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KRS-One Tells The Story & Meaning Behind The ’93 Album “Return Of The Boom Bap” – What Iz Hip Hop

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"I don't need the record industry. I need hip-hop." - KRS-One KRS-One has always been one of my favorite emcees. Here, KRS-One sits and tells the story of his '93 album Return of the Boom Bap after he says his career ended in '92. Also listen to him tell the story of his meeting with DJ Premier and his take on commercial music too. This is good stuff here folks. … [Read more...] about KRS-One Tells The Story & Meaning Behind The ’93 Album “Return Of The Boom Bap” – What Iz Hip Hop

Music | Kyle Rapps-Lazy Dayze (ft. Silent Knight) – What Iz Hip Hop

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"First person that puts their hands out gets a buck..I mean book." Love it. Kyle Raps is prepping for Re-Edutainment, an album that revisits BDP's classic album. In the meantime, he drops this track that won't be on the album "Layze Dayze (ft. Silent Knight)". Re-Edutainment is produced by Kev Brown and will feature Joell Ortiz, KRS-One, and U-N-I. Drops March 29th. … [Read more...] about Music | Kyle Rapps-Lazy Dayze (ft. Silent Knight) – What Iz Hip Hop

Music | Kyle Rapps-Hard Knock Children – What Iz Hip Hop

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Kyle Rapps drops his latest single from his upcoming debut EP "Re-Edutainment" titled "Hard Knock Children". "Re-Edutainment" will feature Kev Brown production for the whole project and feature KRS-One, U-N-I, and Joell Ortiz. Kyle Rapps' debut EP, "Re-Edutainment", will be dropping March 29th. Download: Kyle Rapps-Hard Knock Children (ft. Joell Ortiz) … [Read more...] about Music | Kyle Rapps-Hard Knock Children – What Iz Hip Hop

Video | DJ Drama and Don Cannon Squash Beef – What Iz Hip Hop

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This is always good to see and always worth a post. As we know, beef has ravaged hip-hop since The Bridge Wars with KRS-One and Marley Marl to Big and Pac (one of the worst outcomes). An unfortunate byproduct of beef are record sales. So throughout the years, beef has become mainstream to build publicity for upcoming albums (think Lil' Kim vs. Nicki Minaj) or … [Read more...] about Video | DJ Drama and Don Cannon Squash Beef – What Iz Hip Hop

YouTube Tuesday | DJ Premier: The Planet Ill Interview Part 1 & 2 – What Iz Hip Hop

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This is dope.  Premier discusses how he helped squash the beef between Just-Ice, Blak Poet, and KRS-One.  Here is the excerpt from the interview.  If you want, you can read the full interview here.  There is a video below if you want to watch that too.  Your choice.  The interview was conducted by Odeisel.  He's a real cool cat.  I follow him on Twitter and we've had … [Read more...] about YouTube Tuesday | DJ Premier: The Planet Ill Interview Part 1 & 2 – What Iz Hip Hop