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Jay-Z vs. Nas: A Perspective From 1933

A bona fide and even passive hip-hop fan may encounter times when their opinions rattle their consciousness as they seek both entertainment and enlightenment. The tension of firming up your musical identity sways you partisan as you pick a side on not one but two fronts, intellectual and emotional fancies. My childhood bias for Nas […]

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Hip-Hop’s Mr. West and the Mr. West of Hip-Hop

(Photo/Francesco Ungaro) Twelve years ago marks the mainstream emergence of Kanye West, a then-blossoming producer renowned for his work on Jay-Z’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia and The Blueprint Debuting as a rap artist in 2004 with the groundbreaking album College Dropout, Kanye created from a perspective to which the common consumer could perhaps relate. His […]

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