I sent two Maybachs back-to-back to come pick him up and he came to the house for his birthday. Basically, I just get nervous when we start romanticizing a time period, like when you read stuff like, "Black families in the U.S. had stronger bonds during slavery than they do now," and I'm like, "Hmm…but do we want to go back to that time period to find out? T.I. The awards show serve as a platform to honor all the DJs and their contributions in the game. & Rakim's "Paid In Full" from their debut album, which was also recorded in his studio. And who knows? Especially since he's been honing his image as a "Teacha", not a "gangsta". PopMatters have been informed by our current technology provider that we have until December to move off their service. It was on camera. Is Carl Neville's 'Eminent Domain' Worth the Effort? Film both reflected and refracted the homophobia. There's even a song that says, "Look, if you're going to sell drugs in spite of what everybody says, why don't you take your money and invest it in something positive for the community?" Is that true? I came back in and this kid laid the first verse and the hook all in one take. The celebration is also evident in the upbeat "This Is What It Is" and the Latin-tinged "Musika", featuring Magic Juan and a seriously well-placed horn loop that shrieks happily into outer space. 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Let's go, I … I remember some wack songs back then. PopMatters' coverage of the 2000s' best recordings continues with selections spanning Swedish progressive metal to minimalist electrosoul. Despite the initial confusion, Mall says the tables have started turn as many now assume Marley Marl is behind many of his recent hit records. Don't you think a lot of people would like to get back to the "good ol' days" in rap? Similarly, "Rising to the Top" strikes me as a less effective version of "Outta Here", from Return of the Boom Bap. His name stands for "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everybody" and he founded H.E.A.L., which means "Human Education Against Lies". After a 20+ year rivalry, KRS-One & Marley Marl grace the hip-hop lexicon with their stunning return to form - "Hip-Hop Lives". Speaking of voices, rappers like KRS-One and Chuck D are to hip-hop what James Earl Jones and Sean Connery are to acting -- their voices are commanding and instantly recognizable. If Nas hadn't released Hip Hop Is Dead, KRS-One could have still recorded this album, or an album with similar themes. Previously: DJ Premier Remembers Jeru The Damaja’s ‘The Sun Rises In The East’ 20 Years Later. Hopefully, he's right and it really will be here forever. When KRS-One catalogues the events he's witnessed in "I Was There", you could substitute "Hip Hop" for "I" and look at it like, "Hip Hop was there". That’s from the heart.”. The third (and final?) It might seem like KRS-One is riding Nas' coattails if you don't know that KRS-One's been pumping out classic records since 1986's Criminal Minded or that he's written three hip-hop-related books or that he's founded three grassroots organizations designed to promote community awareness and renewal. ", a skit with (who else?) There’s a kid like Drake… but because they don’t have the resources, the bridge, the avenue to get the music out there—to get to say ‘I’m about to go pick up Drake.’ That’s how we met. Then I looked on the credits and it was ‘Marley Marl.’ I wanted that to be a connection. Question: I hear "Kill a Rapper" is one of the best cuts on the album. Question: You're one of those critics he was talking about, aren't you? Answer: Actually, I don't think Hip Hop Lives is an answer to Hip Hop Is Dead. The "Teacha" and "Philosopher" images are more conducive to longevity. “When we grew up, he was about seven or eight years older. I will, however, applaud Marley and KRS for keeping the skits and interludes to a minimum. “Me and DJ Franzen, we came to Las Vegas around the same time and we just started building relationships and grinding,” he explains. 08. ABBA's winning – if slightly uneven – seventh album Super Trouper is reissued on 45rpm vinyl for its birthday. "Regardless of how clean or brand-new the record was that he was sampling, or light the production may have been, he always gave it a really gritty feel when he sampled it. More appropriately, in "This Is What It Is", he says, "Now it's time to hear from the philosophers". Answer: Hey, if that's your thing, more power to you. But maybe that says more about us, as hip-hop fans, and how we don't take care of our legends and give our stars the leeway to try new things. Brothas don't tend to do well in Rocky flicks.". “A lot of times my name is said—that’s one of the reasons I even did Love & Hip Hop—people mistaking my hits now for the old Marley