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Fast shipping and high qaulity cd's with jewel case. I love this double album. you'll be hooked. Just listen to 'Lyrics' by A.L. It has some hot freestyles and some amazing hip hop artist calaborations. Great fricking CD, a must if you don't own.
one of the best hip hop compilation albums next to soundbombing 2 for rawkus a great mix of MC's great lyrics and great beats still a true Rawkus hit before they sold out to Geffen
A nice collab with OC and Ras Kass, and some impressive cyphers with a vicious beat from Will I Am. I'm amazed only two other people have written a review of this album. 8.55/10 for a good B. A classic song in The Manifesto where Kweli breaks down the composition of the culture. I bought it a few months ago and I remember all the good times. Solid beats and rhymes.
The CD takes the form of a "live" open mic night, presided over by De La Soul, and their introductions, which are backed by the piano programming of 88 Keys, add to the feeling of the album. That two CD set was this fantastic collection of underground hip hop, which served to introduce me to the artists that would come to be the standards for where I held hip hop to. The set has some great examples of lyricism from such luminaries as Mos Def, Jurassic 5, Talib Kweli, Q-Tip and Bahamadia, plus others who aren't as well known. One day about 6 years ago, I was listening to the local hip hop station, KS 107.5. If you're interested in underground hip hop, this is a good place to start. I told him that I couldn't stand listening to the same old rap music over and over anymore. After hearing Country Grammar, It Wasn't Me and Stan 5 times each that day, I stood up in my cubicle and said, to no one in particular, "This sucks." A friend of mine walked over and asked me what I was talking about. He handed me a two cd set, and told me to listen to it, and see if I didn't think that it was far better than what the radio was playing.
Highly Recommended. For any hip hop fan needing a fresh breath or air, take this LP and breath. Very clean from start to finish & each MC holds it down nicely.
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