| DJ Hen Boogie (check djhenboogie.com) |
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best albums |
| you really should listen to “Nobody Beats The Boog” by DJ Hen Boogie (even if it wasn’t me I’d say it was dope) |
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albums I listened to |
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“Black Rio” Compilation |
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many I needle dropped in my headphones searching for breaks |
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best songs |
| Edo.G & Pete Rock “Boston” |
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best beats |
| I actually really liked a couple I did last year |
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best producers |
| Yam Who and me are the only ones I hear pushing the envelope |
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best emcee / lyrics |
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favorite artwork |
| anything on the BBE label |
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favorite labels |
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Stones throw |
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Sublevel Epidemic |
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Female Fun |
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Domination Recordings |
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Low Self Discipline |
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Mastermind |
| anyone forward thinking enough to put me out |
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biggest surprise |
| that Kanye was able to say Jesus and have a hit song...respect!!! |
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biggest disappointment |
| that hip hop still consists of albums with guest appearances and too many producers… people want consistency. I hope someone reads this. |
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books I read |
| I started a bunch but finished none |
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movies I saw |
| most put me to sleep. but I was awake for “Pay it Forward” |
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websites I visited |
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foods I ate |
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things that made me smile |
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watching Kid Rock on the VH1 hip hop special DJing |
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watching the Chapelle show |
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my trip to Humboldt with Shake, Tajai, and Z-Man |
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getting hate email from certain hip hop individuals for my affiliations with certain other individuals (you know who you are) |
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things that made me go hmm |
| why in 2004 people still don’t do what they say they are going to do |
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things that made me cringe |
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people who just started making beats who call me with an attempt to school me on the business |
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the 'chess game' of hip hop |
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best moment(s) of 2004 |
| achieving each of my music goals for the year and then some… |
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worst moment(s) of 2004 |
| losing my day job, teaching (very poor from the hood) kids who probably never would have had an opportunity to otherwise, make beats |
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what I'd like to see in 2005 |
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my Rhodes playing to be more on point |
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to find “I, Pharoah” by Sun Ra on vinyl |
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Gilles Peterson invite me to his radio show for a guest DJ set |
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DJ Hen Boogie to have Madlib's magazine press |
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what I don't want to see in 2005 |
| me making another 3000 beats that have never been heard |
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hip hop in 2005 will be... |
| a turning point due to the socio-economic climate of now |
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my new years resolutions |
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