
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Diplomat Cam was one of the greatest moments in hip-hop. You had to be from NY 2 get it “I from where Nicky Barnes, Mr Fritz got rich as fuck Rich and A hit the kitchens, then was pitchin' up Rob Base, Mase, Doug E. Fresh switched it up I do both, who am I to fuck tradition up?”
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ThIS was the moment Jay-Z surpassed all of his contemporaries dead or alive. The intentionality, nuanced word choice, allusions, depth & simultaneous simplicity and effortlessness. Greatest intro of all time.
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@MUSICANDBUILDS Jerome scene was good (one of the best of the series). Snowfall is “good” television not “award-winning” television save maybe cinematography & soundtrack. We talking actual character development, writing & subplots. The Wire is Peabody certified! Enjoy the clip 🥂
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8 months
The world knew Get Rich or Die Tryin. But WE knew: 50 Cent Is The Future God’s Plan, No Mercy, No Fear Guess Who’s Back Automatic Gunfire That’s ALL “pre” Get Rich. This doesn’t even include the G Unit Radio series and post Get Rich releases. These belong in history
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There would be no Dedication, Trap or Die, Chicken Talk, Coke Wave, House of Balloons, K.I.D.S, Beam Me Up Scotty Friday Night Lights, So Far Gone, Mixtape About Nothing, Kush & OG, Gangsta Grillz etc. And other iconic mid 00s mixtapes 50 is the reason that entire LANE exists.
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This method of “leaking”, “folding” and back to drops will later become standard practice in the later 00s social environment & today. Had already been MASTERED & perfected in a pre social mixtape environment by 50. That’s his “formula” pun intended.
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3 years
Aretha & Martin. When black music was parallel to resistance.
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“It took me 26 years to find my path, my only job is cut your time in half” — Jay-Z
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Everything you learned late, teach your children early.
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50 was the FIRST to revolutionize thee entire business model POST millennium. Yea the debut was a HUGE milestone but IMO, isn’t his BIGGEST contribution to hip-hop. SINGLE HANDEDLY revolutionizing mixtapes IS. He has THEE most IMPORTANT mixtape catalog of all time PERIOD.
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@_ValTown_ To add . Gotta highlight Felix was prolly one of the first if not the first to popularize the extravagant over the top funeral we now commonly see. Bronze casket, 14 Rolls Royce’s, horses international news coverage, shit even Huey P Newton was there! Peace to East Bay!
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Eminem — Seduction He make it clear and said it plainly. “Your entire arsenal is not enough to fuck with one round I am also the opposite of what you are like You're a microcosm of what the fuck I am on the mic”
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@MUSICANDBUILDS Snowfall was written by TV Writers — The Wire was written by an actual former police reporter. Here is an example of subtext a sign of “great” television — no obvious Fanon books. Doesn’t Franklin’s “sophisticated” apartment look strangely familiar, you be the judge?
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This was the catalyst which lead to Eminem signing 50. The concept of the “street album” or mixtapes sounding like albums didn’t exist b4 50. Niggas was playing 50s mixtapes like ALBUMS because his format wasn’t merely freestyling over records but making whole songs to em.
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50 Cent — Mind Playing Tricks The circumstance surrounding Yayo verse was grim but how he was able to capture that bleak moment musically is timeless. This is BY FAR Tony Yayo’s greatest verse. The MUSIC was the update, no tweets, no Instagram live. The REAL “God’s Plan”
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Which would later become the norm for all your soon to be favs. Those later releases during the mid 00s ‘blog era’ are all POST 50 Cent. When the word ‘post’ is used as prefix it means a paradigm was shifted! Others took it far no doubt, but 50 CREATED it.
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50 Cent — Bad News This is joint shit changed EVERYTHING. You felt something was taking off “I don’t like you, you don’t like me it’s not likely, that we’ll ever be friends, why pretend” This consistent in character still remains. One of my all-time favorite records
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50 created brand for G-Unit, did all the merchandising, popularized “g-g-g-g” g-unit moniker which ended up on Get Rich where most heard it for the first time not knowing it was already happening. Introduced Banks & Yayo & created new format all b4 selling 10 mil out the gate
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Quick sidebar peace & RIP to the legend Jam Master Jay for the foresight in mentoring and honing 50’s song writing abilities. He wouldn’t get to live to see the fruits of his labor since he murdered a few months before Get Rich would release — nevertheless he KNEW.
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3 years
Sometimes it’s really not about you. Our egos like to place us at the center of people’s decisions but sometimes a person just makes a decision to offload what they’ve been carrying personally. That’s the highest form of love in my opinion. I gotta respect it.
