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Here it is, ladies and gents. The third installment of the Ivy League Spins Hip-Hop playlist. These were gonna come every first of the month, but now we're going to switch it up to every Thursday. Just so happens, today is both. Don't know why I chose 14 songs... maybe I'll always switch it up. Kev Brown - Beats N' Rhymes (feat Phonte and Oddisee) Abstract Rude/Aceyalone - Deep & Wide Felt - Dirty Girl Jake One - [...]
July 23rd 1991 is a date that may not mean much to the every day man. It really has no relevance if you were to ask the person sitting next to you at the barber shop. However, if you are a true hip hop head it may mean something to you. This is the day that the one and only Nas was unleashed on the world through a single from Main Source's debut album Breaking Atoms . Before this day Nas was somewhat of an unknown. His verse on Live At The Barbecue let it [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. From scouring the internets from my Ohio apartment, I have been able to determine that Nas not only performed Illmatic at this weekend's Rock the Bells Festival in NYC but he also brought out alot of legends to do classics with. Above is a video of Nas rocking Back to the Grill with 3rd Bass's MC Serch . After the jump, watch Nas doing If I Ruled the World with [...]

Eternia has been making a name for herself as a female M.C. who can definitely foot it with the boys over the last few months. The Canadian rhyme spitter has thrown her self into tracks alongside real lyricist's lyricists, including Ras Kass and Joell Ortiz, and has come out all the better for it. Now, Eternia is joining forces with a couple of legendary ladies of the hip hop world, calling in Rah Digga and The Lady of Rage to do their thing on a solid posse cut entitled 'The BBQ'. Taking their lead [...]
Traditionally mixtapes soundtrack one of three activities: working out, blazing down the highway in a cheap car, and trying to get the object of your affections to fall desperately in love with you after they hear in the music all the things you wish you could say. That third one is probably the most common, and also the most fraught with danger - the danger of rejection and heartbreak. That's why high school students and serious music geeks agonise so intensely on the subtleties of the emotion they're expressing through their choice of song. (For more on this, give Nick [...]

some late 90's action.. . im sure these babies'll bring back memories of throwing on your hillfiger rugby on your way out to see halebop.. remember how badass it felt to throw this on at house parties? Akinyele - Put It In Your Mouth ( ysi ) / ( zshr ) [...]