... tough childhood, he got into hustling, which provided money for his early rap career. By the late 80's, he had come out with his first underground CD. In 1990, Jay appeared in collaborations with Jaz and Original Flavor. Jaz helped Jay get started early because his dealings helped Jay-Z to create Roc-A-Fella ... as #23 in the US. Notorious B.I.G. appeared on the song "Brooklyn's Finest" with Jay-z which summed up the overall feel of the CD with street rhymes and hot beats. His next CD would be released after the tragic death of his close friend Christopher Wallace, Notorious B.I.G. This a...

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... major label drama before finally hitting it big his current single. He was a member of Crooked Lettaz; he along with Kamikaze released the critically acclaimed Grey Skies CD on the now defunct Penalty Records. Crusher and Banner are just the tip of the Iceberg, T.I. (Tip) is another artist making big noise out of the ... with LA he was dropped, turns out that's the best thing that could have happened he took it back to the streets doing features and releasing underground CD's with his Pimp Squad Click crew which led to classics like "Dope Boys In the Trap."" Tip recently signed a big de...

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... record company beside Death Row, you will be placing your life on the line. Subsequently, this is what Tupac did. Tupac then went on to produce a quadruple-platinum, double CD. This CD was a relentless 28-track assault on whoever it was that shot him. Though this was his best selling record ever, it contained little insight or violent revolutionary lyrics that his ... music is known for, but rather a loud spitting of venomous gangster mentality. His next and last CD would also go quadruple-platinum. This album contained much more thought and contained many songs that talked about religi...

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... father and Janet Jackson's love intrest. Tupac's name was beginning to appear everywhere despite his troubles. Tupac cooled off for two years and then in 1995 he released the double-CD "All Eyez On Me." This album sold over three million copies within its' first year. His career was on a glowing path toward big fame and big money. Soon after "All ... make money. What is the best way to make a ton of money when your known and a superstar, the death of Tupac netted over 10 million dollars with his videos and cd's. In jail Shakur spoke about reading the books written by Niccolo Machiavelli...

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... is taking his advice. Machiaveli wrote two books before his death. Look at what the All Eyez on Me disks are called.. Machiavelli's books were called, "Book 1," and, "Book 2." The CD's of, "All Eyez On Me," are entitled the same. Some say that Tupac modified the Machiavelli name because if you rearrange the letters, they spell, "Am Alive," or, "I Am Alive ... is why Tupac may be dead. Watch and listen for Tupac to come back in the future. In his own words he says on the last track of his latest cd Better Dayz in quote "Expect me, expect a man like me to come back, expect me, im comin." ...

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... , but most of his recognition was limited to the Christian music industry. I actually regularly listened to TobyMac's Hip-Hop as a young child and recently came across one of his old CD's while cleaning my room. I decided to relive some memories and placed it in my stereo. A few minutes passed and I found that I couldn't hit "Stop" fast enough. It was ... ...

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... . In 1990, sampling had become illegal. Due to this, rappers are starting to come out with new harmonies and instrumentation. During this time, parental advisory stickers were developed for rap CD's with extreme contents. Since this time, rap music has evolved dramatically with new rhythms and beats and dealing with issues such as drugs, politics, gang violence and more. Within the ... ...

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... hinders the rights of the artist under the First Amendment. It could also hinder sales as many family oriented stores such as K-Mart or Target will not even purchase these CD's if they contain Parental Advisory stickers, this not only limits sales, it restricts youth from accessing the music. Those who live in rural areas who cannot depend on a large record ... ...

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... ,000 worth of jewelry. Tupac recovered incredibly from his injuries, and then he made his best albums yet, including "Me Against the World", which sold 2 million copies, and the double-CD "All Eyes on Me" which sold nearly 3 million copies. While his fame and his fortune was growing Tupac was shot and killed after watching a Mike Tyson fight, with Death Row ... ...

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... . In 1990, sampling had become illegal. Due to this, rappers are starting to come out with new harmonies and instrumentation. During this time, parental advisory stickers were developed for rap CD's with extreme contents. Since this time, rap music has evolved dramatically with new rhythms and beats and dealing with issues such as drugs, politics, gang violence and more. Within the ... ...

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... he flies to L.A. and begins work in his next album under the Death Row record label. His album All Eyes on Me, was released on February 13, 1995. The double CD goes quintuple platinum. It seemed as if the rapper was on top of the world. He had sold more CDs than he ever had and the most money he had ... ...

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... any and all musical forms. A number of rap artists have borrowed from jazz, using samples as well as live music. Some of the most influential jazz-rap recordings include Jazzamatazz CD (1993), an album by Boston rapper Guru, and "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" (1993), a single by the British group US3. In the United Kingdom, jazz-rap evolved into a genre known as trip ... ...

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... , white and blue bootleg, "50 Cent Is the Future," revisiting material by Jay-Z and even Rapheal Saadiq. That's when the unbelievable happened, and hip-hop history was written. The energetic CD caught the ear of supa MC Eminem, and within a week Em was on the radio saying, '50 Cent is my favorite rapper right now.' Em looked to mentor Dr. Dre ... ...

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... of them. On his newest album, Eminem raps about killing his wife and single-handedly taking down his enemies with an AK47 while standing atop the Eiffel tower. While the CD does proclaim being for mature audiences only, it is just to be assumed that smaller children will get their hands on it. "I've heard five year olds say things that ... ...

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... it. Rappers rap about their lives. If a rapper's life is filled with violence, the rap will be filled with violence. Blaming rap is easy and convincing, because someone can hold a CD in his hand and say "This is the problem. Eliminating it is the solution." Everyone looks for an easy target for blame. Unfortunately, the problem is greatly more difficult to ... ...

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... he flies to L.A. and begins work in his next album under the Death Row record label. His album All Eyes on Me, was released on February 13, 1995. The double CD goes quintuple platinum. It seemed as if the rapper was on top of the world. He had sold more CDs than he ever had and the most money he had ... ...

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... new music and clothing styles. Technology makes us not have to think for ourselves. In this article, Bill Cosby mentioned meeting a man who called himself a musician. When listening to jazz CD, he could not differentiate between the instruments because technology had done everything for him. This "not having to think for ourselves" brings about what older Americans would call lazy or ... ...

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... . In 1990, sampling had become illegal. Due to this, rappers are starting to come out with new harmonies and instrumentation. During this time, parental advisory stickers were developed for rap CD's with extreme contents. Since this time, rap music has evolved dramatically with new rhythms and beats and dealing with issues such as drugs, politics, gang violence and more. Within the ... ...

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A man walked up to me the other day and said, "Hey bro", you listen to rap music?" I replied with a yes; the man then tried to sell me his CD, but being the broke college student I am I had no cash on me. Once I told him this he replied with, "Fo" shizle". So of course I replied back to him with "Fo" ... ...

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