C-Murder
Screamin’ 4 Vengeance

After reverting to his government name to shake the shady connotation that an alias like “C-Murder” carries, Corey Miller has once again reclaimed his menacing moniker. While awaiting re-trial for second-degree murder charges, the N’awlins boy recorded Screamin’ 4 Vengeance, ...

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Tha Dogg Pound
Dogg Chit

Perhaps Tha Dogg Pound took the motto, “Ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none,” a bit too literally when they constructed last year’s reunion album Cali Iz Active. The disc’s title almost seems like an afterthought, with all ...

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Prodigy
Return of the Mac

Over a decade ago, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy was rapping about stabbing people with their nose bones and was revered as one of New York’s finest lyricists. Funny how much things can change. Still feeling the impact from the now-infamous Jay-Z ...

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Young Buck
Buck The World

In a climate where rap albums sell like opera tickets in the hood, 50 Cent’s regime has been one of the hardest hit. The once-Teflon tough army is now crucified over anything less than a million units sold. After the ...

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Let the pile-on begin

We're only about two months into 2007, but already there's been a PBS documentary as well as a CNN special about how hip-hop (rather than, say, steroids or the Arab community) is the worst thing that ever happened to this ...

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