Rare Joints: The Source Magazine – Mad Flavor Vol. 1

A compilation called Mad Flavor Volume One from The Source Magazine. Not to be confused with those The Source Presents Hip-Hop Hits albums, this promo only CD dropped circa 1991, packaged with an issue of mag. I can’t for the life of me remember which exact issue it was, though. Kept the CD in my files [...]
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Cappadonna “’97 Mentality”

The Source Magazine - June 1997 Cappadonna “’97 Mentality” off that Wu-Tang Killa Bees compilation. This joint was always ill. Still is. Produced by the RZA, ya know, the Wu-Tang Clan Abbot that Raekwon tells Vibe will not be contributing to his Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang, due in September. Sigh. Born is 9, and God is 7. You’re welcome if [...]
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Blaze Magazine – The 50 Greatest MCs Ever!

Blaze Magazine (February 1999) The late Blaze Magazine’s 50 Greatest MC’s list. Their Top 5, Dead or Alive, pre-millenium: Rakim KRS-1 The Notorious B.I.G. Big Daddy Kane LL Cool J No Eminem (it was 1999) and my personal fav, no Ghostface (pre-Supreme Clientele). I distinctly remember feeling a ways when this issue dropped that neither Guru (RIP) nor Black Thought made the cut. [...]
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