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Why Think Let Me Do That...Jesus Approved Commentary

Damn, Not Common

Disclaimer: Yea, I know what kind of response I'm going to get for this post--especially from loyalists of the artist. I really don't care. I only call it how I see it and what I proffer through my blog is the truth to me; hence my prior alias, "The Only Opinion that Matters." 

With that said, as many of you know (or at least those of us who know how to use bit torrents and the such for the purpose of, shall we say, advance album review), the Common Finding Forever leaked between Thursday night and Friday morning. I actually found out about the leak reading a blog here. I was geeked to say the least as I've been an avid Com fan since his days of only dealing with NoI.D and since before he got sued by that rock band to drop the Sense.  The expectation from myself, and many others, was that with Finding Forever, Common was going to surpass his prior effort, Be and cement his status as one of the greatest to ever do it. I think we were all ready to see Com get his props, financially and critically, especially after he was teabagged at the grammys.  Many were set to deem his 7th lp a classic based on the singles "The People" and "The Game." Well...it's certainly not that...I hate to be the one to drop the bomb on those who haven't heard it yet, but fuck it; it's actually kind of wack.

What prevented Be from being a classic, to me, was that the songs dealt with broad topics like love and faith but in a very loose way that didn't really address anything in particular. They were just as I put it before "romanticized musings with no true point." And Com has dealt with those topics before but in the past he's done it in a more focused manner.  I respect the fact that Com delves into issues that most emcees don't touch, but that doesn't mean he gets a pass to mediocrity and truth be told, that's what Finding Forever is. Laden with lame pop culture references (Lance Bass/Vince Vaughan etc.) and beats that attempt to emulate Dilla's unique sound but fail, miserably (sorry Kanye you're not Dilla bruh). The weaknesses of Be are amplified on Finding Forever. The lyricism on the lp is Com at his weakest weak as he's ever been and if you compare it to his progressive peers' releases i.e. Pharoahe and Talib...it really doesn't compare, creatively or lyrically, to either of those artist's latest releases. I understand what he's doing--getting his mainstream paper, do your thing bruh--with Lily Allen features, dumbed down lyrics and alot more syrupy ballads to woo the women but it hurts that much when it's someone you like. Consider Finding Forever Common riding off (to Hollywood) in a Bentley waving bye-bye to his core fanbase for the greener pastures of that thick MTV guap. I'm sure I'll have to debate some Com fans here but trust me, it doesn't give me any pleasure ripping one of my favorite emcees--especially someone from the same place as you. In memorial of the Com I used to know I'll list a few tracks for nostalgia purposes.

"Tekzilla"

"Like They Used to Say"

"Soul by the Pound"

"Communism"

"Real Nigga Quotes"

"Every Stolen Moments"

 

P.S. Spare me the retorts about how this is a "grown man" album or how I should let the music just be what it is because accepting mediocrity is why shit's fucked up in the first place. Also, one flop doesn't eliminate the man's legacy. He's still a legend and probably one of the best to ever do it but this album sucks. It is what it is.

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Naw Bruh That's Not Really A Classic

Yesterday, I was reading Meka's Blog and I couldn't agree with the guy more. It's basically about the besmirching of the word classic. Only in Hip Hop do cats throw the word classic around every 5-10 days with albums that are usually worth less then a "blowski" (word to Bol) from a chick with long teeth and gingivitis (sorry female readers of the blog). Here's how Dictionary.com defines a classic "an author or a literary work of the first rank, esp. one of demonstrably enduring quality." Suffice it to say that you can sub out "literary work" and add "album" for this context.

I'm going to go ahead and throw in my own two cents. A classic album is one that 9 out of 10 cats would consider to be damn near flawless--that means like one track that's booty and possibly a few annoying skits, but in all likelihood an album that's perfect. And yea, that one cat who doesn't agree with the other 9 is probably a down syn-baby--sorry to say. One person can't categorize an album a classic and it's just so. The streets have to proclaim it so and it remains so after years and years of bumpage. Also, for good measures the album has to change the way cats make music afterwards and not for a couple of months but for years to come. So, with that said it's time to quiet that talk about how you think so and so's album is a classic. If it ain't 3FeetSupremeReadyIllmatiReasonableChroniCriminal CubanEnterdaPaidinItTakesaMill and a select few others that shit ain't a classic. I hate to be the one who tells you younger guys but there hasn't been a classic in about 10-12 years...Yea, that long. 