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3 years
If you don’t detach your mind from what “happened” to you’ll never be able to respond to what’s “happening” to you. You miss all the present dope shit cuz you too preoccupied on all the past silly shit.
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This isn’t new tho, 50’s contributions for some reason were always overlooked (which I won’t get into why). It’s no different than him being robbed in 04’ for the Grammy after selling 10 million fuckin records.
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50 Cent — Solider At this point the buzz was through the fuckin roof. EVERYBODY was sayin “G-UNIT” “You ain’t invincible even Superman in a wheelchair” Banks could do no wrong on these mixtapes. PLK was born in this era. The music was the “feed” and “timeline” for updates
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50 Cent — I’m Rising To The Top Sincerely Southside was a special departure from this rest of the mixtape catalog. Holds a special place in all our hearts! Top 5 shit talkers “Run tell Preme I done bought Baisley Park” Quintessential NY shit! Peace to Keni Burke tho!
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50 laid the groundwork and was ahead of the curve with the strategy he implemented. That only warrants a big salute for one of the most criminally overlooked greats we have. He is indisputably a STRONG Top 10 of all time contender off impact alone. (Pause on image)
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50 Cent — I’m On It Like That Come on the Take It In Blood homage, quintessential Queens shit. This that energy 50 calls “aggressive content”. Mixtape 50 was different no Candy Shop & Jus A Lil Bit. Peace to Kool Keith as well since that Nas sample came from Ultramag MCs
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Does AK have a classic? NO pen game? NO discovered talent? NO funded talent? NO Brokered deals? NO produce? NO scratch? NO Break? NO Graffiti? NO 🎵 knowledge? NO Does he even DJ? NO “Hip-Hop” a whole joke at this point with zero semblance of itself — hence why an Ak even exist
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8 months
50 truly deserves his rightful flowers. I’ll leave a few favorites from mixtape era fif. Included some pre/post Get Rich stuff, nevertheless his entire mixtape catalog is unprecedented.
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1 year
@DailyLoud Irony this plays to EXACTLY what Chris said in his special, cant make this up smh. **SPOILER ALERT** for those who didn’t see it — when he spoke about the 4 ways to attention 1. Show your ass 2. Be infamous 3. Display excellence 4. PLAY THE VICTIM. How you “hurt”? 😂
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2 years
Mick Jenkins ( @mickjenkins ) at @afropunk 🌧 📸
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@MUSICANDBUILDS Rappers ice grillin me, oh you not feelin me? Fine, it cost you nothin pay me no mind Look I’m on my grind cousin Ain’t got time for frontin Sensitive thugs Y’all all needs hugs — Jigga That was 22 years ago, I say that to say being “liked” means nothing.
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10 months
If I had to capture PAC’s angst, acumen, aesthetic & artistic outpouring in a singular verse, this would encompass him in totality. THIS verse exemplified one the many reasons why Pac is unrivaled & in his own strata. It’s a master class in poetics & ‘PARALLELISM’
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11 months
The proceeding lines are some of the ALL TIME greatest and most poetic. “Never read the Quran or Islamic scriptures Only Psalms I read was on the arms of my niggas” The sheer layers, clarity of self and profundity in that line eclipsed a majority of authorship.
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3 years
@Dr_TJRicks Law 45: Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform Too Much at Once Too much change too quickly creates anxiety that will eventually boil over. Never underestimate people’s conservatism — it’s deeply embedded, so you can’t yank people with drastic changes they’ll rebel.
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@KendrickAlmar_ Yeah what he accomplished with a 4 year span most have’s done in 20+
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“Watch it my niggas, I’m tryna stay calm but I’m gon get richer through any means, with that thang that Malcolm palmed in the picture” This is pre-socials so you had to actually have the referential insight to visualize that line and overstand the mindset it captures.
