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Underground Voices

Well, well, it's been a while so let's get back to business. New Phife Dawg rmx by Hi-Tek for "Miscellaneous" is off the hook. Finally another release from Shanti, linking once again with L-Fudge for "Deadline w/ Black Ops, Stardom & Trilingual". Pure Hotness.

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Interview with Jeru Da Damaja

Since Hip-Hop's successful insurgence into America's musical itinerary, many messengers have passed through. Some have spread messages of spiritual upliftment, and some have spread messages of power and wisdom.

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Trackmasters

Samuel "Tone" Barnes and Jean Claude "Poke" Olivier, THE [original] TRACK MASTERS, are not typical Hip-Hop junkie producers. They do not "keep it real" by concentrating strictly on hard banging beats.

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Interview Mike G of the Jungle Brothers

From old school to new school Hip Hop's beloved Jungle Brothers have been through it all. Group member Mike G was kind enough to chat with us on everything from his introduction to Hip Hop to music industry label politics.

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Interview Jurassic 5

It's eight o'clock on a cold October night in Toronto. I'm at a small downtown club called the Reverb, where the Word of Mouth tour stops in tonight.

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The Different Types of Lyricists

We all have a little person inside our head that holds a sheet of paper that list a set of credentials as to what makes good hip hop.

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Puerto Rock

No one is more prepared than Puerto Rock. Having perfected rhyming and performing through an incredible six year mic-rocking apprenticeship - from laying bars with

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Fumbling on the 'Music Biz' Goal Line

If you've ever watched your favorite football team in a Super Bowl game, you can readily relate to the maddening frustration of this with, hopefully, some exclusions contained herein...maybe

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Respect Hip-Hop's New School

I'm reading this one dude's post about the best rappers of all time and so on,but I'm getting tired of hearing about these old a** rappers. I'm 20 and half.These people I hear being mentioned I never even heard before. Why are people still calling Rakim the greatest rapper?

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Tela - Down South Player

Down South player Tela has released his third album The World Ain't Enough (Rap-A-Lot) today, September 19 and you should hear what he has to say about it.

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Rahzel The GodFather of Noize

Yes, by now we're sure that all you hip-hop heads out there know about the infamous and talented "GodFather of Noyze." The guy who can spit lyrics as well as create ill beats with his mouth.

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The White Rapper

The powers-that-be has placed the long practice in the world to judge other people on many different things. It makes it much easier to condemn others for you own insecurities and lacking of an open mind.

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The Baby Blue Soundcrew

The Baby Blue Soundcrew has come a long way. Kid Kut and KLC, Baby Blue's infamous party-rockers, were friends as kids in west Toronto.