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  Behind The Album
"Earlier that year in 2006 we had met Wayne in Houston at the NBA All-Star Game and we was at the radio station waiting to go in and do our interview and he was already in their doing an interview and we just heard him say all of a sudden, "yo shout out to Little Brother, they are coming in here next, they are real talented, them boys can spit and y'all need to look out for them." We both just looked at each other like "Wayne gave us a shout out?" You know? Not even knowing that we were on his radar? So we ended up meeting up briefly and had some brief discussions on getting on "Dedication 2," but that never happened so when I heard the track 9th had sent, I knew instantly who I wanted on it."
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Behind the album: Little brother

It was one of them things where it's like Lil Wayne or bust. If we don't get
him, we don't even need to do the track. So I got his information and I 2-wayed him and told him what we was trying to do and he was down. I sent him the track and two days later he sent it right back and that's not even something we was thinking about where what the people (fans) were gonna say, if people are gonna like it, it didn't even matter. We like what was going on and...

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Rock The Bells 2007 Wrap Up
Finally it was time for the headliners and not a moment too soon, just prior to both Wu-Tangs set and RATM's set the crowd was bombarded with pepper spray by security which almost incited a riot. Fires were blaring both in the orchestra pit and in the...
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Cormega: A Cultural Illusion
You could sell 10,000 records independently and live comfortably. If you can sell 10,000 and not have a lot of overhead, you can make damn near as much as some doctors. You can sell 20,000 records and not have a lot of overhead and definitely live comfortable...
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Pharoahe Monch: So You Wanna Be A Rap Superstar
I'm listening to this album with the Mastering Engineer Steve, and a couple of other upper echelon cats, were listening to this album like "man this is gonna be the first underground album in a long time to sell a million copies." We are listening to it like "this shit is that...
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Immortal Technique: Honor & Discipline
People can say whatever they want like "ah I want a manager, I want a publicist," this or that. At the end of the day, you need people around you that you can trust. If you don't have that, you don't have anything. They have to be able to the job you are...
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Blu & Exile: Part 1 W/ Blu
shit was made so damn easy and muthafuckas was just blowing out cake to anybody who could rap. But as far as my goals, yeah I used to wanna be on like some Redman shit. My shit will just drop, I don't need to go platinum but as long as niggaz everywhere respect...
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Blu & Exile: Part 2 W/ DJ Exile
I think the approach with today's producers is what's different. They are just playing it safe by trying to produce records to emulate what's already out there where back in the 80's or late 90's you know it was open to experiment. Like you could experiment with...
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Black Thought: Perception
Every fucking album I put out is a solo album. Go buy my 11 CD's and shit. They are all solo albums. That's what I'm saying. People that tell me, "yo why you scrap your solo record? I'm still waiting for that shit." How many albums have I put out since "Phrenology?...
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M1 Of dead prez: Reality Check Part 1
I think the Internet is the best thing that ever happened when it comes to criticism because people won't really come up to your face and be like "I don't like the album." People don't do that, like I wish people would do that because it would make me feel a lot better...
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Stic Man Of dead prez: Reality Check Part 2
"Hip Hop" was a beat I made on the ASR 10 at our Warrior Studios. "Mind Sex" I made in downtown Brooklyn when I had a little crib down there. But on that album I worked with Lord Jamar, I worked with Tahir who did a lot of songs. He did...
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Big Shug Of The Gangstarr Foundation
The other day we had Pharoahe (Monch) and Talib (Kweli) on the show and then at the end we all freestyled. Now at another venue or another situation, you might not see Shug freestyling with Pharoahe and Talib because they are known as lyricists in that...
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Black Milk: The Caltroit Project Part 1
When I'm at home I do all different kinds of beats. Especially when I'm trying to make placements on different types of artists albums. So I got my commercial batch over here, I got my underground sounding type of beats over here, and I've got my weird shit...
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Bishop Lamont: The Caltroit Project Part 2
It's one of the most downloaded mix tapes ever. We got so much attention from it and we are still getting attention from it, we are still getting interviews off of it. You know the FBI and the government came in and tried to cease the CD's. Bill O' Reilly ran his mouth...
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Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg: Hip Hop Has Entered The Building
I'm in this great position where people have been sitting around for years like "where can I get some real Hip-Hop" and there's like a famine. Now I get to show up every Sunday with gallons of...
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