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Tha Dogg Pound :: Dogg Food

Pete T.August 3, 2010

Controversy sells. In the early '90s crusade against gangsta rap, politicians and lobbyists made Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggystyle" the... Read More...

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Jayo Felony :: Take a Ride

Pete T.July 27, 2010

As quick as many West Coast purists are to dismiss Def Jam's futile efforts to promote their West Coast roster in the mid-90s, it's hard to dispute the quality... Read More...

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Foesum :: Perfection

Pete T.July 27, 2010

Long Beach outfit Foesum traces their roots back to a DJ crew formed in the mid '80s while members MNMsta and DJ Glaze were in high school, calling themselves P... Read More...

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Thug Life :: Thug Life: Volume 1

Pete T.July 20, 2010

Some may only recognize Thug Life as the two words infamously tattooed across 2Pac's abdomen, but interviews from the mid-90s reveal that he had big plans for ... Read More...

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7.5

E-40 :: The Mail Man

Emanuel WallaceJuly 20, 2010

Back in the early-to-mid 90's, West Coast hip-hop was getting a lot of love. Of course there was Dr. Dre and his seminal classic, "The Chronic", but there were ... Read More...

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Twinz :: Conversation

Pete T.July 13, 2010

One of the quirkiest intricacies of the human mind is the way it frames memories so that we fondly recall good times, often to the point that we can overlook th... Read More...

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Reviews

Blueface :: Free Blueface

Independent as F*** : Underground Hip Hop from 1995-2005

Quadeca :: Scrapyard

Tha Dogg Pound :: Dogg Food

Jayo Felony :: Take a Ride

Foesum :: Perfection

Thug Life :: Thug Life: Volume 1

E-40 :: The Mail Man

Twinz :: Conversation