| DJ Eleven (check djeleven.com) |
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best albums |
| not a great year for albums. wasn't one which won for me |
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albums I listened to |
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Anthony Hamilton "Comin From Where I'm From" |
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Jay-Z "The Black Album" |
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Devin The Dude "Just Trying To Live" |
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The Roots "The Tipping Point" |
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De La Soul "The Grind Date" |
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DJ Eleven & Cosmo Baker "I'm Rick James Bitch!" |
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Masta Ace "Long Hot Summer" |
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best songs |
| Snoop Dogg & Pharrell "Drop It Like It's Hot" |
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best beats |
| Kanye West "The College Dropout" |
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best producers |
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hands down, no question, no argument Just Blaze |
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okay. gotta argue: Raphael Saadiq |
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best emcee / lyrics |
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Jay-Z |
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Noreaga |
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Murs |
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E-40 |
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Lil Jon cause he just has a way with words |
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favorite artwork |
| Snoop Dogg "R&G: The Masterpiece" for pure ignorance |
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favorite labels |
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biggest surprise |
| getting a cute little nephew to go with my cute little neice |
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biggest disappointment |
| finding out that money doesn't grow on trees. you got to work to get it. |
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books I read |
| lots and lots of James Ellroy |
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movies I saw |
| everything Rosario Dawson was in |
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foods I ate |
| everything for sale within two blocks of my house |
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things that made me smile |
| seeing my name in the NY Times twice in one year |
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things that made me go hmm |
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things that made me cringe |
| getting caught playing Maroon 5 "This Love" over and over |
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best moment(s) of 2004 |
| seeing the ground swell of normal, non-politically active people trying to get Bush out of office |
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worst moment(s) of 2004 |
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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... |
| the same as it always is, but a little different |
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my new years resolutions |
| more money, more problems |
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