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As The Notorious B.I.G. enters the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a look back at ‘Ready to Die’
Biggie’s first album dropped the same day as the notorious Crime Bill
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Aux Cord Chronicles XXI: Your Election Day soundtrack
The emotions we carry with us in the voting booth have always been in the music
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Megan Thee Stallion’s Instagram Live marinated on my psyche
As Black men, we cannot continue to inflict this pain on the women who look like us
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Wu-Tang’s RZA on the influence of Bruce Lee
How martial arts flows throughout the work of the influential hip-hop group
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Instead of vilifying Boosie’s actions, we need to put them into a broader context
The rapper bragged about hiring a woman to perform oral sex on his underage son and nephews
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Aux Cord Chronicles XX: The sounds of 1998
OutKast, DMX, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Master P and ‘Vol. 2’ from Jay-Z made this one major year in music
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Still grieving Nipsey Hussle a year later
Coming to terms with Hussle’s death hasn’t gotten any easier
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Music to listen to while the coronavirus keeps you in the house
Here are the songs to catch up on while you practice social distancing
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Jay Electronica’s ‘A Written Testimony’ is a lesson in defeating anxiety and pressure
‘When I see Jay Electronica needing that nudge to ultimate fulfillment, I see LeBron James’