“…I started rapping and got nice as hell, if it wasn’t for this I might be doing life in jail…” 

Big L ~Street Struck.

RIP 

Sample of the day:

The Pharcyde ~Passin’ Me By sampled from Quincy Jones’ ~Summer In The City.

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Sample of the day:

Nas ~Life is like a dice game /  Norman Connors ~Valentine Love

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Happy Birthday to one of the greatest Hip-hop producers of all time, the illest sampler, the king of remixes, my personal favourite : ~Pete Rock  

Sample Wars!

Both tracks sampled from Ronnie Foster’s “Mystic Brew”. 

Props to J.Cole for the beat drop , but for overall production, my vote goes to the Tribe. Classic. ~Electric Relaxation. 

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“…I’m all that and then some, short dark and handsome, bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from…”

~RIP Phife Dawg

Sample Wars!

Who sampled this El DeBarge joint better? : Puff Daddy or Lord Finesse?

(Big L – MVP) / (Biggie- One more chance)

Love Big L, but my vote goes to Biggie’s “One more chance” one this one. Personally preferred the MVP summer smooth remix.

RIP to these two legends 

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ATCQ

“…here they come, just like I figured,
I got my hand on the motherf***in’ trigger,
What I saw’ll make your ass start giggling,
Three blind, crippled and crazy senior citizens.”

~ Geto Boys : Mind playing tricks on me 

Photography by @chimodu