First things first
A Story...The year is 1994. I'm a junior at Franklin High School and the internet does not exist (as far as I'm concerned). I was compulsive consumer of any and every rap magazine I could get my hands...
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On An Island - Erule & Pallas Records
Rap Pages - December 1994 - LA Underground cover photo left to right:Ganjah K, Medusa, Ras Kass, Erule, Koko, AceyAloneAs a music industry outsider, trying to determine why certain records do well and...
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Where do we go from here?
Rest In Peace - Keith Elam AKA Guru from Gang Starr“A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own.” - Thomas MannSo it came to pass that on Monday, April 19th legendary MC Guru from Gang...
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Vitamin D's Rent Party, Seattle and Costs
Vitamin D's Rent Party FlyerI'm not going to make this a super long 2000 word "blog" post like usual. We'll keep this nice and brief. Today is Friday. If you're going out on Saturday, you should be at...
View ArticleKanye West - The Power of Humility
I'm not sure you properly and fully appreciate the statement that is being made by Kanye West's "Runaway" video movie, but don't fear, I'm going to help you.At it's fundamental core, Hip-Hop has always...
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From Fan to Advocate - Seattle Legends Tribal Productions - Pt. 1
Courtesy of some kind words by my Internet Friend and fellow Franklin High School alumni Larry Mizell Jr, I'm finally going to get around to explaining my perhaps overcooked affinity for local Seattle...
View ArticleTownbiz, Et Al
"Got so much pride in them three numbers" - Stalley"Gotta be true to yourself individuality always secures your fate" - Vitamin DBy means of an introduction to the topic of Townbiz, allow me to direct...
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Black Stax - Spell On You
I typically feel kind of weird about using this blog to promote my own work, but not this time. One of the cooler things that has happened this year is that I've been working with and assisting my...
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Rest In Peace: Taj Abdul Randall of Narcotik
Taj Abdul Randall aka Tizzy T was 1/2 of Seattle group Narcotik, along with MC C-Note aka The Note. Narcotik, part of the Tribal Productions family, released their debut album "Intro 2 The Central" in...
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Tribal Productions - Do The Math
From Geo of Blue Scholar's twitter:2 yrs ago in the same hip hop class at UW I asked the students what Seattle rap they listened to, and few responded. ...today, asked same question and they responded...
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Tribal Productions - Freestyle Demo Tape - An Explanation
There are certain things that do not need to be reviewed, and this is not a review, rather an explanation. No amount of critical praise nor scorn will validate it’s worth. In the base state this music...
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