TAG: rakim

Jan25

DJ Boo – Recycled Beats (Review)

DJ Boo

Recycled Beats

Released by Self-Released


The DJ mix is always a question of identity: Who is the DJ? And what are they trying to prove? Not that they're all so self-conscious, but the mix always asserts something. On The Block is Hot, Pt 2 Blockhead asserted his indvidualism over moody samples from Everlast and Rakim. On Bumps Controller 7 illustrated a knowing reverence for the Golden Age, smooshing De La against Nas and making both sound newly relevant. I've heard James Murphy treat a DJ mix as a sketchbook, Greg Gillis treat it as a urinal, Primo as another excuse to scratch a bunch. I've heard DJ Shadow do pretty much everything a two-armed human can do on a DJ mix. He was clearly proving something.

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Jan07

Rakim – Walk These Streets (Video)

Maino almost derails “Walk These Streets,” but the production that Needlz contributes makes up for any perceived short comings. No, The Seventh Seal isn’t a classic, but it beats whatever hyped mixtapes you’re downloading right now…

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Dec08

Clipse – Fresh to Death (Video)

The hip-hop power duo used to be pretty prevalent in the days of old[er]. Unfortunately, such groups are all-but-chillin’ in between sedimentary rock and dinosaur bones. Thank God for the Clipse because they have been holding down the two-dope-rappers niche like nobody else.  With names like “Pusha” and “Malice,” it is easy to jump to conclusions and say that Clipse aren’t for the kids but here at URB, we always look before we leap. We caught up with one half of the powerhouse group (Malice) to talk  Til The Casket Drops, what fuels classics and why Malice’s new book will probably give kids some much-needed insight.

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Nov11

Rakim’s Seventh Seal Tour (Video & MP3)

In one week Rakim will be dropping his first album in 10 years. It seems hard to believe that one of hip-hop’s most legendary legends has not dropped an album in a decade. Since enough time has passed after all of the anticipation and musing that was taking place over Rakim’s collaboration with the good doctor and the recovery for everyone involved when that project never saw the light of day due to “creative differences” , fans are eager to unwrap Rakim’s early Christmas gift: The Seventh Seal (11/19). Hip-Hop, at its essence, has always been an exercise in mathematics, so as we look forward to the Seventh Seal  dropping in a week, let’s also take a look back to a little over a week ago when  Rakim and …

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Oct31

Rakim Discusses Leaving Aftermath (Video)

Rakim talks about leaving the label and his former boss. 

In this interview with Hard Knock TV, Rakim Allah talks about his creative differences with Dre and why they ultimately decided to part ways. In the end it kinda makes you lose a little respect for the Doctor.

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