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Also, reports of the Benz/backpack dichotomy between mainstream and underground rap that Kanye West claims to have transcended seem to have been greatly exaggerated. Hip-hop legends like Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. have been weaving abstract rhymes into their oeuvres for years (albeit less pretentiously), along with left-field heroes like De La Soul, 3rd Bass and the Native Tongues Posse (Q-Tip’s nickname is even “the Abstract?...
Also, reports of the Benz/backpack dichotomy between mainstream and underground rap that Kanye West claims to have transcended seem to have been greatly exaggerated. Hip-hop legends like Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. have been weaving abstract rhymes into their oeuvres for years (albeit less pretentiously), along with left-field heroes like De La Soul, 3rd Bass and the Native Tongues Posse (Q-Tip’s nickname is even “the Abstract?...
...song “Piggy Bank,” 50 fires lyrical “warning shots” at rappers Nas, Jadakiss, and Fat Joe. 50 claims the record was provoked by the latter two’s appearance on the song “New York, New York” with his nemesis Ja Rule. Entirely offended, 50 felt he had no recourse but to launch into a musical tirade of clever putdowns and empty threats. Riiiiiight?...
...Queens, N.Y. native may have made another enemy last week when he accused his protégé The Game of being disloyal and expelled him from the G-Unit posse during a live radio interview on Hot 97 in New York. Apparently Game wanted to perform with Nas, who drew 50’s ire for collaborating with his arch nemesis, Ja Rule...
...People don’t realize that someone like Tupac gave himself the same type of college education in sociology and philosophy that Harvard students get here, purely of his own volition and interest. People don’t realize that rappers like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Nas all have vast amounts of literature and orature behind them that move into their works. As far as school, I’m resolved to change the way that I view my education, because any knowledge I can integrate into a song or into a creation, and at the same time...