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Peeace!
a204b210n117client174.hawaii.rr.com | Sunday, September 03, 2000 at 14:44:06 (EDT)

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Real Hiphop out in Hawaii is either underground or totally non-existent because it is just not felt as a force to be reckoned with out here. I ain't feelin' it. In order for people like me to get some of that, we always gotta be checkin' what peops on the "mainland" is doin'. Yeah we have clubs and imitator DJs and MCs (if you can call'em that) but hardly any originators. They want to talk about "gangsta" shit and "getting paid" when neither of those things happen in this state (the latter happens mainly in the tourism industry, almost exclusively). All I'm sayin' is that it is not authentic out here or it is weak. It's not getting respected or represented properly. Probably because it's not the native culture or just not studied but taken more on face value. They see it on tv and don't consider Hiphop as actually being someone else's culture, which is in actuality, part of the larger contemporary African-American culture. I'm also originally a South Side Chicago native (Hyde Park, baybeh!) so I know the real when I see and hear it. Common Sense, I felt you from since "Soul by the Pound (video)." Man, I got all your albums, sheeee... Forever the tightest MC, that you are. I don't know if you've ever done shows out here in the "Aloha State" but if not, yo, you gotta' just come on down. (I was shocked one day when they actually played your recent cut "The Light" on the radio, in a DJ mix of sorts. I think they recongnizin'.)
a204b210n117client174.hawaii.rr.com | Sunday, September 03, 2000 at 14:24:56 (EDT)

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spider-ti043.proxy.aol.com | Wednesday, August 30, 2000 at 20:55:18 (EDT)

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Much to Common for speaking the truth.
aca2626f.ipt.aol.com | Wednesday, August 23, 2000 at 17:46:41 (EDT)

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Yo YO YO I gots a ryhme to bust yall. Lemme hea yo words and C if u likes in naw whad I mean? I bust like a pimple I like malt liqour and I drink it alot Can not hold me to the ground I like bar b q chicken Hold me back from punchin kareeem in da face yo I gots mad as skillz on da one and 2 This song is for all the chitlin monkeys and renegade' PEACE AND EAT YO GREENSAND CHITLINS YALL!
dslcv1-250.fast.net | Thursday, August 17, 2000 at 14:07:19 (EDT)

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CRIPTONKNITE
host-.interpacket.net | Monday, August 14, 2000 at 04:39:28 (EDT)

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WAZZ UP?CAN ANYBODY GIVE ME A FREE STYLE RAPM LYRIC?
host-.interpacket.net | Monday, August 14, 2000 at 04:37:05 (EDT)

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yo-i just want to talk to common.for real. give him the biggest daps.wit arms yo your shit is hot. no one touchs it like that. i am just tryin to touch it like that. i heard common replies back. so please hit me at fury i got alot of things to say
.nyc.rr.com | Saturday, August 12, 2000 at 16:03:13 (EDT)

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THE INNOCENTBOY`S LYRICAL SKILLZ o O ooO o O ooO o O ooO o O ooO o O ooO * actually, i don`t emcee (i'm a visual artist) so i guess i will call this a "poem", no wait ... "spoken word" sounds better) ** like i said, i`m not an emcee but this goes out to the no-name rechargable AA batteries that kept my walkman going ... and especially to all us skinny fukks that play too much video games and are eagerly awaiting for someone we know to buy a PlayStation 2. *** WARNING!!! ... you will understand this poem better if you've played the following video games: -super Mario bros. for old 8-bit NES -contra for old 8-bit NES -super Mario Kart for SNES -Goldeneye 007 for Nintendo 64 -Street Fighter II -NBA Jam TITLE: "in my Video Game past" WRITTEN BY: steltBoma a.k.a. innocentboy a.k.a. Willie Upshaw a.k.a. Billy the kid a.k.a. silentBill a.k.a. Liu Kang a.k.a. Kang the blue faced timetraveller (from the Avenger's and Fantastic 4 comics) b.t.bbt.b.t.bbt.b.t.bbt.b.t.bbt.b.t.bbt.b.t.bbt.b.t.bby some silent stereo sound for both me and you, Once upon a time Super Mario entered the sewers of level 1-2, he found that koopa troopa turtles came in all colours each utilizing a different kind of shell, down the pit silentBill fell, in order to tell, his friend, player 2 controlling Luigi to go and have some fun, at the end of the level 1-2 some rules broke and Luigi entered level -1, smoking herbals in sewer pipes and sewer bongs, Luigi found the warp zone, all he lost was his lungs, like the "invisible Guile handcuffs" cheat, used to break people`s necks, i ain't old but a lot these kids don`t know about that, that`s why i ask the true Commadore 64 gamers to flex: thier rowdy rowdy piper ripped old school hat. every teacher is a student, every student is a teacher, this is called "chain reactions" and it allows newbies to unlock "NBA jam`s" big head feature but i admit, i didn`t always play video games this way, i've broken 2 controllers playing 16-bit Super Mario Kart because i couldn`t control my rage, lost my hand plus i fukkin went insane, Donkey Kong and muddafukkin` bananas pissed me off so i had to light up another J, put in 8-bit Contra, fave gun? spread gun. classic code: up, up, down, down, extra lives yeah now we playin' no more foolin` around, but classic NES is in a past that i`m miserably madly missing, so let`s take it from 1-button Atari to Ninendo 64's 3-D polygon vision: cabless TV, 17" a gift from a friend, made in Japan, less than 8 channels, but handled, channel #3, so we, felt guilty, if we weren`t playin` Goldeneye64 plus, of course i smoked another dime, 007 and Baren Samedi were the only strong when i was armed with my RC-P9, in my prime, i always shut out all of you no matter what the fukking time, i`m talking the ones getting thier quarters changed from tiny-@$$ pinched dimes, i learned versatility, thus learned the ability, to realign and combine, the joystick with the left and right side ... yellow buttons to get the speed meter running extra high, you even had the gernade launcher, chasing me and you were following close behind, i even let you keep the radar cheat on and you had almost infinite lives, but i could run backwards so now you were in for a surprise, i picked up the silenced-PP7 from when i killed you and broke the 3-3 tie, but the score`s past 9-9, and the game is up to 10, next kill wins and the loser goes into the Window`s recycle bin, the level was called Complex, so i ran to the room with the red lights, grabbed body armour and said, "i ain`t going out with-out a fight", paused the game, rolled a spliff, and from there flicked another light, said, "let`s do this sh!t" so "plip!", "plip!", "plip", PP7 shots to your dikk, they BOOM this asian got blown to, smithereans, but i re-incarnated and burned you with a "HA-DOOOOOOOO-KEEN!!!" As Ken Masters, always waiting to meet his partner Ryu, dressed in white, counting on constant practice to improve, ready to lose and re-learn so Ken could gain new moves, `cause there`s always someone better than you in Street Fighter II. this is what i`ve learned, where fate did take.. me through joy and pain, and sunshine and rain, drawing pictures so that i may one day gain more face, trying to help others but back firing and helping my own brain. so everytime you see an innocent visual drawn by me, everytime you drop Visine in the tools that you use to see, everytime you see a skinny chink playing video games, everytime you see Super Mario battle koopa troopas on your TV screen, everytime you get too drunk and therefore lose your keys, everytime you see a traffic light telling you when to A or Z, everytime you hit rewind on your tape player, (be it hiphop, jungle, trance or a church choir), every time you get a new bullsh!t job that makes you tired, every time you smoke a last minute spliff, arrive late and get fired, every time you inspect like deck to catch an intelligent liar, everytime to you listen to rapping and thus become inspired, for every time that you`re happy, and every time that you`re sad, when your girl gets pregnant think of silentBill`s past, read the words silentBill spits visually at the rate of over 1000 words at a time, read it again when Sherlock Homeboy solves another corporate crime, and last but not least, when we on our death bed, remember silentBill`s written PP7 shots to your dikk-head. innocentboy + email: innocentboy website: http://webhome.idirect.com/~wskang
on-tor-blr-a58-01-360.look.ca | Tuesday, August 01, 2000 at 05:44:13 (EDT)

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I never knew music could be this good.
ac9d9ffc.ipt.aol.com | Saturday, July 22, 2000 at 10:40:20 (EDT)

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Enter Your Comment Here It seems like hip-hop gets more and more splitted in two styles; nonsense-ego-gangsta-rap and the conscious style. One style is governt by ignorance while the other truly grows to the light, the oneness of all creation. The soldiers on the battlefield between darkness and light are many, but Common stands in the frontline of God`s peole, among with Lauryn Hill, Mos Def or The Roots. Their influences on peole all over the world is huge, `cause we all search for reasons or confirmations in our believes. It`s necessary to feel that we`re not alone, that there are still some conscious man on this planet. And, like Bob Marley said, darkness must among the light!!! Give thanx and praises to The Most High and keep on fightin`with our positive vibes! GOD BLESS.
szh11251.ssr.ch | Wednesday, June 28, 2000 at 11:35:20 (EDT)

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For a long time, I've been listening to such artists as Jay-Z, DMX, and many others. I thought it was the best out there until I stopped listening to the beats and listening to the words and when I listened to the words, rap changed in my eyes forever. Seems nowadays, the only rap you hear about is I'll kill you, I have so much money, I have this and I have that. What did you have before you got into the business? But with you and MosDef, there's so much more and that's a relief. It's good to hear words that enrich the mind. Keep doing what you're doing and continue in the future because you will ALWAYS have my total support.
| Thursday, June 22, 2000 at 13:55:28 (EDT)

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Yo ima spit it yall. check it. BOOM! yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo,yo I rock a bucket full of bracelets and wear some panties like my mom My faggot rhymes are still the bomb I steal the oil like Sadaam When i see a guy in pink i pull out my schlingster and pump him up the booty make me feel it cum!
chcga020-0505.splitrock.net | Wednesday, June 07, 2000 at 05:43:59 (EDT)

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I'd like to thankyou for your soulful, jazzy beats and superb lyrical skills. Its the likes of common, mos def and talib kweli etc who are making real hiphop. Not like cashmoney/ruffriders etc (which is gansta rap - not hiphop) who are calling themselves hiphop and giving this industry the completely wrong message. P.S the new album's excellent.
cgmserv05.chelt.ac.uk | Tuesday, May 09, 2000 at 06:05:56 (EDT)

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hmmm.what is hip hop? what is music? there are a lot of people out there that want money for the musical career.they need to look further.like del said "he's in it for the skill ,the money will come with it but it really doesn't matter." keep it real, speak sense not cense$$
| Monday, May 08, 2000 at 09:39:14 (EDT)

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Hey common. I just want to say thanks for keeping real Hip Hop alive. Even though you may not sell as much as some of the other rappers they are nowhere near your astronomical plain let alone your level. I'm still tripping off of "Ressurrection." Please keep putting it down and have no mercy for all of those rappers who would dare to even try to touch a microphone after you blessed it. P.S. You are my favorite M.C. and one of the best lyricists of all time. Keep it up and God bless you.
| Friday, April 28, 2000 at 15:00:04 (EDT)

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I think that Common is one of the best lyricist of all times. He got them lyrics that will leave you thinking and will make "haters" stop doubting his skills. That song Sixth Sense is off the hook. Keep up your good work Common!!
| Thursday, April 06, 2000 at 10:36:41 (EDT)

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Like Common, The Roots or The Fugees? Check out THE SPOOKS and their phat new single Things I've Seen at http://www.artemisrecords.com/spooks.html
sheridan.nycmny18.ciscony01.x-speed.net | Friday, March 31, 2000 at 13:42:15 (EST)

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hip_hop is my life, and common represents it amazingly. just one question, i though his new album was "like water for chocolate". peace drop one, meca, kos, epo, mage.
zeus.usd497.k12.ks.us | Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 08:39:17 (EST)

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What's the name of the album that just came out?
spider-ta072.proxy.aol.com | Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at 22:50:34 (EST)

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ALL TRUE HIP-HOP HEADS, IF YOU LIKE THIS SITE, CHECK OUT THE "LEGENDS LABYRINTH" MESSAGE BOARD AT mystik-journeymen.com! STRICTLY UNDERGROUND. HIPHOP FO'EVA'
.usa2.flashcom.net | Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at 15:45:31 (EST)

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with all the negativity surrounding hip hop today,its good to see artists out there keeping it real and positive. Common is one of the most positive and influencial underground artists of our time. Keep on keeping it real Comm. Through music you can move the world... Peace and much love... Lauryn. (p.s common lovers e-mail me with thoughts about the new album)
cpe-.nsw.bigpond.net.au | Monday, March 27, 2000 at 06:43:59 (EST)

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xxxplosive midweshit! weds night 8-10 central on uicradio.pages.uic.edu
1cust179.tnt45.chi5.da.uu.net | Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 15:55:52 (EST)

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Much Luv Lonnie, I highly respect you for helping bring hip hop back to original roots and with madd positivity.
spider-te012.proxy.aol.com | Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 21:13:30 (EST)