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@MadamMoneySays Andre treated better cuz of better branding not skill! Mos was on a boutique label with weak distribution + overt Islamic leanings + labeled homophobic & anti-Semitic” (The Rape Over) Andre was “edgy” but his brand of “blackness“ was safe for major corporate financing. 🤷🏽‍♂️
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@CurtisBashar Sing 4 A Moment Beautiful 3 Am Stay Wide Awake Crazy In Love Still Don’t Give A fuck Rock Bottom Amytville Talkin 2 Myself Seduction Superman Toy Soldiers Solider I’m Back Goin Through Changes Til I Collapse Stan Bad Guy Ppl don’t listen 2 Em, they just critique
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Celebrate impeccable work. You’d send your compliments to the chef if he/she prepared something immaculate — do the same for artist. There’s artist who are creating Michelin level work, serving fast food palettes. They need to know they’re exceptional from exceptional people
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@big_business_ Not sure ya’ll played the joint but it’s dope. Just remember Phil Collins “In The Air Tonight” exist because of a similar situation his wife cheated… with their decorator lol. Tyrese mood feels like Marvin on Here, My Dear after divorcing Anna Gordy. Pain can be golden
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@DNAPicasso Artist should take comfort knowing they ain’t the first nor the last to feel that sentiment. It was BEEN written: “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown” Luke 4:24 Leave home
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50 Cent — Heat (Street Version) “If you was smart you’d be shook of me, cuz I get tired of looking for you, spray ya momma crib and let ya ass look for me” Lines that reveal a window into the artists’ psychology were always more poignant than “bars” or “metaphors” to me.
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@_ValTown_ I wonder who was doing their accounting 😂 I know them paper ledgers was silly About 10m/yr give or take a few bad days and robberies ain’t to shabby, after employees are paid, gas, guns, rent for trap spots, incentives (dinners, trips etc) Prolly walk away with over 7m
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@_ValTown_ “I know some cats that held down whole complexes like Corley Wall together niggas stand & divided they fall” — 50 Cent “Ghetto Qu’ran” one of the greatest rap records ever made
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2 years
“We’re going to create something they can’t steal because they can’t play it” — Monk
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2 years
True presence is felt in absence.
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@MUSICANDBUILDS The verse was “considered” dope, cuz his use of alliteration. The crux was rhythm & flow not depth or commentary. Some verses are dope simply 4 stylistics. Cube or Face for ex. use little to no flow but a lot of imagery. Lupe uses a lot of flow metaphor & symbolism 2 equal efx
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2 years
Revolt should rebrand to Obey.
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3 years
@LifeStarMedia People are attracted to me because I’m attracted to me. I carry myself in a way that says I’m worthy of attracting the best therefore I attract just that.
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For those born in the 00s for context Just think of how Jacquees flipped Ella Mai’s “Trip” record — and his version started getting garnering more attention than the original. Now multiply that by 50 (no pun intended) and you have what 50 did in 2002 to the ENTIRE game.
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@carlchery Kendrick is going to win. He had the most comprehensive album & “inclusive” campaign. Gibbs had the best “traditional” hip-hop album, & Pusha had the best “street” album those never win. Who you got?
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Religious undertones will always register with black people. The root of our musical tradition in the West is spirituals & gospel. We are “god fearing people” by western engineer but spirited by nature so subconsciously we’ll always be tuned to that iconography. Age old
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@MUSICANDBUILDS Surah 24:26
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Do it. With or without help With or without support With or without praise With or without reward Just do it and watch what DOING will do for the doer DOING will do things for Your life You couldnt fathom while doing it Please Do
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That’s what happens when numbers are elevated beyond skill, contribution & craftsmenhship. The metric becomes 100% quantitive and 0% qualitative. Anybody with a “following” regardless of who & how they obtained that following — can be deemed “credible”
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In our culture we celebrate “Fete Ghede” for the transitioned spirits. Our Catholic counterparts mirror with All Soul’s Day & our indigenous brown family from Mexico with Dia De Muertos. In the season of Scorpio the invisible world convene with the material on this day.
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Damon Dash doesn’t get the credit he deserves, but he UNEQUIVOCALLY helped redefine the cultural landscape — as an Executive & Visionary. Oh yea, this is all POST Roc-A-Fella too — so not ONE mention of Roc. Let’s course correct history ONCE & FOR ALL. Here’s Why
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8 months
Many are mentioning Lil Wayne. I won’t entertain a conversation about 2005-2007. I’ll leave this here tho for those mentioning his mixtapes. And AGAIN, no one is discrediting Wayne’s unprecedented run it was iconic. Nevertheless facts are facts!
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@amarihanifahh Nature can answer, no female animal: dances, sings, nor locks horns for a mate. Males irrespective of species are more majestic, vibrant etc to attract female not the other way around Y? Cuz Woman (female) are conduits for life, the continuance of the species depends on ya
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2 years
Not enabling mediocrity is a show of support as well. I don’t believe gold stars should be given simply for “trying”. Gold stars should be reserved for masterful execution.
