| Aye Jay Morane (check ayejay.com) |
| the "Gangsta Rap Coloring Book" available at a store near you |
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albums I listened to |
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Lyrics Born "Later That Day" |
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Jack Spaar "s/t" |
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Faydog "The Opium Den EP" |
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Lateef & The Chief are Maroons "Ambush" |
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Aye Jay & Matt Loomis "Unindie Listening" DJ Mix |
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Z-Man "Dope Or Dog Food" |
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Bubba Sparxxx "Deliverance" |
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Jay-Z "The Black Album" |
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Immortal Technique "Revolutionary, Vol. 2" |
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Blestenation "Fuck A Mixtape, Vol. 3" |
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Kenna "New Sacred Cow" |
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Big Business "s/t" |
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Neutral Milk Hotel "Aeroplane Over The Sea" |
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Fugazi "The Argument" |
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Elliot Smith "From The Basement On A Hill" |
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best song |
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Diplomats "S.A.N.T.A.N.A." |
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OutKast "Hey Ya" |
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Jay-Z "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" |
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Jay-Z "99 Problems" |
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Snoop Doog feat. Pharrell "Drop It Like It's Hot" |
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Mannie Fresh "Real Big" |
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best beat |
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Young Guns "Friday Night" by Just Blaze |
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Snoop Doog feat. Pharrell "Drop It Like Its Hot" by The Neptunes |
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best producers |
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Dr. Dre |
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Doug Surreal |
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Kanye West |
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Jel |
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Just Blaze |
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G-Pek |
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Rick Rubin |
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Mannie Fresh |
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Fafu |
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The Neptunes |
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best emcee / lyrics |
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Awol One |
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Immortal Technique |
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Lyrics Born |
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Lateef |
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favorite artwork |
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anything by Aaron Horkey (Jack Spaar, Forensics, Sunno) |
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Live Human "Breaks Even" |
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favorite labels |
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biggest surprise |
| Andre 3000's huge year with a non-rap LP |
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biggest disappointment |
| the inevitable OutKast break up" |
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books I read |
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Sacha Jenkins, et al "Ego Trip - Book of Rap Lists" |
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Robert Evans "The Kid Stays In The Picture" |
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Cheo Hodari Coker "Unbelievable: The Life, Death & Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G." |
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Ray Charles "Brother Ray" |
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Miles Davis "Miles" |
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Sacha Jenkins, et al "Ego Trip - Big Book Of Racism" |
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Tom Shales, Jim Miller "Live From New York - The Oral History Of Saturday Night Live" |
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Aye Jay Morane "Gangster Rap Coloring Book (Expanded Edition)" |
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movies I saw |
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Keepintime (B+) |
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The Incredibles |
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foods I ate |
| chimichangas and burritos from Tacos Cortes |
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things that made me smile |
| the arrival of my second child, Greta, drawing a skateboard, art jobs! |
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things that made me go hmm |
| Michael Moore’s muckraking |
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things that made me cringe |
| Presidential election 2004 |
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best moment(s) of 2004 |
| the release of Ol Dirty from prison |
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worst moment(s) of 2004 |
| the premature death of Ol Dirty |
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what I'd like to see in 2005 |
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hip hop in 2005 will be... |
| indie artists on major labels: disasterous results |
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my new years resolutions |
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