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Drake's motto of "no new friends" has grown quite popular over the past year, but what happens if you lose your original friends? This is a pretty common occurrence in hip-hop; we've seen a number of celebrated groups, from N.W.A to Little Brother, break up over "differences" with each other. This is partly why the recent news of OutKast getting back together has been met with such joy. To keep the good feelings rolling,  XXL decided to compile a list of some of the biggest reunions in hip-hop.

 

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EPMD 

To give you an idea how much Eric Sermon and Parrish Smith's relationship soured, Sermon at one point supposedly hired armed intruders to break into Smith's house to go through his things. Thankfully the duo smoothed things over in the mid 2000s and even released a reunion album, We Mean Business, in 2008. They still continue to tour together.

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Geto Boys

The Houston rap group has seen a number of lineups over the years, but everyone's favorite—Scarface, Bushwick Bill and Willie D—reunited in 2005 to release The Foundation on Rap-A-Lot Records, their first release together since 1996.

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A Tribe Called Quest

We're still not sure everything is 100 percent between Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, but it was still great to see the three back together on stage in 2004 after a six-year hiatus. ATCQ continues to tour and play at music festivals around the world, though the group hasn't released any new music since 1998.


Slum Village

The Detroit group never got its original lineup back together for an album, but three of its members—Elzhi, T3 and J Dilla—reunited in 2004 for the Black Milk-produced song "Reunion" off Detroit Deli. The song, which features all three members rapping, was a rush of nostalgia for any SV fan. It also featured a verse by Elzhi directed toward Baatin, another departed member. Tragically, both Dilla and Baatin passed away shortly after.

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Pete Rock and CL Smooth

Together, Pete Rock and CL Smooth created one of the best hip-hop songs ever in "T.R.O.Y.," so heads rejoiced when the group reunited in 2010 after 15 years of "creative differences."

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Goodie Mob

Goodie Mob took hip-hop by storm when it released the classic Soul Food in 1995. Cee-lo left the group around 1999 to pursue a solo career, leading Goodie to release One Monkey Don't Stop No Show some years later. Recently Lo returned to the group, and together they released Age Against The Machine, another experimental and genre-pushing album to fit into their catalogue.

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Mobb Deep

Fans of the Queensbridge duo were shocked to see Havoc taking shots at Prodigy over Twitter last year. Hav went on to say that he had a diss track aimed at P, but never released it and eventually retracted his Tweets. The duo reunited and is currently at work on their next album.

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