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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: infinite59 on December 22, 2001, 12:48:47 AM
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The State of Hip-Hop: Old School vs. The Present. An In Depth Look
Written By Infinite on 12/9/01
What's the State of Hip-Hop?
Mos Def-
"What's going to happen to hip-hop. Whatever is happening to us. People talk about hip-hop like it's some giant on the hillside coming down to visit the people. Hip-hop is the people." The aformentioned quote by hip-hop revolutionary Mos Def offers a sound explanation for why hip-hop is what it is today.
The editor of XXL says in response to angry viewers, "Once hip-hop artists decide to stop putting video hoes half naked in their video's, we'll take out our eye candy section of the magazine."
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http://www.angelfire.com/la3/hip-hop-reviewed/editorials/defjam.htm
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