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Jay-Z's "Empire State Of Mind" , featuring the vocal stylings of Alicia Keys is a big wet kiss shout out to New York City. Extolling all that is righteous about New York, Jay's occasionally clever punchlines save the track from itself when it threatens to go from anthemic to sappy. Seeing Jay-Z perform this song several times over the past few weeks got me to thinking about the many other rap songs that have been dedicated to rappers' love of the big city. Ever since the dawn of hip hop, MC's have felt the need to confess their love for the city that invented the art form. Jay-Z himself has dedicated a half-dozen or so songs and countless verses to his beloved Brooklyn. Verbally representing one's borough has become so ingrained in rap vernacular that we no longer even notice this peculiar form of civic pride. Why are all these rappers trying to one-up the next man on how oppressive and bleak their home towns are? Is this really something to be proud of? I...

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lswittenberg loved it on September 16th : Chef Raekwon has cooked up the Wu Tang banger we've been promised for far too long. It's like 1995 all over again. And that's a good thing. » Review this album Comment on this review Tweet Edit review Delete review via musebin.com Posted via web from lswittenberg's posterous

lswittenberg liked it on September 11th : It's good, but BP3 falls short of classic. So what, I'm just glad Jay's still making music. Rather than nitpick I choose to simply enjoy it. » Review this album Comment on this review Tweet Edit review Delete review via musebin.com Posted via web from lswittenberg's posterous

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To offset the devastating news that Roxanne Shante made up the whole story about her having a PHD from Cornell I offer you this list of 10 Rappers whom I'm pretty sure are on the level. There are plenty of rappers who attended college but never graduated, including Diddy, Ludacris, Plies, and a ton of others. But I think this is a list of actual degree holders. Since this is the internet, I don't really have to check my sources or anything so I could be totally wrong here. There are a lot of rumors out there when it comes to rappers and college so don't hold me to this. If you can confirm any others, please do so. Enjoy. Lamont David Banner (I was as surprised as anybody. Dude also attended Grad School at UMD College Park) - S outhern University J-Live  - (One of the smartest rappers out there so this is quite believable) -  S UNY New York Pete Nice (Of 80's group 3rd Base, I used to point this bit of trivia out to people way back in the day)  - Columbia University ...

via us.bape.com A Bathing Ape Pirate Store Starts Thursday, 12pm; 286 Lafayette st, btw Prince and Houston; SoHo Starting tomorrow, the silverbacks of Japanese street wear are setting up shop for just five days, bringing with 'em discounts of 50-70% on select archived & factory second helpings of their frequently colorful polos, tees, buttondowns, jackets, and highly sought-after, oft-laminated leather kicks, though if your chums are all in this year's line of eye-catching Japanese threads, well then won't you feel like the monkey. Posted via web from lswittenberg's posterous

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