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Com-sense definetly has a grip on his microphone. He brings the sweet medicine of reality to hip-hop and hip-hoppers definetly need that with all the mainstream garbage we hear today. As an emcee who used to reside in Illinois, I know that Rashid represents Chicago with all his being- he keeps it real. ONE LOVE COM-SENSE
ptlabp08.pt.utoledo.edu | Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 01:44:33 (EST)

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Yo, this is Danny Salaam again. The last piece I wrote was inspired by the event I witnessed the night before. Me and my blood Marcos went to see the Clipps play the Raptors Wednesday night, March 8th here in Los Angeles. Before the game started, we were looking for photo film on the ground level at the Staple Center. We became frustrated when we couldn't find a store selling it, so we went to the restroom real quick cuz the game was about to start. Out of no where, just when I was grabbing my sweater before it fell off my arms, this tall ligth-skin dude with an Indiana Jones hat and cool jacket made out of like rope or something, bumped into me pretty heavily. I almost did drop my sweater and said "my badd." The dude kind of laughed apologetically too and said "oh, I'm sorry." I kind of recognized the voice, but never thought it would be who it turned out to be. My boy was like, "Hey fool, that's Common!!" I turned around and right before my eyes, Lonny Lynn was right there. I could not believe my eyes, but it was him. I played it out cool with Marcos and just stood there waiting for him. First thing I said was, "How you doing man, it's a pleasure seeing you." Common said "yo, wassup man? How you guys doing?" while he was washing his hands. Me and my boy let him know that we had been waiting for his "Like Water 4 Chocolate" album for the longest time. He said "I know, I know, it's been late, it is late now." Then I said, "YO, tell Mos Def and Talib Kweli that they got much love out here in the West, and to just keep it up and keep it going." He said "One luv to you guys as well, I appreciate it a lot." Then I got his autograph on my ticket. Afterwards, me and Marcos kept on trippin' through the whole game, Vince Carter did not even top the moment, until the fourth quarter with a monstrous jam,which Common missed cuz he left the game early. This night will probably be engraved in our minds for a long time. I wanna say peace to Lonnie Lynn, my favorite MC, and thanx for not being a stuck up Kat or whatever. I'm looking forward to your joining the D'angelo tour like you mentioned to us as well. Peace brotha, and keep going til u say fuck it! DS.
spider-tf041.proxy.aol.com | Friday, March 10, 2000 at 03:11:47 (EST)

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Myself and others have established a hip hop shop in Madison, Wi called Underground Sounds (www.undergroundsounds.4mg.com). We feature all of the hottest djs from NY. dj clue, green lantern, stretch armstrong etc. but we are sadly lacking djs who mix more progressive stuff like Common and Mos def. If any heads out their can help us out with some info. give us a holler. Djs got cds or tapes to sell? know a wholesaler? Let us know so we can SUBVERT THE MAINSTREAM IN MADISON. ndboehm Underground Sounds
icache-3.doit.wisc.edu | Saturday, March 04, 2000 at 20:02:36 (EST)

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Shalom.
spider-tl053.proxy.aol.com | Monday, February 14, 2000 at 15:29:02 (EST)

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Q: What's wrong with Hip-Hop?? A: Master P, JD and Puffy Q: What's right with Hip-Hop? A: The Temple of Hip Hop, MC's that can freestyle, Rock Steady Crew, DJ's that can cut a beat and not just put their arm between their legs and touch the turntable--and need I say it--Common and MC's like him that understand the power of the message. All y'all that are into Common--check out Gil Scott Heron--trust me!
user-2ivebpt.dialup.mindspring.com | Saturday, February 12, 2000 at 18:18:08 (EST)

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rock keep up the great work. Heard some new stuff on a live in LA show. Tell Jordan I said hello.Peace (((((((((((((((OUT)))))))))))))))))))))
| Thursday, February 03, 2000 at 16:20:36 (EST)

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What's up, I would just like to comment on the appearance of Common on the Black Star song Respiration. I personally think that the song and the video was dope. Common and Black Star shows that, you don't need a big budget to make a dope video. They keep it real and straight to the street. I'm tired of hearing about Rolexes, money, hoes, and clothes. I want to hear more about life in the streets of the "Concrete Jungle" as well as the studio. Common to me brings more of a reality into the Hip Hop scene. I can give him so much praise over the song" One-Nine-Nine-Nine" that features Sadat X. I love the lyrics and the beat was dope. Not to mention the video, that thing was dope. I have that video and song in my Hip Hop archives. I like the message and the context that the song and the video had to offer. I also would like to thank common for not selling out and going commercial. That is all Hip Hop fans need to see nowadays is, another video with females dancing around. What ever happened to showing the DJ in the video doing his thing. What ever happened to the videos that are filmed on the streets and in the studios. Common does all these things. Keep it up Common I'm trusting you, Black Star and the rest of the Rawkus family to lead the real Hip Hop through the Millenium. I can't wait until you drop another album or a dope LP. When you do let me know ahead of time so I can bug the nearest record joint for the shipment and release date. Keep it real as always. Peace out. Randy aka Black_Caesar
sdn-ar-002dcwashp240.dialsprint.net | Friday, January 28, 2000 at 20:01:50 (EST)

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Any upcoming club dates in the midwest? Let me know if there are any. (((OUT))))
v90-44.ic.avalon.net | Monday, January 10, 2000 at 00:05:09 (EST)

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Common, you have become a livin legend. I place you up there with Krs-one and Rakim and you have definitely left your mark in the hip hop culture. It's so refreshing to be able to listen to your album, as a 16 year old female, and have the knowledge you radiate imprinted in my mind. I've been writin for about a month and I hope that one day I'll be able to have the same effect on all the hip hop heads. I wish that I could find a guy whose thoughts run as deep as yours but I guess I'm too young to be thinkin about that. God Bless
d87-xa105h2-toro-pdi.attcanada.net | Sunday, January 09, 2000 at 14:12:58 (EST)

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Nice site yo! Check out http://www.gti.se/wat2/won if y�all want to listen to hip hop mixtapes. If your a DJ you can add your own mixtapes to the site so that other people can listen to them. Peace!
du183-253.ppp.algonet.se | Saturday, January 08, 2000 at 05:18:50 (EST)

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First of all i must say to me your the illest rapper out there...props and most of all thanks for all the real you've put out in the past years..cant wait to here some of your new shit.. RhetoriK Taking fUll Doses...Chi for life.
spider-wk072.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, January 06, 2000 at 21:45:02 (EST)

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Was the business Common congrats on the success you have been having.Verbally Diseased Musik just dropped an album called Operation Contamination.Before you dropped your latest release you wanted one of our members that goes by the name GHOST to give you a demo and just wanted to know if that offer still stands. We also have a production team that's sick called Contaminted Origin, we done production for T.S.P new project, Co-Still, Ghost, The Chicago Outfitter and our own project. If you need some production for your next release cop some of those projects and give us a listen!!!!!!!!!!!! When u get in the Chi Let's touch base on a few things. Off# or Pg# or E-mail: mahdisoldier Shiloh
dial212.b3.tnt1.il.freei.net | Thursday, December 16, 1999 at 17:50:35 (EST)

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"...When I'm at the crib, sometimes I get a cold eye"-"Doinit"... Who's Com speakin' on? Twilight Tone? O-Type Star? Sean Lett? Juice? Hmmm...
spider-wj072.proxy.aol.com | Saturday, December 11, 1999 at 14:28:20 (EST)

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YO: first of all common is one of badist hard core kats out there. Yo: but on the doe lo free style remix tapes by Haak Blast. Get it's free!!!! Send a 3 stamp self address envelope to 139 East Plumstead Ave suite B Lansdowne Pa 19050. IT is A free style free tape for hip hop headz only FROM PHILLY SO CHECK IT I AM TRYING TO MAKE A MARK SO LOOK OUT.I DO THIS FOR THE LOVE FOR REAL THE HELL WITH A RECORD DEAL MY WORK IS FREE SON GET THE LATIST HAAK BLAST LAID BACK UNIT 4000 THEN COMING SOON UNIT PAGER haakblast THATS IF YOU WANT A TAPE OR WANT TO GET YOUR FREE STYLE ON THE TAPE.
1cust88.tnt18.nyc3.da.uu.net | Friday, December 10, 1999 at 15:26:03 (EST)

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THE SYLLABUS! A three disk mix-anthology of underground Midwestern Hip-Hop mixed and produced by RISKY BIZZNIZZ of 7 in a Cipher, featuring the exclusive remix of "I Used to Love H.E.R." (beats by His-Panik of the Molemen) plus freestyles and exclusives by JUICE, CAPITAL D. of All Natural, S.U.N., THE ARTFULL DODGERS, O-TYPE STAR, SLUG of Atmosphere, E.C ILLA, TELEPATH MATH, MIC-ONE, NOVACAINE:7IC, PUGSLY of the Necrobats, OPTIMUS PRIME and much more.... THE SYLLABUS: The Guidelines to Midwest Hip-Hop coming Winter 2000 from 7IC FOR UNDER $20!!!... the Central Division, Midwespresentin' since ONE-NINE-NINE-EIGHT!!!
spider-wg033.proxy.aol.com | Saturday, November 20, 1999 at 09:23:02 (EST)

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Peace to the King and Queens who know what righteous livin' is all about. I just wanted to make a brief but detailed comment on the Hip Hop era. I think it's real bogus to have to succumb to a commercial ass setting in order to sell records. Hip hop is a way of life not a way to make paer. If the out come is fame and fortune it should be because of righteous tendencies not because of shady business. I really believe Common and L-Boogie are two prophets delivering the creators message in a way that we, as generation x can relate to. Peace B Still
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v90-modem08.cdsinet.net | Monday, November 08, 1999 at 04:02:23 (EST)

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common is one of the illest in hip-hop today!!
| Monday, November 01, 1999 at 19:44:01 (EST)

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dyn1-tnt10-148.detroit.mi.ameritech.net | Friday, October 29, 1999 at 18:33:33 (EDT)

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First off, Common you will have your time to shine! You have never forgoten where you come from ( The GOLDEN RULE ) and you've always represented Hip Hop in the most positive way I have ever witnessed. This culture is so powerful in the hands of its beholders, and you'ved the eyes of the blind to see how real all this is. I highly anticipate any verse you spit on any album in the stores. I know "there's no time to debate on who's hip-hop, and who's not" but in my eyes you are the definition man!
spider-ta046.proxy.aol.com | Friday, October 29, 1999 at 15:18:37 (EDT)

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I Love ya music and ya flows, Many people say that you can't grow up on new age rappers. Well I grew up on really Ressurection and WU's 36 chambers. I still got my first ressurection tape. I'm an aspiring Emcee, tryin hard to make this shit work. I'm Two hours away From Chicago. In CHampaign at UIUC. I got a Site. I'd like if you would check it out. It's Dedicated to real Emcee's and underground artist like myself. With our Home Produced Real Audio's. Stay Real Com and Don't let the Commercial Industry change one of the best Metaphoric, and Punchline Emcee. ill-matik.8m.com
dt0d0na8.tampabay.rr.com | Tuesday, October 19, 1999 at 01:53:08 (EDT)

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Pick up the debut release of Styles of Beyond "2000 Fold" in either casette/cd/vinyl format at your local/online music store! Support the new face and wave of hip-hop as Ryu and Takbir unleash futuristic revolutionary raps over beats. Don't forget to also check them out at their official website... http://www.idealrecords.com/styles/ And now... the Tour Schedule! Styles of Beyond w/LEN!!!!! October > 7th Metro Chicago > 8th 5 Points Birmingham > 9th Cotton Club Atlanta > 11th 9:30 Wash. D.C. > 12th Paradise Boston > 13th Bowery New York > 15th St. Andrews Detroit > 16th Mojeska Milwaukee > 17th Quest Minneapolis > 19th Bluebird Denver > 21st DV8 Salt Lake City > 22nd Nuerolux Boise > 24th DV8 Seattle > 25th Crystalballroom Portland > 27th 815 L Sacramento > 28th Slims San Francisco-late show > 29th Palace Los Angeles > 31st Canes San Diego-early show > > November > 1st Green Room Tempe > 4th La Zona Rosa Austin > 5th Engine Room Houston > 6th Trees Dallas (TENT) So be sure to get to that show and show S.O.B. some love... support real hip-hop... suppord the underground... support styles of beyond... -Verse'd of [A]lien [V]essels/Styles of Beyond On-Line Promotions Team Visit my planet at (http://www.vstheuniverse.hypermart.net) Supporting Sandbox Automatic (http://www.sandboxautomatic.com) and ATAK Records (http://www.truehiphop.com/atak/) Also supporting bay area hip-hop to the fullest...
ppp-.wnck11.pacbell.net | Sunday, October 10, 1999 at 16:05:08 (EDT)

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Yo'... Has anyone else heard Common's new song?? Well a friend sent me this Mixtape a few days ago and the song is called "Carhorn"... ILL F*KIN' BEAT.. I shouldn't have to talk about the lyrics.. c'mon now.. it's COMMON! Look for it... Peace...
net5ip50.parklink.com | Tuesday, September 21, 1999 at 21:54:05 (EDT)

