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best albums |
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Kanye West "College Dropout" |
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Sound Directions "The Funky Side of Life" |
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Go Team! "Thunder Lighting Strike" |
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albums I listened to |
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Time Machine & Friends "TM Radio" |
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Giant Panda "Fly School Reunion" |
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various Broken Social Scene songs |
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Platinum Pied Pipers "Triple P" |
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Bitch Whippaz "We Already Famous" |
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best songs |
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Common "The Corners" |
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Three 6 Mafia with 8-Ball & MJG, Young Buck "Stay Fly" |
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Amerie "1 Thing" |
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The Game feat. 50 Cent "Hate It Or Love It" |
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Paul Wall "Sittin Sideways" |
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Slim Thugg w/ Pharrell and Bun B "I Ain't Heard of That" |
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Tiombe Lockhardt "Johnny Walker" |
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best beats |
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Amerie "1 Thing" |
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The Game feat. 50 Cent "Hate It Or Love It" |
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Shawn Jackson "Dream Come True" |
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Three 6 Mafia "Stay Fly" |
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LightHeaded "Orientation" |
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Sa Ra Creative Partners "2nd Time Around" |
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best producers |
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Rich Harrison |
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Kanye West |
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Thes One |
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Pharrell/Neptunes |
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DJ Mekalek |
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best emcee / lyrics |
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Maanumental (Giant Panda) |
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Shawn Jackson |
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Edan |
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Ghostface |
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Paul Wall |
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favorite artwork |
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Thes One & Raashan Ahmad "Doin It" |
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Sa Ra Creative Partners "Glorious" |
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2 Mex "Everyday" |
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Sound Directions "Funky Side Of Life" |
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favorite labels |
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Tres Records |
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Glow in the Dark |
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G.O.O.D. Music |
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Ubiquity |
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biggest surprise |
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Sound Directions being super good |
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"We Major" on "Late Registration" being mind blowing |
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my friend Eli getting married |
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biggest disappointment |
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Seattle Mariners |
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Detroit Pistons losing |
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my photo with Ghostface getting erased |
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the mix of Common's album |
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books I read |
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"Rakim Told Me" Brian Coleman |
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unpublished manuscripts from my man Eli Hastings (watch out) |
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movies I saw |
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Kung Fu Hustle (only one I really liked) |
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websites I visited |
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putsonline.co.uk |
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tresrecords.com |
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espn.com |
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myspace.com |
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spinemagazine.com |
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foods I ate |
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tons of miso |
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rice |
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thai food |
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mexican food |
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things that made me smile |
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my sister getting married |
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Mexico City |
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friends getting engaged |
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album release party in S.F./L.A. w/ Crown City Rockers and P.U.T.S. |
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meeting Ghostface |
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my new mixing board |
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Big Daddy Kane hitting dance moves on VH-1 |
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things that made me go hmm |
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things that made me cringe |
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mouth jewelry |
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U.S. politics |
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people refuting evolution |
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best moment(s) of 2005 |
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finishing album |
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sister's wedding |
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touring with P.U.T.S. and Time Machine (trilogy!) |
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touring U.K./Ireland |
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working with Shawn Jackson |
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worst moment(s) of 2005 |
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having a good friend pass |
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Katrina |
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friends putting out records with us on it with out our permission |
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what I'd like to see in 2006 |
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more touring |
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new Giant Panda album |
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New Jack Hustle album (me and Shawn Jackson) |
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better songs on the radio |
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Mariners win the AL West |
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what I don't want to see in 2006 |
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Johnny Damon go to the Yankees |
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more rappers in fancy necklaces |
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whiny underground rappers |
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terrorism |
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apathetic Americans |
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hip hop in 2006 will be... |
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People Under The Stairs' "Step Father" |
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my new years resolutions |
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quit smoking cigarettes (again) |
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talk/see my family more |
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tour more |
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go to more live shows |
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make hip-hop that excites me |
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