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"Little Brother "Get Back" Album Sampler"
Download a sneak preview of Little Brother's upcoming album "Get Back" In Stores October 23rd...
"Saigon & Mobb Deep Altercation"
This video is a damn shame on both sides.  There is no need for grown men to be acting this way...
"Cormega Ft. Dwele: Sleep Well"
Another new track from Cormega which will be featured on his new DVD/Soundtrack "Who Am I Dropping November 20th...
"The Away Team: Greedy"
New Track Produced By Khrysis from their sophomore LP Training Day...
"Rakim Live On Scion Radio With Rhythm Rootz All-Stars Band"
Rakim backed by a live band while doing the classics.  Definitely worth a listen...
"RZA Cyphers At Hip Hop Chess Event"
Video footage of RZA & DJ Q-Bert at a hip hop chess tournament but the best part is the RZA freestyle at the end of the video clip...
"WC: Paranoid"
New WC produced by Mr. Porter From His Upcoming Album "Guilty By Affiliation" Out August 14th...
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Behind the album with 9th wonder: the dream merchant 2

"Brooklyn in my Mind" was a track that I caught a lot of flack over.       For some strange reason I was a hated man for that track. They were saying "I had no business doing it, I'm not from Brooklyn" but neither was Preem (DJ Premier) or Ali Shaheed (Muhammad). That's one of my favorite joints on there as a matter of fact. I picked the artists. Mos Def did the...
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Brian Coleman: Author Of The Critically Acclaimed Book "Check The Technique".
I had to talked to Questlove at length (laughs) for probably about 5 or 6 hours for the "Do You Want More" chapter. As soon as I started talking to him it was obvious I had a connection with because he's... 		Sade & Sweetback's Stuart Matthewman.
We did a couple of demos. I guess some of us probably have one on cassette. Sade has got one definitely locked away. She's not gonna let you have that one (laughs). She was just one of the backup singers though...
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J.R. Rotem.
There are producers that have had hits for years and years and years that have mastered that craft. A song might sound catchy and simple, but there is actually a lot that goes into it to get it to sound like that. There is actually a complex method in understanding a song that makes you be able to make something that sounds simplistic... 		Behind The Album: Percee P.
That is my rhyme style that I have had since way back in the days and I developed her over the years and she has been with me for years.  I say a lot of things and I get graphic with her. Listen to the song it's real deep and I thing it's genius how Madlib in between my verses put a hook with a voice talking back to me...
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Behind The Album: Little Brother "Get Back."

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