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i live smell,sh?t,hear,drink,go painting,eat,touch,ture graff-head common you reping hip-hop to the fulllest stay sharp..
user-2ivfigb.dialup.mindspring.com | Sunday, September 19, 1999 at 23:57:32 (EDT)

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Common, First, just let me say that I am a big fan of yours. Now, YOu seem to be about the upliftment of your people, which is good, but I see one fault in what you do. On "1-9-9-9" you say "...I roll with squads, called the Gods..." If you are rollin' with the GOD's they why do you refer to your people and use the word nigga so much? Are you not being a tad contradictory? None the less, keep makin' good music. Peace
monitor.sac.kent.edu | Friday, September 17, 1999 at 09:45:48 (EDT)

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Enter Your Comment Here You are very good,common.Greeting from Poland.We know and respect you!!!
rmod106.poznan.mtl.pl | Friday, August 27, 1999 at 17:57:46 (EDT)

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Please,mail me all about hip-hop and about Commom,I live in Brasil and I would like to have a frinds in hip-hop world. P.s: I don't speak English! P.P.S: I would like to travel to EUA and,but I have no house.Please help me
| Friday, August 06, 1999 at 08:16:36 (EDT)

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Common, reach me at carlitoesposito if you wanna hear some Strong Island home-grown!! (this maybe a lost cause, but fu*k it!).
spider-ta076.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, August 05, 1999 at 19:12:50 (EDT)

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This is my first time entering this site since I've copped the album "ONE DAY....."! And this is simply magnificient! Common is "Thee Illest Emcee" around! And I'm not just saying this 'cause I'm from Chicago, because I'm not...... I'm from New York!!!!!! P.S: Comm, if you read this! what's up with a fellow lyricist from Strong Iland?? e-mail me!-ONE
spider-ta076.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, August 05, 1999 at 18:45:52 (EDT)

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hip hop to me is my life and those who oppose are to me haters of a culture. im a graff artist, bboy and beginning mc so hip hop sorounds my daily life. im glad theres still heads keeping it real like my man common . peace
ppp07.ct1.gilroy.com | Wednesday, August 04, 1999 at 01:42:43 (EDT)

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Hi everyone, I just want to say. I am glad to see real MCs like Common out there. Hip Hop is about culture,not about being a player or pimp. Common is a gentleman and a real intelligent person. He should be praised by the Hip Hop community all around. I hope he never goes mainstream like most of these fakers do now. I have been giving him his respect and due since he dropped Can I Borrow A Dollar?.Common.....the way Hip Hop is today....it will take a long time before it makes sense. Hip Hop will never be great again like it once was if this bulls--- it portrays now doesn't stop.Thank you. Tearyclown (hopefully the people will see the true light)
pm4-1-289.pot.infi.net | Tuesday, August 03, 1999 at 22:35:06 (EDT)

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One for all, two for unity/ Three to get up with four styles originally/ Five was furious, 3 sixes equal hate/ When SEVEN rocks the spot all toys get ate/ Leave your nines at home, bring vocalizm to the mic/ Eye been rockin' since 13 in fresh Nikes/ I'm #1 cuz of the way eye do it/ my poetic thing got that championship ring to it/ I'm not an MC, but eye speak Hip-Hop fluently/ I'm down by law cuz eye live Hip-hop truthfully/ MC's kill beats, eye usually rockapella/ caught in the 'net eye must tell a.../ phrase or two/ To yourself stay true/ Whatever you do you gotta big up you/ Eye belive in me and therefore I'm undefeated/ At the speed of sound, negativity is deleted! Big up DJ Warp, O Type Star, Juice, Bon & Nip, Mic-One, Route 2000, Blue Groove, 7IC, All Natural, Tsar, Mo'Chaos, the Central Division and Chicago SOUTHSIDE!!!
ppp18.dataflo.net | Tuesday, August 03, 1999 at 22:32:39 (EDT)

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how many saw com 'n' kwelli hold it down with ill freestyle after classic after freestyle after classic @ Joe's 7/99?
ppp18.dataflo.net | Tuesday, August 03, 1999 at 22:19:06 (EDT)

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Nimrod da Kataklyzm- ".......it's stated that eyes are 'windows' to the spirit/ I'll break the glass when my fist-hits, reach in, strangle it and kill-it/ Crack ya spine when I pillage, place a clamp on ya vertebrae nerve so you can infinitly feel-it/ My depicted graphics are like classic and tragic trauma lessons/ 1 of the descriptions in my profession, is to leave you assed out, when I reach in ya anus and pull out ya rectum/ Spit rhymes up each nostril section, into ya nasal passage sending, ya left and right brain into different directions/ Nimrod speaks the perfection, of the Cataclysm/ Age doesnt mask my wisdom, like a mathematician, ill take apart ya crew with a fast division/ Formed as an apparition, ill reduce Earth's 5,554,552,453 human organisms to 5,554,552,452 billion/ Its incredible, how my name can be heard infinestial, from Mercury from Earth spoken at decimal decibles/ My extra terrestrial brain is celestial, transformed when vacuumed through a black hole/ Propelled back out with facts-told, by foreign tongues and past-souls/ You spit wits ,like a 'rebelious Muslim', 'never fast'/ Like Houses Of Pain, I 'Ever-last', like my soul was sealed in eternal ice and glass/ I write with craft, hibernate for centuries wake up just before Earth's end with spikes and glass armed to fight the last/ Righteous mas-ter, of lyricism, deadly organism, richter scale couldnt serve as a tool to fight this disaster/ Nimrod da Kataklyzm, end strikes destruction through wind pipe eruptions/ When I write, my pen glides mind reductions, you lose molecules of ya brain that's already miniscule/ You win this duel, in the time when Jehovah finish rule......." ".......leaves my brain on the microphone......." ~~~Nimrod~~~ {C}erebral {A}nthropology Legendary Rhyme Slayahz Skills Unlimited VAC Dead Poetz N=mc� peace.......INfinite luv.......evaporates.......
1cust220.tnt2.pleasantville.nj.da.uu.net | Monday, August 02, 1999 at 01:15:47 (EDT)

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Com is the tightest emcee ever. i have constantly been looking for two com joints, but i'm having a hard time doing this from columbus OH. if anyone could help, id appreciate it. they are: Resurrection 95' soul by the pound (thunp mix-video version) please help if you know any way i could get to either of these tracks on any format (tape,cd,vinyl) thanx. Rickie Wade
dhcp9568055.columbus.rr.com | Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 15:18:37 (EDT)

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Enter Your Comment Here YO COM, IF YOU NEED CRUES FOR YOU NEW LABEL , POUNDTHUNDA OUT OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA IS IRON CLAD
noca.uar.navy.mil | Thursday, July 22, 1999 at 13:04:23 (EDT)

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isnt it dope how we can come together for the real? look around you the next time you frequent a hiphop event. it will be very diverse, and everyone will be having a good time. the same for mumia. we can get along! peace!
124.chicago-28-29rs.il.dial-access.att.net | Wednesday, July 21, 1999 at 02:40:56 (EDT)

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hiphop....... this is agreat topic! where is it going? who' s controlling it? who' s the boss? are we doing it for the papa or for the love, culture? sometimes, depending on the artist, it' s easy to get it twisted! hiphop saved a lot of my friends lives! in highschool, listing to krs1, a lot of brothers started wearing medalians forreal! (atleast in the chi they did!) everything is everything, it' s almost 2:30 a.m., goodnite! peace!
124.chicago-28-29rs.il.dial-access.att.net | Wednesday, July 21, 1999 at 02:29:25 (EDT)

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yo whats tha dill kid common iz raw chi hip-hop tha best he should put more sounds of his latter albums on tha site and video's other than that itz phat and how do i know comm sense iz raw chi-town hip-hop well im that nigga Djman� with tha beatdown dj cru from tha wild100erd's and common always gets play at tha beatdown parties. hip-hop ya dont stop common keep that shit real 4 tha real hip-hop heads in tha southside of tha windy city and worldwide peace 2 tha moe brathas and tha ill nigga comm sense word bon p.s update thiz fuckin site put some resurection and borrow a dollar sounds on here laterz wehungry 4 that raw hip-hop one that ill nigga Dj MaN� 1 time
spider-wm011.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, July 15, 1999 at 16:55:55 (EDT)

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does anyone know who saul williams is; i know he's the dude from the movie slam and he's got some dope stuff, in the movie as well as on the soundtrack(even though the wack asss, prejudice goodie mob is also on the soundtrack). does he have any albums out or anything?
1cust52.tnt15.det3.da.uu.net | Sunday, July 11, 1999 at 02:23:16 (EDT)

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why the fuck is master p doing those wack "stop intercoastal violence in hip hop" PSAs when aint no one tripping on that no more and its doubtfull that that even was why pac and biggie died. if he really wanted to do someting, he'd stop talking all that bullshit about killing in general. is it alright to talk about violence like it's cool, as long as you're not talking about east or west coast? that shit be influencing people a lot more and neighborhood violence is a lot more common than this intercoastal shit that ended like 2 years ago if it ever really started
1cust201.tnt26.det3.da.uu.net | Friday, July 09, 1999 at 22:57:21 (EDT)

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Shalom, It is time for conciousness to rule the air waves, both television and radio. It is not by chance that negativity is constantly being feed to us. Respect to all those who KNOW and UNDERSTAND that the mind is worth more than money, gold or any metal you can mold. Special Thanks to the few MCs that have not sold their souls!!!
.s372.tnt5.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com | Thursday, July 08, 1999 at 10:43:57 (EDT)

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Enter Your Comment Here common the illest!!!
| Tuesday, June 29, 1999 at 18:01:39 (EDT)

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I want to know when Common is going to stop sleepin' on Indianapolis and come to rip a show! There's a lot of hip hop heads here who would love to see him come. I read another comment requesting some info. on booking him to do a show here and I definitely agree. We're waiting!
| Wednesday, June 23, 1999 at 11:29:23 (EDT)

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SORRY TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW TO MUCH ABOUT COMMON BUT SEEING THE LITTLE I DID OF HIS WEBSITE AND hearing THE WORDS THAT WERE SAID ABOUT HIM AND THE VIBE I FELT FROM hearing THE WORDS I FEEL THIS WOULD BE A PROPER SETTING TO RELEASE UNTO YOU SNIPPETS OF MY 95 REALITY-SO PLEASE WITHMINDS AND UNDERSTANDIN HEARTS BEGIN TO START TO KNOW A SNIPPET ABOUT I EXCLUSIVELY WWW.YOUNGSOLOMAN.COM COMFORTABLE TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF SUCH COMFORTIN PEOPLE...
proxy-367.public.rwc.webtv.net | Monday, June 14, 1999 at 01:27:30 (EDT)

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Enter Your Comment Here
98cdd896.ipt.aol.com | Monday, June 14, 1999 at 00:25:51 (EDT)

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I've recently read an article that has pissed me off in "One World" magazine that speaks about how hip hop has recently merged with pornagraphy. What pissed me off was that the author of the article was talking about it like it is the best thing that has ever happened to hip hop. In the last two years the quality of hip hop music has dropped steadily and after reading this article and monitoring it's increase in mainstream popularity it's become apparent that rap music is dying in the hands of the devil( the evil that men do). While my contribution to the rap game continues to be suppressed due to content and lack of nonsense, I would like to express props due to you for being strong enough to keep dropping soulful sh*t , for performing G.O.D. in cali despite the mellow tempo, and stepping up to your responsibility as a entertainer. Your effort does not go unnoticed and I like many on the westcoast eagerly await your next release.
| Wednesday, June 09, 1999 at 15:40:02 (EDT)

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Anyone interesteed in chatting on Common and hip-hop in general come into the chat room on Thursday June 10,1999 at 2pm eastern/ 1pm central then again at 8pm(e) / 7pm(c).SUPPORT THE CULTURE. marie_laveau360
proxy-10.pjc.cc.fl.us | Monday, June 07, 1999 at 14:53:02 (EDT)

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Ayo, Com is the illest!!!
spider-wc083.proxy.aol.com | Saturday, June 05, 1999 at 10:55:35 (EDT)

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I HEARD COMMON FIRST ON DE LA SOULS "THE BIZNESS" AND I THOUGHT HIS RHYMES WERE OFF THE HOOK... WORD UP TO COMMON
spider-wo021.proxy.aol.com | Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 19:36:44 (EDT)

