throwback thursdays
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Lupe Fiasco – Kick Push
Artist: Lupe Fiasco Track: Kick Push Producer: Soundtrakk Album: Food & Liquor Get ready to feel old, Booth readers; it’s been the better part of a decade since Lupe Fiasco hit the scene with Kick Push. To heads like you…
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Aaliyah – We Need a Resolution
Artist: Aaliyah Track: We Need a Resolution Producer: Timbaland Album: Aaliyah The GOP and the Democratic Party, like many couples, are constantly bickering. Last week, the former’s intransigence over Obama’s health care reforms led to a full-blown government shutdown, which…
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Clipse – Grindin
Artist: Clipse Track: Grindin’ Feat. Pusha T Producer: The Neptunes Album: Lord Willin’ Though his debut solo set doesn’t drop till next Tuesday, Pusha T is already one of the most successful, established purveyors of coke rap in the industry.…
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Justin Timberlake – Cry Me a River
Artist: Justin Timberlake Track: Cry Me a River Producer: Timbaland Album: Justified In a mere five days, Justin Timberlake will be unleashing the highly-anticipated sequel to his March junior set, The 20/20 Experience. Like its predecessor, the LP is guaranteed…
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Drake ft. Trey Songz – Replacement Girl
Artist: Drake Track: Replacement Girl Feat. Trey Songz Producer: T. Slack, Boi-1da and T-Minus Album: Comeback Season I know, I know—even in hip-hop years, 2007 ain’t exactly the olden days. But with Drake‘s junior full-length, Nothing Was the Same, fixing…
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Jay Z – Girls, Girls, Girls
Artist: JAY-Z Track: Girls, Girls, Girls Producer: Just Blaze Album: The Blueprint Twelve years ago yesterday, Jay Z released an album that would, true to its title, became The Blueprint for hip-hop in the early 2000s. Since we’ve already shined…
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Snoop Dogg – Gin & Juice
Artist: Snoop Dogg Track: Gin & Juice Producer: Dr. Dre Album: Doggystyle Today, Snoop Dogg is less a rapper than a multi-genre, multimedia juggernaut; from reality shows, to video games, to films, to (most recently) reggae albums, the Long Beach…
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Beyonce ft. Jay Z – Crazy in Love
Artist: Beyoncé Track: Crazy in Love Feat. JAY-Z Producer: Rich Harrison, Beyoncé Knowles Album: Dangerously in Love There’s no surefire trick to achieving a long-lasting relationship, but recording the top-selling urban record of all time together certainly doesn’t seem to…
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Nelly – Country Grammar (Hot Sh*t)
Artist: Nelly Track: Country Grammar (Hot Sh*t) Producer: Jason “Jay E” Epperson Album: Country Grammar Once upon a time, if you asked someone to name the hottest rappers doing it, they’d list off Jay-Z, Eminem… and Nelly. Yeah, that was…
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Kendrick Lamar – Hater Love
Artist: Kendrick Lamar Track: Hater Love Producer: Cool and Dre Album: The Me Throwback Thursday: This week will go down in hip-hop history as the week that Kendrick Lamar and Control took over hip-hop. So for today’s Throwback Thursday, we…
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The Pharcyde – Drop
Artist: The Pharcyde Track: Drop Producer: J. Dilla Album: Labcabincalifornia In regard to most rappers, saying that they know their lyrics backward and forward would be a figure of speech. When it comes to The Pharcyde, that’s the gospel truth.…
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Camp Lo – Luchini (AKA This Is It)
Artist: Camp Lo Track: Luchini (AKA This Is It) Producer: Ski Album: Uptown Saturday Night To date, most of our Throwback Thursday selections have been commercial hits that played an integral role in catapulting their artists to the upper echelons…