Marl,” he says. He’s still looking young. Answer: Well, it certainly explains KRS-One's lyrical disses to "critics" and "rap historians" on Hip Hop Lives. Enjoy this excerpt of cultural anthropologist Maureen Mahon's Black Diamond Queens, courtesy of Duke University Press. I'm inclined to think KRS has already made this album a few times before, under the Boogie Down Productions umbrella with Sex and Violence (1992), and under his own name with Return of the Boom Bap (1993), KRS-One (1995), and I Got Next (1997). If so, do you think Hip Hop Lives succeeds in that response? That also seems like a reaction to the times. My favorite productions were "Musika" (again, those horn loops are fantastic), "All Skool" (another jam with a hard beat), and "Victory" (with some cool jazzy club-style plucking). During a recent conversation with HipHopDX’s Live With Steve Lobel, Mally Mall detailed how he was often confused with legendary producer, Marley Marl. I don't like it when KRS-One sings, even when he's only belting out a line or two. “The name was given to me by Mac Dre,” he says. I'm gonna have to cast my Black-Dude-Vote for 'Let's move forward' on that issue." It definitely helped me get through law school -- that was me late at night, chanting, "Straight outta Torts class, crazy ass jurist named Learned Hand…", so maybe I'm biased or whatever. Answer: Yes and no. That’s my brother.’ We went inside the studio and I said, ‘Let’s see what you know.’ We went inside and started pulling up beats. Answer: Luckily, that's not the point. Some of KRS-One's similes, like emcees getting "chewed up like seafood platters" or having "no spears like Britney", sounded a little less precise than usual. One of the most important albums of hip-hop's golden era. You kind of have to take this album and listen to it along with KRS-One's previous releases to round it out. I'm the dust on the moon, I'm the trash in the sewer. With familiar faces such as Pete Rock and DJ Premier, A-Trak and Kendrick Lamar coming out to show support, it was all love…. "What's That, Fuck That" Various artists - Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest. Question: Did you get what you wanted from the collaboration? Rock goddess Cathy Richardson speaks out about honoring the legacy of Paul Kantner, songwriting with Grace Slick for the Jefferson Starship's new album, and rocking the vote to dump Trump. [8], In 1996, Marley filed a suit against Cold Chillin' for unpaid royalties.[15]. Previously: The 10 Greatest Rap Duos Of All Time, Hip-hop pioneers DJ Kool Herc, Marley Marl and The Zulu Nation along with others are banning together for a month-long event called the 31 Days of Non Stop Hip-Hop. If you're into the history of rap at all, a collaboration between these two guys should at least raise an eyebrow like, "Hey, that might be interesting." Just like there are people who've been saying hip-hop is destructive and degrading. 'Hip' is the knowledge, 'Hop' is the movement. We went on Sway In The Morning. Everybody's jumping on the "hip-hop is dead" bandwagon now, having panel discussions and organizing marches and so forth, but KRS-One's been doing this sort of "edutainment" -- rapping about pride, empowerment, education, and respect -- for years. I got into the entertainment business and used that to push the love for the music and facilitate the houses, the cars. The song was recorded on a four track cassette recorder and Shan used a mic with a missing ball to record his lyrics. Featuring Blaq Poet and, according to KRS-One's adlibs, DJ Premier, "Victory" is a sharper song that positively addresses KRS-One's artistry ("To uplift my people is the reason I came / If you believe in peace then we believe in the same") and the collaborative nature of the project, with Poet rhyming about "burying the hatchet" by being on the track with the guy who "dissed Queensbridge". Through it all he was himself, as he continuously refused to "remember his place". It was Mac Dre, Mac Mall, we had E-40. During a recent conversation with HipHopDX’s Live With Steve Lobel, Mally Mall detailed how he was often confused with legendary producer. The new "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" cast member says he sent his custom whip to Richie Rich at West Coast Customs for what you might call the POTUS treatment -- … The long-time veterans are back and sound as potent as ever. He always put the 808 to it and gave it a heavy bottom and warm feel."[13]. Marley caught his big break in 1984, with artist Roxanne Shante's hit "Roxanne's Revenge". Marlon Williams (born September 30, 1962), better known by his stage name Marley Marl, is an American DJ, record producer, rapper and record label founder, primarily operating in hip hop music.

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