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>> > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:> > > > > > About a year ago, a small group of Delaware> > farmers> > > contacted local authorities with claims that an> > > alien> > > craft had landed in a local cornfield. State> > police> > > quickly silenced the allegations, stating that> the> > > large metal cylinder they had recovered was> > nothing> > > more than a fallen weather satellite. But the> > towns> > > people refused to accept the police explanation;> a> > > spaceship had crashed into their back yard, and> > they> > > wanted the truth.> > > > > > Months passed, but the locals were still unable> to> > > find any signs of the so-called spacecraft or> its> > > intergalactic passangers. Maybe the police were> > > right; the "UFO" was nothing more than a piece> of> > > broken-down scientific equipment. And with no> > > concrete evidence to prove otherwise, the> farmers> > > had> > > no other choice but go along with the police> > story. > > > The most talked about saga in "slower" Delaware> > > history had faded away to utter nothingness...> > > > > > Untill now.> > > > > > UPDATE:> > > Just weeks after the police closed the file on> the> > > UFO> > > case, a young female college student from the> > > University of Delaware reported seeing an> aluminum > > > foil-covered creature urinating in the bushes> > > outside> > > her dorm room as she was returning home from> > > classes. > > > According to witnesses, the beast's physical> > > apperance> > > was remarkably humanlike, with the exception of> > its> > > shiny silver "skin" and apparent lack of facial > > > features. When approached, the "foil man"> > > introduced> > > himself as "Willus Drummond from the far away > > galaxy> > > of Creamed Corn" and that he came to Earth to> > > "urinate> > > on the entire planet."> > > > > > "I asked him if he had come in peace," said the> > > unidentified student. He replied, "No, I have> > come> > > to> > > pee."> > > > > > After his first meeting with the earthlings,> > Willus> > > hopped into a small Japanese car and sped away,> > not> > > to be seen again for days. He reappeared at a> > local> > > radio station, WVUD, and demanded an on-air> > > interview.> > > it was in this interview that the alien> revealed> > he> > > had aquired the skill of rapping while trying to> > fit> > > into the Earth's culture. Willus also stated he> > was> > > going to become an emcee to earn the funds> needed> > to> > > repair his spacecraft and return to his home> > planet> > > of> > > Wrec-ton. At the completion of his interview,> he> > > urinated on the on-air DJ, Matt Kaukeinen, and> > > offered> > > this simple warning to the world: "EVACUATE THA> > > PLANET"> > > > > > After recieving tremendus responce from the WVUD> > > interview, Willus has decieded to record an> > album,> > > due out later this year. For more info contact> > > spaceific > > > > web-sight> > > at www.loopholemagazine.com/willus> > > > > > transmition..> > >> >> ou....t...................................................................................... > WILLUS DRUMMOND, hailing from the Galaxy of> Creamed> > Corn, has come to earth in a truly apocalyptic> > manner.> > His debut single, "Evacuate tha Planet" > available> > on> > MIKE BAXTER ENTAPRIZEZ (> > , places you in theshoes of an angry alien who> was> > on> > ajourney of peace that was quickly changed by an> > attack of aggression courtesy of the worlds> > superpowers. Willus brings you into a world of> > unknown visuals and terminology to explain them.> > > > If you have yet to hear the sonic mastery> displayed > > by> > Willus Drummond then you are indeed in for a> > colossal> > treat. Styles from the Mountain Brothers simply> > states, "Willus Drummond is on some next sh*t!" ,> > and> > Lt.Dan from Tha WON - TOO Punch on WVUD says,> "The> > best way to discribe Willus Drummond to someone> that> > has not heard him would be to say, if you took> Kool> > Keith in his most bugged out rampage and threw him> > in> > a blender with Eminem during his illest freestyle,> > you> > would have a reference point to start from when> > listening to Willus!"> > > > Everything up untill this point has only dealt> with> > one of the two songs on the debut single "Evacuate> > tha> > Planet", by Willus Drummond. Now it is time to> talk> > about tha B- side "Special Purpose", which has the> > illest production ever heard in any form of audio.> > > The sonic landscape on both songs was provided by> > the> > groundbreaking genius Mike Baxter and was mixed> and> > recorded by Chops of the Mountain Brothers at The> > House of Ill Repute studio in Philly.> > > > Their will be a comic book out to commemorate the> > release of "Evacuate tha Planet"> > Also look OUT for the "Evacuate tha Planet" video> > and> > movie comming at you soon............> > > > > > > www.loopholemagazine.com/willus> > > > We at MIKE BAXTER ENTAPRIZEZ will do ANYTHING we> can> > to make you show, magazine, website or life easier> > and> > better. Willus Drummond is a carasmatic fellow,> and> > he will make an IMPACT on your shows and> zines......> > > > over and> > ou....................t.....................> > > ===PEEING IN AN AREA NEAR YOU --betta sport sum goggles *************** [0-0]WILLUS DRUMMOND \ {W} /"EVACUATE THA PLANET" |I L|sighted: WWW.LoopHoleMagazine.com/WILLUS /L U\OUT ON CD AND VINYL ||\S/||
97-117.iway.d.islands.vi | Saturday, May 29, 1999 at 19:34:15 (EDT)

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when people talk about hip hop many think of new york. but untill recently the only place i ever viewed it was at home in chicago. from the graf crews of j4f,uac,cya,ufg,thc,abc,sb,aerosoul. breaking crews of the brickheads, phase2,jmc. djs like tone b. nimble,eq,third rail,cube. mcs like storytellas,uphonics,rhyme fest,isa,and of course you. from the early days of can i borrow a dollar i was hooked. you brought what the rest of the world needed to see chicagos place on the map. i can go on for days about all the people i met and watched but thats not what im getting into. hip hop is about community. through its 4 elements we build and grow. chicago i believe has the tightest knit of underground dedication. ive been to philly,nyc,toronto,montreal,jersy,dc,bmore,and japan to name a few. and the place that feels at home is chi. not because its home but because thats where its at.meeting many mcs,djs,breakers,and grafers the only place where people acted down to earth about what they did was chi. thanks for all the hits, chill rob aka dr spel
18.gate1.kadena.attmil.ne.jp | Wednesday, May 26, 1999 at 16:53:16 (EDT)

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i guess i should re-direct my previous message. i didn't realize common will probably not view these postings since hip-hop artists do live hectic lives. therefore, i will ask any person who visits this page who is from the chi to respond to my last message. thanks! peace.
spider-tq062.proxy.aol.com | Monday, May 24, 1999 at 12:52:31 (EDT)

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hey common, dope album! i also love the track you did on the roots album. i enjoyed how y'all incorporated african folk music into hip-hop. i just wanted to ask you how the hip hop and black kulture scene is in chi-town kuz i'm considering going to grad school out there. holler back! peace. cara
spider-tq062.proxy.aol.com | Monday, May 24, 1999 at 12:42:26 (EDT)

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THE ANTI-NIGGA MACHINE PETITION By: Adisa Banjoko Since 1970, when most people believe the subculture of Hip Hop began, there has always been the essence of "the struggle". As Hip Hop grew to become a global phenomenon, it was the essence of "the struggle" that attracted many people to it. Public Enemy, KRS-ONE, Kam, Poor Righteous Teachers, X -Clan and others served as a catalyst in showing how Hip Hop could be used as a teaching tool for the future young generations. As Hip Hop continues to expand, the essence of "the struggle" has been pushed to the wayside by corporations who have no initial love or respect for the art. For them, the bottom line has become money. And while knowledge and wisdom once ruled Hip Hop, today ignorance and disrespect have taken over. We have no standards as a loosely based community. Hence, the movement of justice and universal respect within Hip Hop has all but died. To date, no politician has ever lost office because the people within the Hip Hop community voted him/her out. No bills have been passed because the people within Hip Hop decided something MUST be done about this or that situation. No political prisoners have been freed because of Hip Hop rally's. It is time for us to take a step my friends. The ANTI-NIGGA MACHINE is a petition that will be delivered to the record companies of America and the world telling them to no longer release music with the words nigga/nigger and bitch in them. This is not a witch hunt. It is a voluntary effort to better the Hip hop community from within. By signing this document you promise to remove the word nigga/nigger, and bitch (basically a feminine version of nigger) out of your vocabulary. As well, you are saying that starting in the year 2000, you will not support record labels or radio stations or print media that celebrates artists who speak like that to our children. We encourage independent and major label owners and artists to sign this document as well. The words nigga/nigger and bitch is disrespectful to all African men and women. It's a small step. But by signing this you are stepping forward into the future with a clean slate, a new dignity and a new sense of cultural pride and respect. Lets give the children of the next generation a new level of self esteem. Regardless of your race if you truly love Hip Hop culture, sign below and lets move into the future together. Send your signature of approval to ironblacklion The signatures will be presented to presidents of record companies and media outlets within 30 days. Please include your name, occupation and age. Thank you.
spider-wc014.proxy.aol.com | Monday, May 24, 1999 at 10:13:29 (EDT)

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Common, I would like to thank you for the great beats and rhymes and for keeping REAL hip hop alive and well! It's also a relief to see a rapper who ISN'T concerned with east coast/west coast bullshit. Your music is as enlightening as it is dope! Thank you again for what you do for hip hop. M.C.
| Wednesday, May 19, 1999 at 15:52:15 (EDT)

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I jus wanna say what up to all the true heads out there who rep that real hip-hop (mc'ing, dee jaying, graf'ing, breaking) Also that the two recent joints common has released: "Respiration" W/Black Star and the blazing "1999" w/Sadat X is straight HOT TO DEF. I'm also still feeling the "Love of My Life" W/ The Roots which was one of the tracks that make "Things Fall Apart" on all these wack, unoriginal, sub-par album making, and 100 hundred special guesting rap niggas just fold and throw the towel. one love From a true hip hop head Raskills
user-2ivfuqi.dialup.mindspring.com | Monday, May 17, 1999 at 05:08:25 (EDT)

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OH NO, NOT ANOTHER LOSER WHO WANTS COMMON TO HEAR HIM RAP How can I get Common to check out what I got? If he ain't too busy (which I know is fucking rare for a rap artist) I'd like for him to give my lyrics an ear. I'm from the Northside of Chicago and I feel as a representative of Chicago, Common should try to put other Chicago acts on the map. I know most likely this post will be canned and my call to be heard will again be ignored so if he doesn't respond I wouldn't be surprised. Magic One Northside Chicago, IL
dyn1-tnt1-252.chicago.il.ameritech.net | Sunday, May 16, 1999 at 05:31:18 (EDT)

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All artist looking for additional production? contact us (email) lrock fax: visit our webpage: http://members.xoom.com/pbox L-rock Entertainment (L&L; Brooklyn, NY) Dope Beats, Ya'heard.
grex.cyberspace.org | Tuesday, May 11, 1999 at 20:21:46 (EDT)

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Gots to give Common his props. You are keeping it on the creative vibe that we need more of in Hip-Hop. You're being conscious, teaching, and keeping it true to the roots of Hip-Hop. Keep doing your thang, and I love the joints you've done lately with Sadat, The Roots, and Black Star. That 1-9-9-9 joint is the shit! Much love, you's the man.
| Monday, May 10, 1999 at 13:41:21 (EDT)

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That cat Com just may be the illest to grace the mic. (EVER). Yo what about a collabo with my man BLACK THOUGHT, CAN-I-BUS, and RAS KASS. Oh shit. I think I may have just started something. Yo if that group ever puts something together It just may be the the true beginning of the Re-Birth of hip hop. Put these dogz (DMX and others) on to some real lyrical ish that I can listen to (Can-I quote)
kargek02.computer.wfu.edu | Wednesday, May 05, 1999 at 05:50:47 (EDT)

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I think that it is time for more emcees to come out like Common , The Roots, and other hip-hop artists that are not in the game just for the money. If they were not making money, I think these brothers would still be rapping some where in Philly, NY, or where ever. I hope that they do not lose sight on the important thing here, and that is the message that they send out to young people looking up to them. Yeah, I know that they may not want to be role models, but once you are in the spot light, everybody notices what you say, wear, shit, even what you eat. So I hope that they watch what they say because we black folks need a role models. I wish somebody would take the responsibilty and try to lead our young black youth to self righteousness. Peace yall. Jenny:-]
ns.ramapo.edu | Tuesday, May 04, 1999 at 14:24:04 (EDT)

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Mic got killed on respiration
spider-wm032.proxy.aol.com | Tuesday, May 04, 1999 at 00:26:39 (EDT)

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netcash.is.co.za | Monday, May 03, 1999 at 07:38:56 (EDT)

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Common is tha realest emcee out there. He doesn't sell out and of course we know who won tha battle between Common an' Cube, I think that wuz tha mos' lop sided emcee battle there eva wuz, Common won widdout ah dout.
spider-tn021.proxy.aol.com | Friday, April 30, 1999 at 19:03:33 (EDT)

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Fresh for the "third" millenium... A thousand years down the line they can start this/ Our ancestors will be Hip-Hop anthropologists/ Curators of Rocksteady Museum, founding Kool Herc College/ The way of life is culture, skill and knowledge/ Dig if you will the picture of eye & I/ Building with skills together- that's UNIFY!/ Business gets risky when you make one an adversary/ Ask Ice Cube how Rashid shut him up like a library/ Mos and Kwelli said it's dangerous to be an M.C./ But Karma bring wordplay to the 360th degree/ I'm not an M.C. but eye got more fables than AEsop/ Soliloquies that take you higher than treetops/ Words as images eye can control like TRIXTER/ Karmadelic hieroglyphics, now dig the picture?/ Snapshots of verbal grafiti in the sky/ Overthrowin' toys frontin' like they're 10 ft. high/ Your leprechaun mentallity is what's got you mad at me/ Pay attention when you step into the Central Division Academy/ Class is in session, Mr. Karma got you sweatin'/ You didn't do the homework based on the first lesson/ That this culture don't expand unless you lend a hand/ To bring forth a Hip-Hop nation upon these lands/ Without unity we will not expand/ Then the 11th hour of our culture will be at hand/ So eye take a stand, the last teacher, the next poet/ Don't ya know it? Threesixty pushin' Chicago like dope, yet/ It shoudn't be hard to push in the same direction/ That's why eye elevate with subway connections/ if you with it, you can roll with CDST/ Frontin' will cost you but style's always free/ Eye am truly Karma, you can check my credentials/ As eye tap into the Universe's potential
ip35.chicago12.il.pub-ip.psi.net | Friday, April 30, 1999 at 02:15:30 (EDT)