So here's the list of a few recent albums that are NOT classic.

College Dropout or Late Registration-I like Kanye West. I respect what he does but if you can hear a cat taking breaths in between bars then he's not ready to make a classic yet.

Hip Hop is Dead I haven't listened to this album in months and when I do I skip through alot of the tracks. When it came out, it was deemed a classic. Now, that the excitement has died down...Not so much. Most of yall yokels can agree this one is not a classic; another good album but not a classic. Couldn't hold the weed of Illmatic. Say I'm lyin'.

Lil Wayne-The Carter 1 or 2 I don't think this needs any explanation but okay, I'll go through it. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Wayne fan but neither of these albums are classic just based upon the fact the album, persona and motif are a collage of pop culture icons and unhealthy male on male obsessions plus the whole fabled ghostwriting thing.

Food and Liquor I like Lupe's debut and it's certainly dope; possibly a near classic and defintely one of the more creative releases in recent Hip Hop history but not a classic. I get the concept of the album, but I don't think he uses much of that throughout the album. It's difficult deeming whether "I Gotcha" is either or where does "the Instrumental" fit in??? The individual tracks are dope but it just doesn't seem to come together as a whole for me. He should've released the leak but nevertheless, not a classic. 

Be This is a hard one for me. I think most Com fans--including myself--just want to give dude his props a la Scorsese but I can't honestly agree that this album is better than Resurrection (a classic) or One Day It All Makes Sense (a near classic). I think alot of times when we hear our favorite emcees get laced with some decent beats we're like "yea, this is it." But, when you look at the subject content of Be, it's not as focused as the albums mentioned above.

Fishscale This is another difficult one for me. This was my favorite album of 06, but would you say it's Supreme Clientele??? Not, if you're smart. This may be as close as you can get to a classic in this era especially in the mainstream. After a couple of years this may be considered a classic but for now, I'm gonna have to say nope.

There's a dumpload of others that I can think of but I think this should do for now as I know most of yall do not like scrolling down and reading this far down into a blog.

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Remy Martin *smh*: You Dun Fucked Up Now

Woody Harrelson really hit it on the head in White Men Can't Jump when he said something along the lines of black people would rather look cool and lose, then look dorky and win. Note: This doesn't refer to all black people but every now and again we get glaring examples.

Case and point, dumbass Remy Martin. I'm sure most of yall have heard about her fiasco over the weekend. If not, you can catch it on just about every Hip Hop-related website but here's the gist of it. Remy Martin was in New York's trendy meat-packing--can't they come up with another name for this area--district partying and bullshittin. She was with some friends (weed stashers) and probably some groupies and goons. So, for some unknown reason, Remy goes to do something else and leaves the designer bag under the supervision of her friend. What she was doing hasn't been stated yet but it can assumed it was probably some dumb shit she wasn't supposed to be doing in the first place (blowin' a guy, snortin' rocks or tuckin' her penis). So, when she returns to said friend and bag someone had lifted 2 stacks ($2,000) out of the bag. Now to me, 2 stacks is a helluva lot of money--possibly enough to hit someone with a blunt object while they're not looking but kill nah. But to her, it doesn't seem like hardly enough to make a big deal over ya know with all the bricks she's flipped. I mean it's not the first time a rapper's been robbed i.e. Young Buck, Prodigy, T.I., Jeezy, Bow Wow (yup, just about everybody). But this bitch goes all O'Dog and caps her friend in the stomach. Then, she stupidly tries to getaway in a loaded blue Escalade--like nigga's won't see her--and here's the kicker the dummy crashes. Later, she turns herself in.

So, in order to keep her street credibility she blammed the chick right on the spot and now has to figure out how she's gonna beat what looks like an unbeatable case.  She's not facing misdemeanors, these are major Fs (attempted murder). She definitely don't have the Hilton dough so when the judge drops the gavel on this one, expect to see Remy in 2040. If anything was to be learned from recent rap going-ons it would be that you have pimp's tricks beat up the perp and keep it moving but because of Remy's newly found gully juice, she now has to figure out how she's gonna replace the 2 stacks and the 250 stacks she just blew on bail and how to manage to not become apart of the jailhouse commerce.

