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LL Cool J – Going Back To Cali (video)

Going Back to Cali - LL Cool J

LL Cool J – Going Back To Cali LL Cool J Hip-hop is notorious for short-lived careers, but LL Cool J is the inevitable exception that proves the rule. Releasing his first hit, “I Can’t Live Without My Radio,” in 1985 when he was just 17 years old, LL initially was a hard-hitting, streetwise b-boy with spare beats and ballistic

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Throwback – Brand Nubian in the Spotlight

Brand Nubian – Slow Down Brand Nubian The Five Percent Nation of Islam was a popular inspiration for numerous thinking-man’s rap groups during the early ’90s, and Brand Nubian was arguably the finest of the more militant crop. Although they were strongly related to the Native Tongues posse in style and sound, they weren’t technically members, and were less reserved

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