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"renaissance of hip-hop attacking our essence after 29 years of struggling be breathing" this should be a rhyme spoken like Aphrikan rebirth. commercial act has invaded the phoenix art which was conceived by pioneer individuals. i reside in South Aphrika, Gauteng a.k.a Jo'burg, the art is developing in my continent. but i am here to lay my concern earthly, global hip-hop heads we should intergrate and make sure that commercial venom doesnt not inject this innocent offspring. the art form should empower universal intellects, teach children 'bout the realness and respect. if these principles can be taken to recognition, ngempela the artform will survive into the millenium century. we should be grateful after 20 years when looking back and pet our shoulders, witnessing at what we have created. if ordinary heads like me and can decline arrogance,definetly regration wont be there. we should utilize the legend hip hop law: YOU EITHER COME INDIGENOUS OR YOU DONT COME AT ALL" if it can be used, even those subhuman heads will halt when trying to invade the united art form. i am the earth head, imitation has been an old trade like prostitution, if we as tighten hard like war of jihaad, and teach newly recruits and offsprings 'bout true official teaching of hip-hop, surely misconception will not sight in the senses of old generation.
netcash.is.co.za | Thursday, April 29, 1999 at 04:08:29 (EDT)

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Rawkus presents Soundbombing II " The official mixtape of 1999", mixed by J-Rocc & DJ Babu of the world famous Beat Junkies and featuring "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" by Common Sense Featuring Sadat X & Refelction Eternal... Jesse de la Pena's Blue Groove Lounge every Monday night @ Double Door, Damen & Milwaukee Avs in Chicago, 21 and over please, ladies free...Big up KNGJMS a.k.a. Tsar... Can't stop Chicago Hip-Hop! Karma/ Central Division.
ip29.chicago12.il.pub-ip.psi.net | Sunday, April 25, 1999 at 03:10:17 (EDT)

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The Illest. Period.
farm1-cache1.gw.uiuc.edu | Friday, April 23, 1999 at 13:30:21 (EDT)

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Hip hop is on the verge of destruction common told us that in 1994 but he is still getting his in the 1999. He keeps hopes alive for us true hip hop artist
dial238.pm3jcnth.jcnth.naxs.com | Wednesday, April 21, 1999 at 03:12:14 (EDT)

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First of all i gotta give respect to Common for his accomplishments. He was one of the first (if not thee first) emcee to put Chicago on the map and reign as one of the greatest of all time. The one thing i like most about Com is his originality, in terms of beats, style, lyrics and subject matter. I like how each song has a different message and he addresses issues many choose to leave untouched, like "Retrospect for Life" and the joint with Goodie Mob (i forget the name). The way he flows sounds like a hybrid of rap and poetry, every single line has meaning and he doesn't use words to fill space in a line, or to make it rhyme with the previous line. Now that i said what i gotta say, if there are any headz out there that are on that graff art, poetry and hip hop tip then hit up my website at www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/7753/BlaqueThoughts.html Aight cha'll stay up. peace
spider-tn072.proxy.aol.com | Monday, April 19, 1999 at 18:16:39 (EDT)

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Common is the MAN!
port137.con2.com | Monday, April 19, 1999 at 13:04:56 (EDT)

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I just wanted to hit the website up to let Common know, you still doing your thing in 1999. Your work on the Roots is tight as hell, and I'm looking forward to the SoundBombing II release. 1999 and Like They Used To Say are two of the tightest tracks I've heard this year. Big up to Hi-Tek and Dug Infinite on the production, those tracks are just bumping and mad ORIGINAL. Common, when can the people expect a new Lp from you? And also how can a brother with tight material make it into the production game? Can I get a few tips. There's a lot of talent in the ATL. Stay peace and keep on doing what you doing in this rap game. PEACE!!!!!!!
| Friday, April 16, 1999 at 15:57:44 (EDT)

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common is real ill. anyhow check out my website and also i heard that common is rereleasing a 12" of "CarHorn" on like GuessWhyld or summthin. if so someone contact me. peace
| Monday, April 12, 1999 at 20:21:42 (EDT)

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hip -hop is gettin weak help us com
pc18.chuhpl.lib.oh.us | Monday, April 12, 1999 at 17:15:51 (EDT)

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Common displays the true essence of hip-hop. And I find it sad that most heads out my way dont even know who he is. When I heard soul by the pound I knew he was nice and he is only getting better. For example that joint with BlackStar waz blazin. So much love to all Common fans and Common keep doing your thing. OH and much love to VA
spider-wj023.proxy.aol.com | Saturday, April 10, 1999 at 12:25:04 (EDT)

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spider-ta044.proxy.aol.com | Friday, April 09, 1999 at 16:14:37 (EDT)

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NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN GETTING A SERIOUS REPLY TO THIS IS DAMN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE, BUT i'LL GO FOR IT ANY WAY. WHO DO I TALK TO AT EITHER RAWKUS OR COMMON'S SOON TO BE LABLE ABOUT PUTTING MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN ON THE HIP-HOP MAP. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CURLS AND PERM CATS, I'M TALKING STRAIGHT UP AN DOWN SUBTERRANIAN CATS WITH COMPETITIVE HIP-HOP BEATS AND LYRICS. I'M SURROUNDED BY HUNGRY ARTISTS WITH LITTLE TO NO MONEY, WHO HAVE EITHER BEEN TO JAIL AND DON'T WANT TO GO BACK OR JUST DON'T WANT TO GO IN ORDER TO MAKE A DEMO, AND ARE SURROUNDED BY FAKE GANGSTER RAPPERS(OR REAL ONES) WHO GET ALL THE ATTENTION FROM ESTABLISHED ARTISTS AND LABLES(IN GENERAL). MY PEOPLE AND I HAVE A PLAN WE JUST NEED A LITTLE HELP OR AT LEAST SOME TIPS. PLEASE RESPOND IF YOU CAN HELP US- ELIOT "EL-DOGG" WHITE
bo2cpc08-bol225.imt.uwm.edu | Monday, April 05, 1999 at 21:08:48 (EDT)

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yo, whassup, common. i'm an emcee from columbus, ohio, soon to get on the scene. yeah, i know you hear that shit all the time, but i'm real when i say it; you'll hear of me, Sintex, and my group, X Factor soon. anyways, i just wanna give you mad props for keepin it real to hip hop. i mean, cats from ohio, and all of the midwest for that matter, don't be recognizin what true hip hop is. nigiz think all it is catchy hooks and radio friendly beats. but thanks for keepin it true, god. and your appearence on the black star joint was blazin. to be true, however, i wasn't really feelin that shit on the roots new album. i mean, of course you and thought's verses was tight, but the whole concept of the song is overplayed, nahmsayin? but still, keep it blazin...
trt-on1-41.netcom.ca | Sunday, April 04, 1999 at 04:20:31 (EDT)

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I'm not an MC but Hip-Hop is in my heart/ My poetry is french toast not commercial pop tarts/ If carbon copy redundancy is the style you choose/ Then I'm trrifflin' and def: That means I'm not tryin' to hear you/ or the crew with you if they wanna start it/ cuz we bring mo' chaos than your local police department/ or biggots in Serbia, did you say "eye ain't heard o' ya"?/ Karma's the next poet to put the fear of Jah pon ya/ Just cuz your eyes are are you really seeing/ what happens every 24 to other human beings?/ Like how much money is spent on lottery tickets/ when cities can't even keep teachers of the pickets?/ Eye guess I'll be the last teacher, class is in the basement/ with lessons in art, science, reallity and how to face it/ Communication and knowledge at the speed of sound/ school's out, teaching b-kids underground! ...Karma. Mo'Chaos. Central Division midwespresentin'!
ip137.chicago12.il.pub-ip.psi.net | Thursday, April 01, 1999 at 02:38:22 (EST)

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Central Division! 773 Midwespresenting... all heads looking at what the Native Tongues have put down need to go grab that Brand Nubian joint from last year and check for dead prez in the now. On the Chicago side are you up on All Natural, Rubberoom, Thawfore and the Molemen? www.molemen.com.... Heads dissin Eminem need to find "Best of the Wake Up Show" Vol. 4 disk and the '97 Scribble Jam video. Slim Shady got skills even though Em and the rest of the MW got ate up by JUICE. Contact Grammaphone Records on N. Clark in Chi about the 7IC mixtape "THe Shadiest. Risky Business got a hold o' uncleared shit directly from DJ Head that outshines that wack Aftermath shit. Karma. Out.
ip142.chicago12.il.pub-ip.psi.net | Thursday, April 01, 1999 at 00:35:12 (EST)

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Enter Your Comment Here can somebody please tell me whether its true or not: are common,black thought,jeru,and pharoahe really coming together to do a project i saw common in the 1999 video with jeru and black thought and pharoahe makes an appearance i also remember the freestyle on the lyricist lounge also can someone tell me if the rumor is true or not?????
proxy-317.public.rwc.webtv.net | Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at 20:04:08 (EST)

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Is there anyone who can compte for the crown which COMMON holds? In my book no is the answer. Common provides me with the intellectual insight to guide. allayuyeah!
| Friday, March 26, 1999 at 13:32:00 (EST)

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apparently the x is a factor when you speak of chromosomes/ cause when i talk about the prophets prayer im sent home/lauren justd windows/but the doors are still closed/the womb of hiphop was aborted once you called us out our name/when lies were re-named game you think that it makes everything ok....... a freestyle by dove rox 1 reflecting women in hiphop
1cust130.tnt11.chi5.da.uu.net | Friday, March 26, 1999 at 00:20:04 (EST)

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Eminem is nothing but a Will Smith in Canibus Clothing.
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 at 13:56:59 (EST)

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Eminem is nothing but a Will Smith in Canibus Clothing.
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 at 11:58:45 (EST)

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Eminem is nothing but a Will Smith in Canibus Clothing.
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 at 11:58:27 (EST)

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I want to see Common, Mos Def, Black Thought, and Lauren do and album
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 at 11:52:13 (EST)

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I'd just like to say that the Native Tounges are the only extended group of artists from NY that I listen to. While others from NY constantly talk about "CREAM" and "John Blazin" , ya'll use your mind and challenge us to take in the music. I'm from the south and I've always supported "purists" like Common, Tribe,Outkast,Goodie, Roots,Mos Def, etc. If it weren't for ya'll's creativity and cleverness, this culture would have drowned in it's own bullsh*t. Peace and keep on doing those things, 737
spider-wl031.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, March 18, 1999 at 20:21:32 (EST)

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Yo, i jus wanna say that com is crazy nice. Everything he's on is blessed lovely and he represents real hip-hop(i.e. Blackstar, Gangstarr, rakim, tribe, de la, roots, jeru, wu-tang, heiro, outkast,pete rock, slum village etc)to tha fullest and stays away from mindless bullshit garbage (i.e. puffy,jd, cam'ron, mase,dmx,master p and all other no limit mufuckas). From a true head from tha dirty south raskills one
user-2ivfuug.dialup.mindspring.com | Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 10:47:37 (EST)

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Yo, i jus wanna say that com is crazy nice. Everything he's on is blessed lovely and he represents real hip-hop(i.e. Blackstar, Gangstarr, rakim, tribe, de la, roots, jeru, wu-tang, heiro, outkast,pete rock, slum village etc)to tha fullest and stays away from mindless bullshit garbage (i.e. puffy,jd, cam'ron, mase). From a true head from tha dirty south raskills one
user-2ivfuug.dialup.mindspring.com | Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 10:36:28 (EST)

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Peace to Hip-Hop world wide! Chicago representing underground hardcore Hip-Hop culture in '99! *"1999" featuring Sadat X/ "Like They Used to Say" by Common Sense (Rawkus) *"Respiration" by Black Star f/ Common with Dr. Luke remix (Rawkus) *"Reconstruction" e.p. by Rubberoom (Indus/ 3-2-1), the prelude to the l.p. "Architechnology" *"7IC Presents the Shadiest"; RISKY:708 mixes and remixes Eminem (7 In a Cipher) *Jesse de la Pena's Blue Groove Lounge; Mondays @ Double Door, Chicago... 21 & over, ladies free. *ILLNOISE! the midwest's finest hip-hop e-zine. The Central Division, Midwespresentin' since 1998
1cust2.tnt12.chi5.da.uu.net | Tuesday, March 16, 1999 at 15:28:05 (EST)

