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  Features4 months ago

  Best Motown Samples: 20 Essential Tracks For Crate-Diggers

  Not often a label thought of in hip-hop terms, the best Motown samples prove that Berry Gordy’s empire had more than enough beats for the crate-diggers.

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  News6 months ago

  Raekwon And Ghostface Killah To Face Off In Verzuz Battle

  The head-to-head will take place on March 20.

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  Features8 months ago

  ‘Remember Me’: Blue Boy’s Blue Note Moment With Marlena Shaw

  A Blue Note sample helped New York jazz-soul vocal stylist Marlena Shaw appear in the UK Top 10 on 'Remember Me.'

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  Features9 months ago

  Best Blue Note Samples: 20 Tracks That Built Hip-Hop

  Widely used by discerning crate-diggers and hip-hop heads, the best Blue Note samples have become part of the cultural fabric.

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  Features11 months ago

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  The fourth Wu-Tang Clan solo album, ‘Liquid Swords’ is an out-and-out masterpiece.

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  Artists2 years ago

  Ghostface Killah

  Like all members of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah used the group as a launching pad for a solo career, which was assisted greatly by producer RZA.

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  Features4 years ago

  Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ Album Launches At TIDAL X Sprint Listening Parties Across The Country

  Jay-Z is back: with a new album, a hyphenated stage name and a new sponsorship with Sprint for the splashy release of his 13th studio album, 4:44.

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  Features6 years ago

  reDiscover Ghostface Killah’s ‘Fishscale’

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  News6 years ago

  Back To Black With Hip-Hop Heroes

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  In-Depth8 years ago

  Hip Hop Heroes: Rap’s New Millenium

  With the coming of the new millennium it was obvious that hip-hop had come a long way and now became a commercial powerhouse in mainstream culture.