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RIP Dez aka Dj Kay Slay the only “Drama” we acknowledge — the original “Drama King”. Diplomats Vol. 1 belongs in the Mixtape Hall of Fame.
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@JadenLovesMuzik The album was BEEN finished. Punch (President of TDE) prolly wanted to wait out the pandemic so they maximized their return on his final album. It’s common sense. Why would you have your flagship artist release his “final” album in the midst of a pandemic? No touring etc smh
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@hydrothemc 👇🏾
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Does AK have a classic? NO pen game? NO discovered talent? NO funded talent? NO Brokered deals? NO produce? NO scratch? NO Break? NO Graffiti? NO 🎵 knowledge? NO Does he even DJ? NO “Hip-Hop” a whole joke at this point with zero semblance of itself — hence why an Ak even exist
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@noamauerabch @MUSICANDBUILDS Wasn’t that brilliant? The show did a amazing job turning racial tropes on its head. The “ignorant” nigga drug dealer The feminized homosexual The moral cop All of those tropes were turned upside down. Mcnulty lived like a pig with zero order, while Stringer was meticulous
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Saul Madiope — Forever
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Nduduzo Makhathini ( @nduduzomakh )— Mama
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They know “computers putin’ not “Bigger Picture” Cam. They got ZERO idea how INFLUENTIAL Dips were “Took deals out the building, up the block Up 29 flights, plugged up with the Roc Now its...hurtin ya heart to see Dame fuckin wit me Worse than that, the whole game fuckin wit me”
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50 Cent — Banks Victory it wasn’t just 50, he created viability for G-Unit as a WHOLE. Banks DESTROYED everything Easily one of his best moments. PLK. “You gon have to murder me Burglary? You leavin' witcha your Nikes burgundy, white tee burgundy You match now, back down ”
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@somanyshrimp Not even sure how this aligns with the overall GQ ethos. I get Condé Nast folding Pitchfork but why not roll it into The New Yorker or WIRED where there’s synchronicity that could be leveraged. At a glance GQ & Pitchfork have obvious asymmetries.
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@Nonamedhuman1 The description and subtle references both to the “blindness” and internal vision— “Innervisions” . Too many moments.
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@Navjosh @MUSICANDBUILDS Hip-Hop, sure. Music? Absolutely not. That‘a ppl like Coltrane, Miles, Stevie, Mingus, Little Richard, Mahalia Jackson, etc He hasn’t done anything “sonically” inventive. Hasn’t added anything to the artform — merely embellished on preexisting styles. Ye long before Dot
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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.” — Nina Simone
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S/o @SChubbz @NativeMag live on display “Africa Fashion” exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Salút 🥂
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Timely.
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you don’t need to “see things through ‘til the end” to prove how strong or loyal or committed you are. dead the notion that you need to put your spiritual and mental health in jeopardy in order to validate your existence.
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@missyungdoll Feed em — Taurus love food. 😂
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Nas — Based On True Events “Rest in peace Half-A-Mil a God amongst Niggas” 🥂 🕯️ R.I.P. Mil, Crown Heights Albany Projects legend. Brooklyn hip-hop martyr. Esco knack to eulogize & venerate superb. “Leave it up to ya’ll, these niggas left for dead” “Where Are They Now”
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Sighs “Nobody except New York” Eminem knew about 50 and had just sold 1.3 MILLION records on The Eminem Show out the gate in May 02’ and 7.6 Mil by years end. So if Eminem at the HEIGHT of his career heard it, I’m sure it wasn’t just NY Speak what you know.
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Again this is a lie lol. Nobody knew 50 cent mixtapes except for New York. The world knew Wayne mixtapes
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Dat Boi Vic ( @MUSICANDBUILDS ) “Dancing In A Minefield” “Dancing in a minefield, praying that we might blow” That line encapsulates the entirety of paradox & juxtaposition embedded in “Harsh Smiles” Favorite line of the entire experience. 🥂
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S/O @JustBlaze for composing this and some of the greatest moments in NY history! The gravitas of this record was EQUALLY due to the backdrop Just provided, which evoked those words. You know the 🎵 is incredible when a Nigga builds a minute worth of tension to set the stage.
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Revolt should rebrand to Obey.
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@cynfinite Go Tell My Horse is the reason Their Eyes Were Watching Gods even exists — literally the source material. S/o to the Guggenheim who gave her a fellowship to go to Haiti after Columbia fronted on her.