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Common, whatever you do, don't let anybody from No Limit feature you on their album!!!!
ppp-.austtx.swbell.net | Saturday, March 13, 1999 at 17:03:01 (EST)

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Common, whatever you do, don't let anybody from No Limit feature you on their album!!!!
ppp-.austtx.swbell.net | Saturday, March 13, 1999 at 17:02:41 (EST)

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common,i'd like to give my congrates on puttin chicago hip hop on the map. we over in the region(gary, in.) are down with you. i'm a 23 year old producer over here and i'm trying to put out an mc named short fuse. the brotha has mad talent , i'm talkin true hip hop skills. the only problem is that i'm having trouble getting connected in the hip hop scene b-cuz of my job. i work a lot of hours. we have this hip hop spot every friday night. we call it phat friday's. there is always a lot of mc' and dj's comming out and representin the region. i wish you can come check out the talent that's representin true hip hop. also,i hope you can help with this situation b-cuz your the only one we trust to help us get our start. we really admire you for who you are. thank you, phil the bass (dj flip) shaffept
red-119-088.calumet.purdue.edu | Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at 14:21:01 (EST)

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I cant find Common's first two albums anywhere. Is there anywhere I can order them from?
lab187.sac235x.depaul.edu | Monday, March 08, 1999 at 15:06:05 (EST)

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Common is the man! ...pure lyrical genius
1cust87.tnt1.williamsburg.va.da.uu.net | Tuesday, March 02, 1999 at 20:47:24 (EST)

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Dear Common, I believe that you are one the if not the best rapper out now. I like the fact that you are not mainstream and you dont make commercial hits just to sell. There are some rappers who do that and get PAID. I admire your integrity and I hope you dont ever crossover to being a "hitmakin'-commercial nigga" Dark Kent
spider-tr061.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, February 25, 1999 at 21:54:26 (EST)

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Dear Common, I believe that you are one the if not the best rapper out now. I like the fact that you are not mainstream and you dont make commercial hits just to sell. There are some rappers who do that and get PAID. I admire your integrity and I hope you dont ever crossover to being a "hitmakin'-commercial nigga"
spider-tr061.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, February 25, 1999 at 21:53:35 (EST)

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thank you for showing me the light. I hope you have peace in your life and thing should be better. PEace to all those that I have subjected my trajedy of a life to to but I'm glad someone listened to me though because I listened to him and lauryn talk about some cool things. Word-up and peace to all that need the help from christs perspective. sicerely john krieg
host228-57.uihc.uiowa.edu | Thursday, February 25, 1999 at 13:24:12 (EST)

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What's goin on here?
spider-wg063.proxy.aol.com | Wednesday, February 24, 1999 at 02:57:11 (EST)

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Pharroh Monch... Jeru the Damaja... Black Thought... Common Sense... the Four Horsemen of Hip-Hop!!! 773! South Side!
1cust74.tnt5.chi5.da.uu.net | Thursday, February 18, 1999 at 03:26:08 (EST)

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EMINEM SLIM SHADY
spider-wj013.proxy.aol.com | Saturday, February 06, 1999 at 23:12:33 (EST)

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Yo if any of ya'll lookin for a phat site to post ya rhymes and get feedback at. Hit this site....http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Birdland/4829/FRoNtPaGEz.html...Just copy and paste....Peace Out.
hrfr-sh7-port49.snet.net | Saturday, February 06, 1999 at 13:45:42 (EST)

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dang lauryn why dont you come to salt lake city UTAH cause you got the biggest FANS down here come here in the summer and have a concert cause you;r the best
| Friday, February 05, 1999 at 16:16:23 (EST)

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Eminem is the most awesome rapper ever. That's all i gotta speak on!!!!
| Friday, February 05, 1999 at 13:09:49 (EST)

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Holdin on/remaining strong/taking steps/to a close and early death/yet still I maintain/while pain and darkness mask my brain/still i survive/ i learn,i grow, i thrive/i won't be taken without a fight/i won't stop slanging into the later night/i don't do it for the bills that line my pockets still/i gotta help my moms/my siblings gotta eat/if they weren't here/i wouldn't have to play in these wicked steets/but people want to throw us down for telling about our life/it's just cuz they can't handle/reality stabs them like a knife/they want to say its nasty talk to tell of how we growing up/to blame it on the man/becasue really we can/this poverty doesn't need to be, these drugs, they can be stopped, these guns don't have to exsist/so my brotha won't get popped/and when i sleep/ i dream deep/ of places forever unknown/ of places i wil never touch/never call my own/i wish this place was here/i wish this place was now/i wish i could take all us there, if i only knew how/it hurts to much to sya in words, the pain is just too strong/ i wish i coul dget i tout, but i can't not in one song/ so i will remain on the corner, slaning out these bams and hoping one day- i will be taken to this promised land...
| Thursday, January 14, 1999 at 19:15:19 (EST)

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I am SURVIVING IN THE GAME/the game I play is life/the cards I am dealt are useless/time and time again I pull a peice/time and time again i see them dying in these wicked streets/all i know is pain/like DMX/how can i maintian with madness on my brain/i want to touch a soul/i want to live.thrive. I want to know/i be pullin life apart and looking at it like a specimen/in biolgy/haters keep trying to kil me/swallow me like pacman/but i just can't be jacked man/like algebraic math/i put it down into a sequence/and try to solve to understand/like saturday evenings on the front porch wit my kool-aid in one had and my shirt concealing my 45.mm torch/it is a wicked game and my eyes will remain/though they're shut/bleeding cause I am cut/ hurt to deep/my wounds just won't heal.the stitches are too weak/I try to understand and realize/i hide a tear when all i can do is sympithize/watch my back like DOOM, try to ssurvive/just survivn in the game/all brothats want is B*tch*s, Power and Fame, money too/but with all that, haters stick like glue/i don't do this for that/i am too busy wathcing my own, doing it on alone. trying to undertsnd the maddness in my world/trying to comprehend the pain i have endure, although I am not alone, i feel like a lost soul-take my hand my savior and lead me to the promised land....
| Thursday, January 14, 1999 at 19:05:47 (EST)

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Because of Common's song "I used to love H.E.R." I was able to help my cousin introduce her biogty white teacher to the world of hiphop through this timeless song. The first time i heard this song by common i fell in love. I was tricked, thinking it was about a girl, and I loved when he said "It's hip-hop.." I fell in love with that song and deeper into him. The way common flows and the way his words come together send me to a peace of mind. I want to be there in a room with him and just listen to him vibe all day. His words makes so much sense and they actually have a meaning and an impact when you hear them. I wish he could be sitting her telling me his heart the way he does in his music. I think he is a true Lyrical Genius and I am in love. He would have to be my most favorite rapper becaue his style is too deep to be touched and his lyrics are to strong to be broken down. Common (Sense) makes just that and I love him the more each day and in each song-retrospection of life-blows me away. You will not find my living area without a photgraph, poster and CD in any one room. I love him. He is a force to be reckoned with and every one needs to hear his work especially those doubter of the culture HIP HOP- they really need to hear I used to love H.E.R. Thats is all that I have to say- Chamapaigne Champaigne-babygirl www.angelfire.com/me2/myworld/
| Thursday, January 14, 1999 at 18:48:54 (EST)

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Yo, I think that that hip-hop is in great need of a super group. It would be bangin to see Common, Black Thought, Guru, and Ras Kass all team up with Primo on the beats. I know this would be hard to do seein' as how everyone is busy and all, but the main stream doesn't recognize real hip-hop at all. This project would definently give it recognition and show them that there are other things that can be discussed in rhyme other than blunts, beer, who got bucked, and who got the most loot. P.S. When the phuk is Common's new joint comin'! I'm thirsty!
col-oh30-32.ix.netcom.com | Wednesday, January 13, 1999 at 11:02:04 (EST)

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To all heads in the NYC area: My name is K.W.I.S. and I am one half of a hip-hop duo originating in Cleveland now relocated to NY and Boston. We dropped are first album locally in Cleveland on August 15th on Vandaloc Records. We are now looking to form a live hip-hop group. Influences include: The roots, Com, Tribe, De La, Outkast, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan. If you are a musician who shares our love for hip-hop and music in general, hit me at ljs231
rstr-230-178.resnet.ohio-state.edu | Saturday, January 09, 1999 at 14:44:22 (EST)

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mc's get crushed when my mic is in my palm, writing lyrical psalms, chemically inclinclined rhymes, snatch hearts and paralyze spines, like the diamonds cavemen crushed i shine, einstein, albert equal to marv, i eat you wack mc's and still starve, bombard like knights, for mics, 12345 i want 6, plus the bitch and the wip. 2 sick to quit, like a crash dummie i'm bound to be wrecking shit.
.ipt.aol.com | Friday, January 08, 1999 at 23:49:42 (EST)

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My name is Don Curtis and I write for a Hip-Hop R/B web magazine called Manhunt. I would like the opportunity to interview you for our website. If we can do this feel free to contact me at . Check out our website at www.manhunt.com. Peace and God Bless.
1cust236.tnt19.chi5.da.uu.net | Friday, January 08, 1999 at 23:18:35 (EST)

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I Love your hit with Chantay Savage. She's a great performer and with the combination of Common/Chantay it was far beyond reality! I enjoy your music. You are spectacular!!!
| Friday, January 08, 1999 at 14:09:34 (EST)

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spider-ta053.proxy.aol.com | Sunday, December 27, 1998 at 23:11:43 (EST)

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Definetly want to use this forum to comment on 98. This year has been and enlightenment for myself as a follower of the movement and culture we call hip hop. In this year as a 16 year old I learned to unite my quest for knowledge of self with my quest to define my life through the hip hop culture. I hope that 1998 had a similar effect on all followers. But before celebrating the accomplishments of this year, I look to 99 and the turn of the millenium. We as a people are going to be continued to be challenged by ignorance and the offsprings of it. So my message to to all heads is maintain composure and stay true to self, discover who you are and use all knowledge obtained to better those who surround you and are like yourselves.
spider-wl011.proxy.aol.com | Sunday, December 27, 1998 at 01:54:22 (EST)

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spider-wb073.proxy.aol.com | Sunday, December 27, 1998 at 00:44:13 (EST)

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I AM NOT HERE TO COMMENT JUST LETTING YOU KNOW YOUR RUNNING LOW ON LYRICISTS TO CONTACT EMAIL ME IM AN MC TRYING TO REPRESENT AND DO MY THING
spider-te061.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, December 24, 1998 at 23:22:54 (EST)

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This message is for common, from a very confused fan: Yo, common what's the deal with that sprite commercial? I don't get it. It seems like the commercial is made to enlight people about the concealed beauty and art of Hiphop. But, Sprite as a company seems mad commercial to me. YO common...I've been diggin your beats ever since you blasted on the scene; and you've been a great inspiration to me. Have you defied your own legacy from all three albums; or are you still working for the continuation of this great art? PEACE>>>from a true and concerned FAN!! CEONESTAR!!
| Thursday, December 17, 1998 at 22:42:39 (EST)

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Just checking to see if anyone has anything to say.
spider-tr083.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, December 17, 1998 at 01:13:32 (EST)

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hip-hop is life
hlme26a-pc-2.cl.msu.edu | Monday, December 14, 1998 at 08:51:54 (EST)

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Whats up with hip-hop today?
ppp78.dialins.utoledo.edu | Saturday, December 12, 1998 at 23:56:56 (EST)

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Yo Com-what up kid? This is Under Rok 1 of the BKS crew, representing the NorthWest cyde of Chi-Town. Yo, check it: I have all of your singles, albums, and every compilation you have had on tape, CD, and vinyl. I dj for my squadd, as well as breakdance. Are you still down with tha UAC? I chill with them all of the time. All of ya albumz are tight as hell, and I give you tall props for being the dopest rapper in Chicago. No one can compare. That Invocation is the dopest beat yet, and you always can kick some good shit...Just put it this way....Stay live with De La, Tribe, Fugees, and all of hip hop, and you always get your props. all of my peeps give it up for you whenever any of yo jamz come on the radio. I love tha jazz tip that youre down wit, and I give you props 4 life. Stay up, and Keep it on the Real tip. PEACE!!!!!! -PeacRok Under Rok One....BKS!!!!! Ups 2: DTR, EDSK, CE, WE ROCK WELL, BRICKHEADS, IN, HN, FTR, UAC, FDF, NCR, RGS, CYS, AND ALL CITY CRUES REPRESENTIN CHI-TOWN..... PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
router.quigley.org | Friday, December 11, 1998 at 14:54:17 (EST)