Just another example of when keeping it real goes wrong.

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Callin a Spade a Spade...

I haven't been posting as much as I used to because rap and Hip Hop news has been kind of blah and I've been working on another project (shameless plug, I know but nigga's gotta eat right)

I'm at work on Nah Right doing what I does--moonlightin' like fuck and gettin paid on the company dollar and hear Cassidy's I Get Money (Freestyle) and I must say he styled on Fiddy with a pretty mediocre Cassidy verse, but that's only to be expected as, if 50 produced anything other than a turd nowadays it would be astounding. Towards the end there's an interesting jab taken at the rapper du jour, you know Mr. 468K out the gate/dude with two dudes living in him. I'm not the type to pat myself on the back but I was all over it (about 2 weeks ago) with this post so give me a round of applause. Thank you, thank you. Apparently, Cassidy was reading my blog or has eyes and ears that function along with minimal comprehension skills. Judging from T.I.'s recent hijinx (sucker punching the likes of Chaka and some other concert goer) I'm sure he'll have something to say and Cassidy will respond, yall know how it goes. And maybe in the end, someone will catch an eye jammy much to all our delight.

But the sad thing here is that T.I.'s blatant bite sold more in its first week--and if not first week then the addition of his second week--than Cassidy has sold EVER. Is there any justice in rap??? It's not like any of these concept/dual personality albums are brand new but damn, Cass' album dropped like 2-3 years ago. Are we that short-sighted or are there just that many pale-face losers who wish to be hardbody (or sub-in lames, whatever you choose)??? It's like when someone makes a diving catch in Madden for a TD on the last play. You know it's bullshit but what can you do?

I thought biting was the ultimate sin in rap...Why is that shit happening every week now?

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You Know Who Fucked Up Rap Music? Hint: It's not the South

 

Thank God I was born in the early 80s. I was privileged enough to come into age during a time when Hip Hop peaked (and when rap music, generally, didn't blow balls)

For awhile, I've been avoiding writing long diatribes about how rap (not Hip Hop) is about as enjoyable as dual root canals but...what can I say, the shit really sucks right now. So, as I was on my way home from my 9-5 ball and chain, I was trying to think what sent rap into the shitter. I came up with a number of things, but I think it all can be embodied in one man's career: P Diddy.

Puff gets props on one front, discovering and putting out Biggy, if you can even say that. But in general, isn't his relationship to Big similar to that of Dash/Hov in that a talentless, flashy pseudo businessman from Harlem extorts the talent of a BK emcee??? What did they actually do???

First Puff destroyed the concept of what it is to be considered a good album. When Bad Boy became a force to reckon with circa 96-98 a good album was considered to be at least 80-85% dope tracks. That meant a good album had to be 8/10 good tracks or whatever the ratio is depending on how many tracks was on the album. A classic had to be 95-100% heat to be considered a classic. Albums that were 12 tracks long with only 6 good tracks were considered weed plates in the mid-late 90s. Now(2007), a good album only has to be 65% good. That means out of 10 tracks, only 6 have to be good for a mainstream rap album to considered good. Reference 2006 for numerous examples. Now, I wondered how it got this way...Here's a number of reasons: Mase (debut and follow-up), The Lox (debut), Black Rob (however many albums he has), G-Dep, Loon etc,etc. Really, all of these guys are at least average rappers but under the leadership of "can't stop won't stop" publishing/masters owning Puff they all produced shitty albums. But, at the time they all had chart-topping radio friendly hits which probably sold mad albums but the quality of their whole effort(s) was butt. So if you're wondering where the 1/2 hit + filler tracks = wack ass album format came from...you can thank your boy Combs. I think it's the continued production of albums like the above--coupled with outrageous album sales he got from those--that made cats believe, who needs 15 thoughful, dope tracks when I can pump out 3 "club bangers" and make an assload of money.

