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Nas and The Firm on the “Full Circle” track from King’s Disease

Nas and The Firm: Full Circle Deep Dive Part 1

Nas’s recently released album King’s Disease marked his fourteenth project to debut in the top ten. It stands as a testament to his longevity and sustained greatness, with a career now spanning nearly three decades since his debut appearance on Main Source’s 1992...
Tupac Shakur and Treach photographed together in the 1990s

Tupac and Treach: Dedication from the Heart

The date, September 13th, 2020, marks twenty-four years since the passing of Tupac Shakur. It is one of those events that many remember where they were when his untimely death occurred. There were vast outcries and numerous dedications from artists whom he had made an...
Eve at the Grammy Awards and Dr. Dre at The Defiant Ones premiere

Eve and Dr Dre: Aftermath and Beyond

It has been well documented that Eve was signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label before her run with the Ruff Ryders. Although her time at Aftermath was short and did not pan out, Dr. Dre still played a significant role in her career. Eve later described Dr. Dre as tough...
Mary J. Blige’s music history with 50 Cent and Method Man connects in Power Book II

50 Cent and Mary J Blige with Method Man: Power Music Collab

  The highly anticipated Power spinoff, Power Book II: Ghost, has finally arrived. The series serves as a direct continuation of events from the original show. For this season, 50 Cent played a key role as executive producer by bringing Mary J. Blige onboard as a...
War Zone rap group members MC Eiht, Goldie Loc, and Kam during their mid-2000s West Coast collaboration

MC Eiht and Snoop Dogg: War Zone Project

    West Coast legend MC Eiht has been on a roll lately. Following a hiatus from full-fledged studio projects since 2006, he returned in 2017 with the DJ Premier-produced Which Way Iz West. Furthermore, he kept that momentum going recently with Gangsta...

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Keith Sweat: Hip Hop Collaborations

Keith Sweat: Hip Hop Collaborations

After 30 plus years R&B legend Keith Sweat is still going strong, dropping his thirteenth studio album Playing For Keeps last week.  His solo work alone has garnered him 3 multi-platinum, 3 platinum, and one gold album.  In addition to one multi-platinum album...

Will.I.Am and The Black Eyed Peas: Career Coming Full Circle

Will.I.Am and The Black Eyed Peas: Career Coming Full Circle

It is great to see that Will.I.Am and his group The Black Eyed Peas since the departure of Fergie have come full circle returning to their hip hop roots. Putting out material like “Constant pt.1 pt.2”, “Back 2 Hip Hop” and “Dopeness” that is authentic and from the...

Redman: Das EFX and Lords of the Underground Connection

Redman: Das EFX and Lords of the Underground Connection

Over his nearly thirty year career Redman aka Reggie Noble has forged a lot of relationships with different camps. Two unique ones were with the duo Das EFX and Lords of the Underground. For a brief period of time there was tension between the groups due to the...

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