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@PopularesGroup Absolutely! Same way he knew on “Hard Knock Life” he knew he find his voice. “I gave you prophecy on my first joint and y’all all lamed out. Didn’t really appreciate it until the second one came out. So I stretched the game out itched ya name out, put Jigga on top”
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Back to the mixtapes 50 Cent — Say What You Say “You gettin money? I can’t get none witchu than fuck ya” Line ring a bell? Most know from it “What Up Gangsta” We know it from No Mercy, No Fear — before it was a line in a verse, it was a declaration. And since we on Nas 👇🏾
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@MUSICANDBUILDS I don’t disagree, but I’d like to add being a “billionaire” shouldn’t be the end goal solving an actual problem through a product of service worth paying for should be. Same way “getting rich quick” off rap shouldn’t be the end goal rather expressing something of noteworthy
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@MUSICANDBUILDS Come on 1. Big & Jay obviously! Brooklyn shit, you heard Young G’z, I Love The Dough & Brooklyn’s Finest. 2. Brad & O’Shea got the social commentary 3. Nas & Pac I don’t see gel’ing well, you saw how Pac felt about Deck lol. Pac ain’t tryna hear that lyrical shit 😂
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@MUSICANDBUILDS No one cried when Scorsese made “The Irishman” at 76, Mario Puzo writing “The Godfather” at 49 nor Nicholas Pileggi writing “Wiseguy” at 53 years old — it’s their stylistic choice That “pious police” shit for the birds “Keep your eyes on your own paper” Literally
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@drapetomaniac1 Agreed! Others had mixtapes and Pac Makaveli series was done by other people and was iconic. Had all the OG versions to the records that would come out. Original Still I Rise will forever be the best joint! All of them did but it wasn’t to the magnitude of 50
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If I had to capture PAC’s angst, acumen, aesthetic & artistic outpouring in a singular verse, this would encompass him in totality. THIS verse exemplified one the many reasons why Pac is unrivaled & in his own strata. It’s a master class in poetics & ‘PARALLELISM’
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Thoroughly enjoyed @MarcusJMoore profiling @moormother Some pairings just make sense! Two creatives who approach their respective disciplines with care, integrity & hold black expression as a whole in an exalted position. 🕯 🕯 🕯🙏🏽
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Nas directing “Supreme Team” documentary for Showtime is a perfect alignment. This is a “move” — calculated, succinct, and integrates into his entire brand seamlessly. The “business” of Nas has been immaculate recently.
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@NAlgoridims Hands down post Eminem Show it is. He had something to talk about since Proof had passed. Eminem with a topic is nearly unfuckwitable
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“If I see my man Santana, Jim. Zeke and everybody livin — and if they could say they could retire in 5 years than I did my job” Mission BEEN accomplished, the rest was a bonus! This why Cam in my top 10 of ALL TIME! Nvm how well you rap, who u ever helped or put in position?
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2 years
@carlchery Easily M.A.A.D City. 100% Hip-Hop IQ in full display. The MC Eiht feature was beyond tasteful being from Compton, “Bird In A Hand” sample was all also a perfect West Coast homage. Easily one of the best records of 2010s.
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3 years
m.A.A.d city Production - 10/10 Musical IQ - 12/10 Lyricism - 10/10 Feature Choice - 13/10 Arrangement - 10/10 Overall: 11/10 Excellent preservation of LA/Compton tradition. I ain’t even from there but I’m proud it exist in the pantheon of great West Coast records.
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50 Cent Feat. Nature & Nas — Too Hot “Nastradamus predicted 50’s the future” This is where “50 Cent Is The Future” mixtape title came from! This the only ONLY valid Nas & 50 collaboration, the recent joint on Magic 3 is mid, so it don’t make the cut Authentic Queens shit
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3 years
“Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want” — Naval Ravikant Excerpt from “Wanting” by Luke Burgis ( @lukeburgis )
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@Abeezy718 Some wasn’t even born, nevertheless being outside. Shit even if they was in the crib, they woulda had it on Limewire! Lol 😂 it was no getting around it.
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Love this thread. One of my favorites under “visual culture”. Aïda Muluneh Photographer & visual storyteller based in Adidis Abba, Ethiopia. She explores some heavy themes from an Afro futuristic & post-modern lens. She’s been a wellspring of inspiration for me Super dope
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@spencedetroit Power of Dollar isn’t a mixtape it was released in 99’ through Columbia.
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2 years
@SSursom @amarihanifahh Do humans operate outside of nature, we are mammals no? Men since paleo times saw hey I nut in her, 9 months from now a little me comes out of her. From that point women been the “prize”. How some1 interprets “prize” is all semantics. Logic makes us over-complicate the simple.
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