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“Whoa, I’m getting old,” and, “Damn, who are these kids?” Jeff Chang – Prelude (Can't Stop Won't Stop)

This is also known as the “Hip-Hop Is Dead” syndrome.

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added at February 8th, 2013 04:00
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SoleSides Blackalicious – Swan Lake

That was the crew (now Quannum)! This song was the first to put Blackalicious on the map. Sold mad 12-inches out the trunk up and down the west coast.

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added at February 8th, 2013 03:52
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Haagen-Dazs Blackalicious – Lyric Fathom

The ice cream company. There was a factory based right around the spot I used to live in Rockridge, Oakland. This was a couple years before I met Gab and X. Anyway the point was that there was–still is–mad Haagen Dazs ice cream around northern Cali supermarkets. Factory is long gone tho.

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a little dedication
To the rappers on the other level Blackalicious – Lyric Fathom

The lines and the way Gab raps here is meant to be a tribute to Mykah Nine and Peace from the Freestyle Fellowship.

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YES.

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Check the format, I pour raps Blackalicious – Lyric Fathom

This was Blackalicious' first single…and was featured first on a compilation of Bay Area hip-hop crews put together by Dave Paul for his magazine, The Bomb Hip-Hop (RIP).

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I walk through the jungle Blackalicious – Lyric Fathom

Refers forward to “Deep In The Jungle” which was one of the next cuts the crew recorded for Melodica.

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with sheepskin interior Blackalicious – Lyric Fathom

Refers actually in part to that Ice Cube break in “A Gangsta’s Fairytale.”

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Rollin' with crazy kids like Bebe Blackalicious – Lyric Fathom

The late comedian Robin Harris used to have this skit called “Bebe’s Kids” that actually became a cartoon movie later. One of the funniest dudes of all time.

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added at February 8th, 2013 03:40
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There’s got to be a word (and if there isn’t, Chang’s the one to invent it) for the tonal morph employed to describe something that was common knowledge when you were comin' up, but that is now cobwebbed in the closet of the past. That subtle semantic shift from “duh” to gentle, patient clarity (so newbies will know what you’re talking about) that says, “Hey kids (world) I’m old now.”

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Check out my lyric fathom Blackalicious – Lyric Fathom

This is actually a lyric from Divine Styler that Chief Xcel clipped to create a new vibe to it. The song was “Ain’t Sayin Nothin'”.

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added at February 7th, 2013 23:53
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