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The fact that most mental mindsets are at ground zero like the equator, motivates me to be an educator, not a playa hater, though part-time debater./ For example,/ I'm skeptical at the fact that many rappers claim the money source of their pockets is ample- and thats just a sample./ Of the ongoing; falsification, thats bossin' this nation,/ got me people flossin' and racin', crossin' and 2 facin'.../ each other; but I choose to elevate like Outkast, spiritually energizin' myself, to ensure myself, I'll out last./ All negative people, and negative mindsets,/ negative theories, neagtive ideologies, and negative blind bets./ On my destruction; knowin' that being a man is a big role,/ Common said "315 dolars ain't worth your soul!"/ But thats hard to realize, when you feel you have no self worth,/ when the world negatively portrays black- as the dirtiest thing on earth./ I don't have a lot, just a little sense which enables me to see clear,/ lest backtrack- take out the slave trade- would black folk still be here?/ Food for thought,/ something to have my mind, occupied, contructively on instead of being in this game- getting caught.../ ...up, like jumping a fence and getting your crotch snagged at the top,/ we should concentrate on uplifting, not tearing down hip-hop!/
| Friday, December 11, 1998 at 13:16:52 (EST)

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Who's the illest Mc and why?
| Thursday, December 10, 1998 at 12:48:22 (EST)

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A YO MY NAME IS T.O.DOUBLE.D THE ILLEST M.C. COMIN OUTTA CALI I JUST WANT TO THANK COMMON FOR KEEPIN HIP-HOP PURE ALSO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT COMMON IS THE STR8 UP SHIZNIT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST IM NOT FOR BEEF IN IN HIP HOP BUT I DO BELEIVE IN THE BATTLE AND COMMON LITERALLY DESTROYED ICE CUBE IN HIS RHYME THE BITCH IN YOU HAHAHA..... "THIS AINT NO EAST COAST WEST COAST NONE OF THE ABOVE IM FROM CHI I WENT CALI NIGGAZ SHOWED ME LOVE"
| Tuesday, December 08, 1998 at 15:20:44 (EST)

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I chose to love hiphop not to die with it/ now someone whispers in my ears that my love is shit/ Can you please tell my what�s going on?/ IS HIPHOP dying or is it just born/
d3o1.telia.com | Sunday, November 29, 1998 at 13:14:59 (EST)

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Yeah, wassup heads.
spider-tr054.proxy.aol.com | Friday, November 27, 1998 at 16:40:52 (EST)

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just lookin
ruum221.wuh.wustl.edu | Wednesday, November 18, 1998 at 14:26:19 (EST)

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no comment
spider-wg072.proxy.aol.com | Wednesday, November 18, 1998 at 14:12:16 (EST)

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If you wanted to respond to my last couple of posts, but were unable to reach my email, I have a new address...AnimMajestic Check me there, and check that sight too. www.bboy.com
spider-tr032.proxy.aol.com | Tuesday, November 17, 1998 at 22:54:47 (EST)

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Just checkin what heads have got to say.
spider-wg043.proxy.aol.com | Monday, November 16, 1998 at 17:12:51 (EST)

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Anyone that know something about the Psychic Union, please keep me posted. Hit me at qualiall with some real info. I've been psyched since I heard that Jeru, Com, Pharoe and Tariq are coming togheter. They're keeping hip hop alive and bringing death to fake rappers and cardiac fans. Peace From Brazil. Kamau
vp-017.igce.unesp.br | Monday, November 16, 1998 at 09:19:55 (EST)

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where the heads at?
spider-tr043.proxy.aol.com | Friday, November 13, 1998 at 17:46:40 (EST)

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yo
ebh216-pc-21.cl.msu.edu | Tuesday, November 10, 1998 at 09:34:47 (EST)

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Brothers and sisters...where are all the heads at? I'm from the north suburbs of Chicago, and I'm looking to start something. I said that it was time to unify ourselves, and I want to take steps to do that. I've seen many young'uns who were enamored with Hip Hop, and B-Boy in particular, fall to the way side because they simply didn't have any place to chill, to talk, to learn, to break. They instead fell to the gangs, to the drugs, to the dark side of humanity. Right now, I'm trying to change that. My idea is called the Break In theory, it should be a place, hopefully a gym or a hall, where anyone can come. It'll be on Wednesdays for just a couple hours. Just so that heads of all ages have a place to go, where they know they can break, converse, learn, and just chill. A place where they know that they won't be seen as trouble makers, but as part of a community that appreciates them. A place where they will feel safe, from the violence, from the pressure, from the regular routine many can't follow. I feel it is time for me to lead by example. So, why mention this? I need help. Hall rates are expensive, so If anyone has any connections to halls or gymnasiums, that contact would be greatly appreciated. And I need the word to spread that a safe haven exists, so any help flyering would be appreciated. This is a grass roots movement, and I'm the only money behind it, so for sure it will mean a lot of work. If you're willing to do something for your community, e-mail me at Eigth Anim Now is the time.
spider-wd054.proxy.aol.com | Tuesday, November 10, 1998 at 04:36:04 (EST)

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Just checking what the heads have got to say.
spider-wd072.proxy.aol.com | Monday, November 09, 1998 at 02:12:28 (EST)

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I have to say I'm in agreeance with Anim Majestic when he says that we need to bring unity in our hip hop culture. Because as a culture we are still just beginning and it is now the time to fortify our foundation so we can leave a soard of legacy for those of the generations to come. I feel as Anim Majestic, that the knowledgeable of our culture must use there knowledge to enlighten the youth like myself. People of my age (16), need influences, positive ones at that to guide us so when we reach a certain level of understanding we can guide others. Stay sound in mind, body and spirit, and give your part of yourself to the evolution of the culture.
spider-wg034.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, November 05, 1998 at 19:09:22 (EST)

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Common, I was walking down Broadway one day in NYC, at about 8th street, and I ran into Common. All I did was look at him and I guess the expression on my face was surprise because he just walked over and gave me a pound. It was just mad surprise to be meeting this brother who I really look up to. And I told him this, I told him that he influenced me to rhyme, but it not just rhyming. And I'm not talking about producing either. What I meant to say was that he put me on to music. Good music. He showed me, through his albums, that music can be light and deep at the same time. And that you always have to review yourself, retrospect and introspect.
| Wednesday, November 04, 1998 at 09:23:42 (EST)

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just checkin what the heads have got to say
spider-wd044.proxy.aol.com | Tuesday, November 03, 1998 at 04:07:52 (EST)

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just checkin what the heads have got to say
spider-tr054.proxy.aol.com | Sunday, November 01, 1998 at 03:04:33 (EST)

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I think the main problem in hip-hop today is when hip hop heads are confronted with problems within in the culture they don't know how to handle them because a lot of heads don't understand the culture themselves. We got folks out there sayin they hip hop when they within themselves believe in some of the stereotypes hip-hop faces today. Like violence defines lyricism and now in the last few years riches and material things define the culture's lyricism. What this is causing is a line is being drawn. A line between rap and hip hop, in fact the line is drawn and people are standing on different sides now. On one side we got the commercial rap like Will Smith, Puff, Jermaine Dupri, and all of them. On the other side stands speakers for the culture: Mos Def, Common, Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang, and all of the MC's who don't represent Mis Conception like Talib Kweli said. But real heads realize this and the problem is the fake one's don't and still think they're hip hop when in essence they're not. These people are causing the downfall of the culture and real heads must rise and face this monster and eventually bring hip hop back to the lyricists, graf artists, break dancers, and just livers of the defining culture of minority America. Word.
spider-wd073.proxy.aol.com | Saturday, October 31, 1998 at 21:40:57 (EST)

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My brothers and sisters, I hail from Chicago, my home town that I share with Common. I'm a B-Boy, and have been for sometime now. I just recently got some cash, and bought all the LPs that I always wanted, and I got my hands (finally!) on Commons latest. I was taken back at the pure progressiveness of the album. Each track touched me, and continues to elevate me. It has been brought to the forefront of my mind, through my study, experience, and recent conversations with hip hop heads in the community, that it has been long due to unify ourselves. We are entering a new stage in our journey, where the young ones who discover hip hop are unwittingly falling into the trap of not understanding what they are discovering. Now I'm not the one to define hip hop, and I doubt anyone who will try to generalize something so closely related to each and every individual who claims it, but I do not hesitate to clear what hip hop isn't. Ironically, what it isn't is what many of the shorties believe it to be. From hip hop being a style of music to hip hop being about the money and the power. It is time that the older (and wiser) members who are united under the hip hop banner begin to educate those who discover it. It is time to realize that our future lies in the education of our youth. Without that key factor, the ideals which all cherish will fall victim to mass misconception, and become no better than what much of America sees Hip Hop as. Now is the time.
spider-pa072.proxy.aol.com | Wednesday, October 28, 1998 at 03:47:33 (EST)

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This is a personal comment the the man himself. Common, I was at a show that you did in Virginia Beach, at a club called "Rouges". Your set was cut off early because of reasons that were out of your control. I wanted to let you know that you gave the crowd everything we came there to see and more. I hope that experience doesn't make you bitter towards doing shows in that part of Va. I'm a diehard fan of yours, and your music speaks from the heart, which is something that I appreciate. Some artist don't understand that it takes more courage to be different. Songs like "This is me", are the main things that fans want to know about the artist they listen to. Thanks for giving us what we've always wanted!!
| Tuesday, October 27, 1998 at 17:22:28 (EST)

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Puffy and Master P should do a sex video together.
1cust193.tnt2.krk1.da.uu.net | Thursday, October 15, 1998 at 05:19:40 (EDT)

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Yo Comm, youve not only done alot for chicago but hiphop in general. Though ive only been a fan since I heard resurection, ive come to appreciate all the cameos youve done since then. were all glad there's someone we can relate to, not talking about how many girls you f'd and who you ride with(cause we know you better than that). It's finally a positive image we haven't seen in hip-hop since the original native tongues....outro..behavior
ifirewall.harper.cc.il.us | Tuesday, October 13, 1998 at 19:51:58 (EDT)

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a way of life to a true Emcee
hil-dnppk-046.oh.compuserve.net | Thursday, October 08, 1998 at 00:08:20 (EDT)

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spider-tr072.proxy.aol.com | Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 21:56:20 (EDT)

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eh yall we gotta support our undaground emcees, so go out an buy ras kass' album "RASASSINATION" september 22nd. west coast holdin it down big ups to ras kass,tha likwit crew, saafir,del,mystik journeymen,etc.... watch for tha 4horsemen yall;ras kass,kurupt,canibus,& killah priest (history in tha makin) "...you can only run tha streets so long/then tha streets run you into tha ground and gone..." the foundation
spider-wc021.proxy.aol.com | Monday, September 07, 1998 at 04:47:09 (EDT)

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yo its like ras kass said on "soul on ice" there is such a fine line between mainstream an undaground. if you go mainstream you lose tha respect and viewed as a "sell-out" but u aint makin loot on tha undaground. as long as u stay true to yourself it dont matter what other muthafuccas say. 1luv from tha golden state warriors........peace.
spider-wc021.proxy.aol.com | Monday, September 07, 1998 at 04:16:17 (EDT)

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Lauryn I thing that you have did a good job in making your record.keep up the good work! I love your new joints melanie
ras225.bendov.net | Friday, August 28, 1998 at 02:06:12 (EDT)

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COMMON BACK HOME TONIGHT AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES!!!!!!!PEACE
a10.larowe.com | Wednesday, August 26, 1998 at 16:03:23 (EDT)

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I wish Common's personal evolution and his artistic expression thereof was contagious! I too am getting tired of hearing primarily niggadrama and bullshit: violence and hatred of women and fellow man, self-destruction... I love hiphop, always have, always will. Still, I spend my loot with the Wisdom I Am. Lil Kim and Foxy Brown and some R&B songstress' get the finger and a fist for perpetuating the whorish goldigger mentality. Yes, my (excuse me) pussy is worth more than gold, and just because you got gold doesn't warrant the exchange...'gold' in that my physical self is valuable, women must preserve and honor themselves, and REQUIRE that men do the same. Preserve sisters, because if the woman goes (expires), who else to go but man?...Think about it! PEACE & LIGHT
| Tuesday, August 25, 1998 at 13:32:31 (EDT)

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mic check one
1cust198.tnt3.long-beach.ca.da.uu.net | Monday, August 17, 1998 at 00:26:44 (EDT)

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whats up chicago i'll be in your city next week and i'm looking for a hip hop club i could chill at while i'm there or maybe even a show i could catch while i'm in town thanks
1cust45.tnt3.long-beach.ca.da.uu.net | Friday, August 14, 1998 at 11:40:45 (EDT)

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HAY YALL NEED TO CHECK THESE MC'D FROM PHILLY OUT THEY DOPE AS HELL THE MOUNTAIN BROTHERS THEY GOT A DOPE ASS SOUND YOU CANT SLEEP ON THIS IF YOU LIKE COMMON YOU GONNA LUV MOUNTAIN BROTHERS SO CHECK THE SITE OUT, ALBUM DROPS SEPT 15 WWW.MOUNTAINBROTHERS.COM
spider-ti042.proxy.aol.com | Monday, August 10, 1998 at 22:41:35 (EDT)

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1cust232.tnt27.chi5.da.uu.net | Tuesday, July 28, 1998 at 18:26:51 (EDT)