The original I blatantly suck but want to make ya dance dude . I think it should suffice to say "don't push me close I'm close to the eddddddge." This is not the first time Diddy rapped his god-awful rhymes over a track but probably the first track that was accepted as "cool." If I can recall right--which tends to be difficult b/c of all the years of drug/booze consumption--cats felt like, "yea, Puff's doo doo but I can dance to this." I'm not going through this guy's whole catalogue but "Been Around the World," & "Bad Boy for Life" etc, etc. Never should this man have been allowed to touch a microphone unless he was prepping it pre-concert for Big or for adlibs--no words though, just utterances. Puff did a couple of things that fucked up rap. He created the 98% swagger, 2% rhymes model and that bullshit "I'm not trying to be lyrical I'm trying to make cats dance" spiel.

All in all, Diddy's should be exiled from Rap forever and besides, Big, his only contribution to rap was the Fred/E-Ness debacle on Making the Band. I mean no offense to Puff or nothin.

Other wack trends from Puff: jerking rappers, the rappers that can't rhyme, the singer who can't sing, the acceptance of the dancing male in mainstream, materialism, white tigers in the hood, extortion.

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If You Assholes Are Going to Party like a Rockstar Do It Right

Hip Hop is decrepit, decaying and on its last leg and shit's looking a little shaky to say the least. There's no doubt in my mind that if Pharoahe could brick--sales-wise--with as close as one's been to a classic in years with Desire then it might be time to hang it up on this Hip Hop shit. Alot critics, bloggers and dissatisfied consumers in general have been flirting with divorcing this Bitch we call Hip Hop for a minute and some have called it quits, ashamed at what rap has become--a watermelon, toot and whistle, shuck and jive show word to mantan. It's only a matter of time before our favorite artists do the same and kick this Bitch to the curb. I mean, let's face it we can wax poetic about how REAL emcees should do this for the passion but passion doesn't feed a family of 4. Hip Hop, although it may be one's heart, is still a job; a job that puts food on the table. So as we see, right in front of our very eyes, the well running dry (sales are in the shitter, cats are being signed for deals only for their singles, artists scrambling to indies b/c the majors got them stuck) future acts will either convert to Rap (the pop friendly bastard child genre of Hip Hop) or move on to greener ($$$) pastures.

History serves us well with examples. When Uncle Crakka (TIs--word to Meka--Gen Pop America, the mainstream) gets ahold of it, it (the music) goes through a cycle--discovery, unabounded consumption, disposal (word to the blues and jazz). Hip Hop is now in that last phase being that Corp. America has boned it dry and will continue shaking it by the kankles until all the ringtone $$$ dry up.

I think (Afro)Punk is going to soon become what underground (what some would call backpack) Hip Hop was to blacks. I think fashion-wise we're already there. Now, we're starting to realize how retarded it is for a cat to wear a shirt that looks like a night gown and pants me, fred and ray ray from down the block can fit in. That whole style of dress is becoming corny and cats are trading in their XXXXXXXLs for regular fit tee and jeans and slim fit jeans (popular in punk). I can list a couple of other trends that remind me of punk: biker chains, mohawks, bandanas (the fairly obvious ones). Attitude-wise, we've never really gave a fuck; similar to punk but here's some other traits of punk: anti-establishment, nihilism. Some Hip Hop acts are already have these traits and if we're not ready to fuck some shit up after this Bush administration then we're just assholes. It's only a matter of time before emcees evolve in to punk rock band fronts and Hip Hop becomes a faded memory--slight exaggeration but yall get the point. Personally, I think this is where cats are gonnga take and if you interested in seeing the future check out Afro-Punk.com. Here's a couple of the artist I peeped there.

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Every So Often Someone Reminds You Why You Love This Hip Hop Shit...

First and foremost, let me apologize to those who witnessed the fiasco yesterday...I am glad to say all has been resolved in a mature and peaceful manner; not that it was ever going to boil over into a no-holds barred street skirmish in the first place b/c it just wasn't that serious. Nevertheless, all beef has been squashed to those who were concerned. And to Meka, Ketchums and all the other bloggers who do their thing on Hip Hop DX, despite our disagreements, subliminal jabs I may throw or the slick comments I may make, I respect each and every person who has the courage to put their innermost thoughts in the public's eye to critique as they will.

