| Cosmo Baker (check cosmobaker.com) |
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best albums |
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Ghostface "The Pretty Tony Album" |
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DJ Eleven & Cosmo Baker "I'm Rick James, Bitch" |
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Cam'Ron "Purple Haze" |
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Madvillain "Madvillainy" |
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TV On The Radio "Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes" |
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Diplo "Florida" |
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De La Soul "The Grind Date" |
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Mobb Deep "Amerikaz Nightmare" |
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albums I listened to |
| wow, so many. Off the top of my head, the ones I listed above, as well as: |
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Nas "Street's Disciple" |
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Snoop Dogg "Rhythm & Gangsta" |
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Alchemist "1st Infantry" |
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The Roots "The Tipping Point" |
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Sly Johnson "Is It Because I'm Black" |
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Johnny Hammond "Gears" |
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Coke Escovedo "Comin' At You" |
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Eddie Kendricks "People... Hold On" |
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best songs |
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Terror Squad "Lean Back" - the song was inescapable |
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M.I.A. "Galang" |
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DJ Day "What Planet, What Station" |
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best beats |
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Terror Squad "Lean Back" |
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Alchemist "Hold You Down" |
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Usher "Caught Up" |
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Beanie Sigel feat. Peedi Crack, Twista "I Got To Have It" |
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best producers |
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Just Blaze |
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Heatmakerz |
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Scott Storch |
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Lil Jon |
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Kanye West |
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best emcee / lyrics |
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Cam'Ron, everyday all day |
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Peedi Crack |
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Ghostface |
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favorite artwork |
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favorite labels |
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Roc-A-Fella |
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Stones Throw |
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Memphix |
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Milkcrate |
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biggest surprise |
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the death of Rick James |
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the death of ODB |
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biggest disappointment |
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the re-election of George W. Bush |
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Kanye West's LP |
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books I read |
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Caleb Carr "The Alienist" |
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Richard Zimler "The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon" |
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Malcolm Gladwell "The Tipping Point" |
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Migene Gonzaler-Wippler "Santeria" |
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Umberto Eco "Baudolino" |
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Rich Cohen "Tough Jews" |
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Thomas Friedman "From Beirut to Jerusalem" |
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Robert Stone "Dog Soliders" |
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Mark Bowden "Killing Pablo" |
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John Collins "West African Pop Roots" |
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Matthew Pearl "The Dante Club" |
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T.C. Boyle "Drop City" |
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James Elroy "Crime Wave" |
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Raymond Carver "Where I'm Calling From" |
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movies I saw |
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websites I visited |
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foods I ate |
| whatever was in front of me at the time, I ate that shit |
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things that made me smile |
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things that made me go hmm |
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things that made me cringe |
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George Bush |
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"Red" states |
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best moment(s) of 2004 |
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the birth of my god-daughter, Sofia Zyhara Landis |
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turning 30 |
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worst moment(s) of 2004 |
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the re-election of George W. Bush |
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the death of Rick James |
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the death of ODB |
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what I'd like to see in 2005 |
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what I don't want to see in 2005 |
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hip hop in 2005 will be... |
| both good and bad, just like the last ten years |
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my new years resolutions |
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