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All respect goes to Common, the dopest MC hip-hop will ever face. Even though the whole hip-hop scene has basically turned to bullshit, Com's seein through like a pager. One thing I've always loved about Common is the man has always been real, no fake gangsta stories or none of that shit. Just pure lyrics on the Urban Life. I'm feelin everything you have to say man. I just wish more people would get into the flow. But, fuck 'em, you know, I got everything you've ever came out with that I could get my hands on. "Can I Borrow A Dollar," "Resurrection," "Urban Assault," "De La Soul, The Biz," "A.I.D.S.," "Soul In The Hole," and of course "One Day.." the day it hit the store.
spider-tq071.proxy.aol.com | Monday, July 27, 1998 at 23:25:13 (EDT)

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asdf
pop15.nitco.com | Monday, July 27, 1998 at 14:34:25 (EDT)

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Oh yeah, the address for Ghetto Music is: http://ww2.netnitco.net/users/stevec
jubilee16.nitco.com | Tuesday, July 14, 1998 at 15:12:30 (EDT)

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Want to see some phat reviews? Go to Ghetto Music. The name says it all. It contains reviews of new releases in the Rap genre, as well as Old School Hip-Hop classics. Check it out.
jubilee16.nitco.com | Tuesday, July 14, 1998 at 15:09:37 (EDT)

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Com, that freestyle joint you did with Mos Def, Black Thought, and the rest of the crew was slammin'. I cancelled a trip thinkin' you were gonna perform at The Park, what's up next? Have you, The Roots, and Mos Def worked on goin' on tour together? Ya gonna be in NYC over the summer? Tramps? My bad on all the questions, you just keep the cabbage thinkin' and it would be nice to know where myself and the rest of the "Com-heads" can peep you live. Much respect and God Bless. PEACE!!
globalb25.citicorp.com | Tuesday, July 14, 1998 at 13:07:32 (EDT)

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Dope
win1.urban.uiuc.edu | Saturday, June 27, 1998 at 00:26:06 (EDT)

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yo
spider-ti062.proxy.aol.com | Friday, June 26, 1998 at 02:14:22 (EDT)

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Why does Com have to be about any of that, ya know? Why can't he just be himself, and not have to be in any type of gang?
.ipt.aol.com | Thursday, June 25, 1998 at 23:38:07 (EDT)

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Does anyone know if common was about anything in Chicago such as vice lords or gangsta disciples.
ppp-.netreach.net | Thursday, June 25, 1998 at 22:50:56 (EDT)

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HOLD ON/ I'M BLOWIN CATS AWAY LIKE CLARK GABLE/ DONT GIVE A DAMM/ ABOUT YOU FABLES/ AND YOUR STORIES/ LEAVE YOUR TALL TALES/ FOR SHELLY DUVALL/ STRONG ENOUGH TO FADE JAMAAL/ AND THE REST OF HIS SQUAD/ CATS PROJECTING A ILLUSION/MY HYPOTHEISIS WAS THAT YOU CAN'T FLOW/ WHICH LED TO A CONCLUSION/ THAT YOU NEED TO STUDY MORE LESSONS/ NIGGAS THINK THEY THUGZ CAUSE THEY HOLD A SMITH AND WESSIN/ AND ARE QUICKLY DISSAPOINTED WHEN i REVEAL THEY WEARIN DRESSES AND/ THAT THEY AINT AS TOUGH AS THEY THINK/ YOU CLAIM YOU HARDCORE/ BUT I SAW YOU WITH YOUR MOMS AT THE ROLLER RINK/ NOW THAT I'VE SUNK YOUR BATTLESHIP/ WITH A DIRECT HIT/ I WILL PROCEED AND CONINTUE TO COME WITH THE LIVE SHIT/CAUSE MY SKILLS ARE INFINTE/LIKE MY MAN J. WRITT/ AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME/ AINT NO WAY YOU CAN OUTVOTE ME/ UNLESS YOU SIGN YOUR WHOLE FAM UP FOR 20 FREE AOL HOURS/ EVEN WITH THE SUPPORT/ I'LL STILL SEND YOU TO THE SHOWERS
spider-ta061.proxy.aol.com | Thursday, June 25, 1998 at 03:29:30 (EDT)

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dyn1-tnt12-206.detroit.mi.ameritech.net | Saturday, June 20, 1998 at 22:49:59 (EDT)

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So, what the fuck? Do you think you deserve a cookie because you know what REAL HIP-HOP IS? Come on, pal. Give us a break...If you wanna strut your ego, why don't you jump into the MICATASTROPHE ARENA and show us how much you know. (= Have a nice day.
.ipt.aol.com | Saturday, June 20, 1998 at 02:54:56 (EDT)

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does anybody know what real hip hop is. i do
dyn-max10-251.chicago.il.ameritech.net | Thursday, June 18, 1998 at 12:49:40 (EDT)

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Will Canibus and Common ever be on the same album again? "Making a name for Ourselves" was phat.
dyn1-tnt13-31.detroit.mi.ameritech.net | Wednesday, June 17, 1998 at 10:44:36 (EDT)

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Will Canibus and Common ever be on the same album again. "Making a name for Ourselves" was phat.
dyn1-tnt13-31.detroit.mi.ameritech.net | Wednesday, June 17, 1998 at 10:44:04 (EDT)

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with artist like common, rakim, and rass kass, hip hop is returning to its form of tight lyrics, and phat beats. p.s i heard the bitch in you by com sense only once. can you post the audio version of it on the site!!
dyn-max9-94.chicago.il.ameritech.net | Wednesday, June 17, 1998 at 00:33:21 (EDT)

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205-1-95.ipt.aol.com | Saturday, June 13, 1998 at 01:09:05 (EDT)

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Common, I just want to take the opportunity send you my blessings as an artist. You are by far the most incredibly talented hip-hop artist out there...always have been, and I believe will continue to be. I say all of this from another artists perspective. You have been a grand inspiration to my work as a hip-hop artist, and I hope that one day, i will be able to work with you. Keep it Soulful. One Love. Tone
| Friday, June 12, 1998 at 17:05:05 (EDT)

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what yall niggaz REALLY need 2 do... is shorten these fuckin' comments the fuck up!! nobody tryin' 2 read 3 page dissertations on yo damn philosophies.... cut dat shit out!! say yo words n keep fuckin' goin'.. rat bastard ass niggaz...
| Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 20:21:44 (EDT)

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I know that you know, Rash, that we are trying to put Chi on the map...so whassup with that tension between you and No I.D. and that incident at House of Blues at the release party and other stuff...can't we just all get along? Ya'll act like little bitches, on the real.
| Friday, June 05, 1998 at 15:18:40 (EDT)

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I heard on "Lyricist Lounge" album that Common, Black Thought, Absolute from the House of Reps, and Pharoah Moch are formin a group called Incredible Force. Is it true? And checkout the freestyle by my brother Expound on survivor scrolls!
118.detroit-04.mi.dial-access.att.net | Thursday, June 04, 1998 at 22:39:26 (EDT)

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I was born and raised in the East and now I live in the Chi. I've been hip-hop fiend since the day I HEARD the Sugarhill Gang on the radio. I've watched it soar, flail, and rise again. It it wasn't for artists like Common, Outkasts, the Fugees, Goodie MOb (and others in that vein), hip-hop would be doing a complete nose dive. What ever happened to originality, experimentation and daring to be different? Too many artists are selling their souls for the "paper chase". What happened to "keeping it real" to your music and your fans? I understand you gotta eat; but, I can't play most of what's out in front of my daughter. What type of legacy are we leaving to our kids? We had Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Al Green? We're leaving them such wholesome songs: Pushin' inside you.....Make crack like this. Common keep doing what ya doing. Hopefully artists such as yourself will be the rule and not just an exception. Peace God.
dyn1-tnt3-182.chicago.il.ameritech.net | Tuesday, June 02, 1998 at 21:46:13 (EDT)

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Part two on my commentary: I swear I be wanna slap kids in they mouth who talk about they "bout it, bout it." What the fuck are most of these kids about? About to flunk out of school? or better yet catch a crimial record?? We get lynched in the media for being negative and shit, but that's a lie and they know it. 1 muthafucka can mess it up for about 22000 othas at a show...what happened to battling on the spot and freestyles at live shows? I don't wanna see cats doing sorry-ass dancing on stage and pretty lights as they lip-sync. A live show ain't supposed to be like puttin on the hits...I know that DJs be out there, but why don't most muthafuckas want them on the stage scratching over cuts? Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Premier, Scratch, Red Alert, Clark Kent, Funkmaster Flex those are DJs who put on live shows with or w/o emcees. The pther day, somebody had the nerve to say they didn't like KRS and Rakim, but Puffy and Master P were the bomb; that almost broke my heart and again, I wanted to pimp-smack a muthafucka. Hopefully, a wack artist/album ban will be placed in effect before another sorry sucka makes it through the door, but I have a feeling it won't. So it's up to the fans and artists to keep it true and pass the knowledge to others to correct their confused mind state. By the way Comm, even though at times you might me off-beat, it's like you having a conversation with the people who listen to your shit in person, so your album is not really like a bunch of songs, it's a collection of your thoughts on certain topics at hand and your history...what some cultures in Africa call griots. A storyteller and keeper of history. Hopefully you'll still be around ten albums down the line. If you keep on keeping true to yourself, the blessings will flow and in your lyrics it'll show.
| Friday, May 22, 1998 at 12:29:47 (EDT)

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I am really in general disappointed at the state that hip-hop is in, and that state is emergency. With muthafuckas like Buffy and the Fad Boy cliques running around desecrating old hip-hop, rock and pop tracks just to make a buck, it's no wonder I don't listen to the radio anymore. Now while there are a few cats out there that keep shit real and are of a hip-hop and not a hip-pop mindstate(common, roots, tribe, Rakim, PE, Gang Starr, De La, etc.), most of these cats just wanna make a record and not a career for themselves...speaking of records, I wonder how many people in the game are truly cognizant to the true meaning of Industry Rule 4080(record company people are shady). Do they get contract lawyers to read over their contracts thoroughly, or are they just ready to do an LP and take a signing bonus without thinking about the consequences of their actions? Not to get long-winded on people out there, but it just makes no sense that the upright and lyrically tight are getting the least exposure, while whackness be on the radio and video 23 hours of the day. I don't know if Nas will read this or not, but he needs to get off the big-willie style and go back to that Illmatic-type flow. In my opinion, he's the heir-apparent of hip-hop and if album 3 is as tight as album one, I sense careers ending. If anyone agrees with me out there, hit me up at: soulbrono2 Peace
| Friday, May 22, 1998 at 12:08:46 (EDT)

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Common, will you be playing in chi-town or close too there this summer?I want to check out your shows
du139-110.cc.iastate.edu | Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 15:56:45 (EDT)

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Hip hop is on a state of decline. With many artists making crazy "stupid" records, kids are buying poorly prepared products. What common does for me is beyond explanation; his work allows me to think, relax, as well as to evaluate my status in this society as a black man. Common makes things simple for me, his music is down to earth, while talking about stuff I can relate to/with/about. We all need to get on the "Common wave" and experience this rather Un-Common experience; He allows me to get a natural high due to his level of creativity and originality. Common is indeed the best in the business.
ub1.cap.uconn.edu | Monday, May 18, 1998 at 16:41:25 (EDT)

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Yo i luv that album kid! Pure butter drippin over wax, just dark and shimmery!
host-.jax.bellsouth.net | Monday, May 18, 1998 at 01:33:43 (EDT)

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I've been a fan of hip hop from the start. A lil brother buying rap albums and staring at the covers trying to decipher the story that the photos told and how they related to the albums. Even listening to the lyrics while the vinyl spun and painting my personal picture of what it all meant. Over the years, I've watched artists come and go and change their styles and image too many times to mention (see that nigga Ice Cube for an example). Some way along the line, hip hop got lost. Going mainstream was good and all but itd the doors for a lot of people to come in with some real garbage posing it off like hip hop. Common is one of the few artists, and I mean that shit, artists, that treat hip hop like an art and not a way to get the two p's ( paycheck and some pussy). I mean this cat paints some vivid lyrical images, that make me turn on the camera in my head again like when I was 11. Then I bought the albums ALL OF EM, and I must say that ,"One Day..." is quite logically the finest body of work to date. Common shares not only a peice of his mind, but similarily a piece of his soul with us. "Retrospect ..." really hits home with a lot of niggas and is probably the reason that niggas listen to Common, respect his style, but dont buy the shit. The same with De La Soul, the Roots, et al. Its not that the shit aint the bomb, its that all the forementioned groups come with honesty in their lyrics , they dont keep it real they keep it right! Unfortunately, the average wanna be Master P, fake pimp, wanna be playa, but dont know the rules nigga (lemme not forget the suburbanite crackers) that buys hip hop records now wanna get lost in a false reality as if they living the lyrics. Hip Hop aint about smackin hoes, its about flexin lyrical skills and you not talkin about bustin a cap, you talkinj about you bust flow betta than the next cat. Its about grabbin for verbs and nouns and ideologies and tyin them in your flow to make niggas listening say Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmnnn! We lost that shit in hip hop and need to get it back or we will be seeing more groups like the insane clown posse around. Common keep makin them records cuz ima keep kickin my $17.50 your way. Peace BiggStu
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