With that said, I was originally going to do a post on how Afro-Punk is going to overtake Hip Hop as first, the music of the people and subsequently, becoming Corporate America's darling but I came upon something else that I want to share with yall. I was reading Billie X.'s blog over at XXL and came across Jay Electronica. I've listened to his opus (and I mean opus because it's not simply a track) on Just Blaze's blog and it made me forget everything else I was doing. It reminded me why I love this Hip Hop shit and the potential of it. So without to further say or do. Click here and let me know what yall think.

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What...The N****'s Whole Style Is Chump

Disclaimer: First let me say this to all who are concerned about this escalating: to my knowledge we're all grown ass men with 9-5s so it's basically impossible for us to meet up and scrap unless we use sick/vacation days (and I need my joints), grown men can't beef over the net,  this is all comedy central to me and personally, I don't know any of the cats on this site so I don't take what they say personally. It's just banter. With that said, sit back, laugh and enjoy the verbal spanking I unleash on this "hump"

Common

And heeeere we go...Hip Hop is what we're here to cover so while my dear friend, Dr. Zaius (reference last blog's picture), elaborates on what's not Hip Hop let me respond with one thing that is the opposite of Hip Hop.

Biting. As writer's--even though bloggers hardly have any value on the journalistic food chain--I'd like to think we have some code of ethics i.e. not to bite each other's shit. I mean it's just kind of for lack of better words, gay. But my dear friend, Dr. Zaius didn't quite get that memo. The first blog I wrote on this site was about how overrated T.I. was. Next, this clod writes T.I.'s the next Hammer...Coincidence, maybe but probably not. So, I glanced it over, almost snickered, took it as nothing and kept it moving. Then Ketchum's blog about the South later that day, duke writes a carbon copy. Sidenote: And if you're this superior writer/blogger, why do you have to address the same topics we (the handicap) do??? Then, he wrote a blog about the South still losing or some shit. Check XXLmag.com Billie X. Sunday wrote a blog that's almost identical in topic and content.  Then the "who gives a shit about" Saigon blog he wrote that mimics the Bol post that was pulled off XXLmag.com because of its inappropiate timing. I can't make this shit up people. It's all on the net. Fam, I hear what you saying about the topics and no one owns them (freedom of speech), but as a writer/intellect, isn't it your job to be creative (put another spin on it, elaborate more or further the assertion)??? Instead, we get long ass rant/diatribes with no clear direction--sort of like the rapper you're always dissin', Lil Wayne--with an addendum of low brow phrases like "assclown," "half-tard," "turd burglar," and "shite bag"  Yea, you're cool. We get it...You've seen Clerks (reference the vocab of Jay of Jay and Silent Bob fame) a couple of times. You're the cool guy who makes snide remarks...lol

Then there's Zaius' daddy, Bol. It's like the MOST BLATANT BITE I've ever seen. For those of you who don't know, Bol (Byron Crawford) is a columnist for XXL and has a blog of his own (byroncrawford.com). He's an intelligent but often brash writer, check him out. I do and Zaius does too (reference comments left frequently under Bol's blogs by Zaius). But, all you have to do is read one blog of his and you'll see where Dr. Zaius gets the "question every emcee's sexuality" spiel from the "over the top persona/look at me syndrome" i.e. blah blah about Arabs, TIs and cracka ass crakkas and the "nonstop spewing of negativity" act. Damn even Cube had a "Good Day" don't we have anything positive to say besides tearing about a handful of the same cats down. I mean is it possible for Bol and Zaius to have the same vocab (no kidding), incredibly similar blog topics and same personality; being that one's from the Lou and one's from the West Coast, I doubt it but I think y'all get the point.

