The Don Bishop Agallah
It was 1996, the CMJ Convention. Supernat and Craig G had just finished up their now legendary battle when
they handed the mic to a young lyricist. Not just anyone could follow such a battle, but they knew Agallah was
one of the few that could. "They gave me the mic and really they done smashed the crowd in half," Agallah remembers
"so to go on after them you got to come crush it so reality is I crushed like the whole convention with some bars and
everybody was like yo, that kid is the truth."
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Jedi Mind Tricks Release Fifth Album, "Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell"
Album marks return of indie hip-hop favorites with guest appearances by ILL Bill, Sean Price, R.A.
The Rugged Man and more as well as pioneering indie rock collaborative efforts including Sufjan Stevens
vocalist Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond.
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Custom Made - Sidewalk Mindtalk: The Best Of The Custom Made Mixtapes
For some, cars are custom made, boats are custom made, even houses are custom made. For a rare few,
Hip-Hop is custom made, as in the Los Angeles quintet Custom Made, which consists of Sinister Six,
Bluff, Element, Skandalous Scoobs and Aneek. The five MC's, who've drawn comparisons to the likes
of Wu-Tang and Mobb Deep, have been creating a buzz in the streets of LA for a while, having moved over
100,000 mixtapes on the strength of the music and their own street savvy.
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Juvenile will release his 5th solo album for Cash Money. "Juve The Great" is his first release since 2001. "A lot of people say 'when we gonna hear some songs like off '400 Degrees,' that was the Juvie I know," Juvenile told AllHipHop.com. "I gave 'em that same thing on this album." "Juve The Great" hits stores Dec. 23.
Many critics thought that Hip-Hop would fade away quickly, much like the Disco craze of the 1970's. Hip-Hop has only grown larger, and is now an undeniable cultural and musical force. Its roots are strictly urban, as people like Grandmaster Flash and Curtis Blow mixed rhythmic poetry with a ghetto beat. Hip-Hop remained a mainly urban black taste, until a transformation began to occur in the late 1980's. Hip-Hop (or Rap) began to cross over in to pop culture, as some rappers found themselves chart toppers. Rap has definitely changed, for the better. The lyrics began to focus more on Hip-Hop culture, and the music has become much more sophisticated. more ...
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Juvenile will release his 5th solo album for Cash Money. "Juve The Great" is his first release since 2001. "A lot of people say 'when we gonna hear some songs like off '400 Degrees,' that was the Juvie I know," Juvenile told AllHipHop.com. "I gave 'em that same thing on this album." "Juve The Great" hits stores Dec. 23.