 Ok, so you like receiving comments and got the formula down pact WHOOPTY DAMN DOO FOR YOU (bash the South or fif, wayne or dipset)  but did this guy really reduce it to "hey, I'm more popular than you and you need my shine." That's just lightweight if not blatantly lame and mad corny for someone who claimed to be a bigger person in their own blog and "not sensitive" in my comments section, a little contradictory if you ask me. So while calling WEK's blog a bitchfit, he responds with a longer hissy fit as a rebuttal. I don't get it. More contradictions. My popularity on this site means nothing to me. I write to open up the "cipher" (actual good thought by Zaius, see I give props) with readers of this site. I write my opinions, cats agree/disagree, we discuss shit and I keep it moving but according to Zaius to claim true value, we gotta rack up comments...(lol) You're a funny dude. You probably get 10X as many hits as me, but at the end of the day that's about as important as reading a blog about a cat having trouble scoring with the ladies. But i'll wrap it up here when it comes to popularity on the site and receiving comments you got it bro (I've wrote here for a month), I can't dispute that. But when it comes to this writing shit bruh, I'll run circles around you, easy. Note: the guy uses footnotes in his blogs and is lightweight anal-retentive (in the literal sense) as he references homos in almost every blog and this is with who you want to place your faith. In closing, if you're not familiar with where I'm from Dr. Zaius, reference this link from yours truly's blog. 

Have a nice day

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Sensitive Thugs They All Need Hugs/Watch What You Say to Me--word to T.I.

Dr. Zaius, do you really want to go down this route? I'm at work right now so I'll deliver my verbal spanking a little bit later...

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T.I. Vs. T.I.P.: (Afterthoughts)/Prince Paul's A Prince Among Thieves = a Real Hip Hop Concept Album

Enter T.I. who says:

“You have to go back to Aquemini, All Eyez on Me, Reasonable Doubt, Ready to Die. You have to go back to all those classics to compare this album to."

About a day or two after that T.I. album leaked, I reviewed it on my blog. Initially, my thoughts were it was a real good album. In fact, I said it was a damn good album. Here's why I thought that though: he actually carried the dual persona motif throughout the duration of the album and he took a risk by putting out a concept album when he could have just put out a traditional LP and still sold a billion ringtones/albums. And as far as production (top notch producers), storyline (self explanatory) and arrangement (cohesion) it was a nice overall effort.  Now, the lyrics weren't spectacular--not a big surprise, T.I. was never Rakim or no shit like that--but as far as the whole presentation and how dramatic and larger than life it was, it was a kinda fly album. It was kind of like how you know Diddy sucks balls at rapping but you cop the album because you know there's going to be some ill beats and some crazy features. Yea, it was that type of effort.

Now that the dust has settled the shit don't seem too ill anymore. T.I. fans may want to exit left...now. The shit is a blatant bite off of at least 3 or 4 albums. Circa 2004, I recall Cassidy recording an (shitbag) album named Split Personality where he recorded halfway decent gutter tracks and the other (God-awful) half of that crappy album was cotton candy ballads with R&B artists that catered to chicks. Albeit the album hurt my ears, you can kind of see the similarities between the two efforts. Not convinced, what about Nelly's weed plate album that came out around the same time Sweat/Suit. I'm not gonna front like I've ever listened to more than about 4-5 tracks on either of these discs but the concept behind the album is half of the tracks are for the club and the other half are for chicks...T.I.'s mix = half for the streets/half for the birds...Then there's Eminem who had the whole Slim Shady alter ego thing. With that said, you can't really give T.I. too much props for the whole split identity concept b/c it's been done a million times before and those are just the joints I can't remember. And the whole alter ego motif is the foundation of the album so if you can't give him props for that what else is there??? Right.

Now that I've got that out of the way, I can talk about a REAL concept album: Prince Paul's A Prince Among Thieves. If you're semi new to this hip hop shit read about him. Here's Wiki's description of A Prince:

 "The concept follows the story of an aspiring young MC named Tariq (played by rapper Breezly Brewin), who needs to collect money to record a demo tape before a meeting with Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA. A desperate Tariq quits his low-paying job, and turns to his friend True (played by rapper Big Sha), who plugs him into the world of drug dealing. The story sees the two making their way through the drug world, a police ambush, jail, and finally, a deadly showdown.

The album features cameos by Kool Keith, Big Daddy Kane, Chubb Rock, Biz Markie, De La Soul, Everlast, Sadat X, Xzibit, Kid Creole, Special Ed, Chris Rock, RZA and Buckshot. If you haven't heard it, go buy/download or steal it."

Here's my description A Prince Among Thieves = CRACK. My words won't do it justice. Do yourself a favor and cop it (buy/download/steal) by any means necessary.  

It's the BEST HIP HOP CONCEPT ALBUM BAR NONE.

 

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