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Who’s The Rap Game Kevin Durant?
Posted by Lucas G. on 04/16/14 |
Filed under Opinion, Rap Game, Black ThoughtIt has been more than a month since our last Rap Game comparison piece, but considering our borderline unhealthy obsession with comparing rappers to things and things to rappers, it feels more like a year. See more...
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Black Thought Says “Illmatic” Had Him “Shook” In His Final Segment On The Combat Jack Show (Video)
Posted by Danielle Harling on 04/26/13 |
Filed under Videos, Black ThoughtWith the final segment in Combat Jack and friends' inaugural episode released yesterday, I think we can safely assume that Complex's The Combat Jack Show has grasped the attention of a number of Hip-Hop heads.See more...
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Holy Sweet Baby Jesus Black Thought Killed This “Bird’s Eye View”
Posted by Nathan S. on 04/16/13 |
Filed under Raekwon, Joey Badass, Black Thought, Statik SelektahGod I hate doing the whole "most underrated" thing, but...do you hear Black Thought on this "Bird's Eye View" shit? Do you? Holy sweet baby jesus.See more...
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General Awesomeness: Black Thought Drops An Oscars Breakdown Via Freestyle (Video)
Posted by Danielle Harling on 02/21/13 |
Filed under Videos, General Awesomeness, Black ThoughtBlack Thought should probably provide the people with a freestyle for every boring awards ceremony or any other snooze-worthy event to take place because not only was his freestyle about the Oscars pretty on-point, but it was also kind of helpful.See more...
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Sweet Baby Jesus Black Thought Killed This “NY State of Mind” Freestyle (Listen & Download)
Posted by Nathan S. on 01/15/13 |
Filed under Downloads, Freestyles, Black ThoughtBlackThought on something like "Rage Is Back" is the type of shit I don't even need to hear to know it's dope. Sure enough, the Roots frontman First 48ed this sh*t. See more...
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“Art Imitates Life” for Kweli, Black Thought & Rah Digga - Art & Life Are Dope (Listen & Download)
Posted by Nathan S. on 01/14/13 |
Filed under Downloads, Talib Kweli, Black Thought, Rah DiggaI get it Kweli, it must be frustrating for people to want you to make your old shit, but....sorry, I want you to make your old shit. Your old shit was a classic. Which is why "Art Imitates Life" instantly became one of my favorite tracks of the week.See more...
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Truck North, Black Thought & Asher Roth Commit a “Capital Crime” (Listen & Download)
Posted by Nathan S. on 12/10/12 |
Filed under Downloads, Asher Roth, Black Thought, Truck NorthI'm sure he doesn't want me to describe him like this, but honestly Truck North is one of those emcees I tend to forget about...until he drops a new joint, it's doper than anything else out.See more...
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Black Thought & Some Other Dope Emcees Just Killed Mayday’s “TNT (Remix)” (Listen & Download)
Posted by Nathan S. on 03/28/12 |
Filed under Refined Picks, Downloads, Remixes, Mayday, Black Thought, Jon Connor, Jay Rock, Stevie StoneAs I just got done explaining over on the mothership, ¡MAYDAY!'s new "Take Me To Your Leader" is really good, like really fucking good. And because the Miami crew apparently doesn't sleep, they quickly followed the album release with one of the doper actual remixes you're going to hear. Listen and download...See more...
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The Roots’ Questlove & Black Thought Quite Literally Discover Their Roots (Video)
Posted by Danielle Harling on 12/09/11 |
Filed under QuickHits, Video, The Roots, Black Thought, QuestloveThe Roots' own Questlove and Black Thought recently teamed up with AfricanAncestry.com and OKAfrica.tv to trace back their ancestry. Questlove discovered that both his maternal and paternal lineage trace back to Sierra Leone while Black Thought discovered that his maternal side is also from the West African country. Black Thought's paternal ancestors were traced back to Senegal. See more...See more...
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Only “God Knows Why” Nneka & Black Thought Are So Dope (Listen & Download)
Posted by Nathan S. on 09/26/11 |
Filed under Downloads, Black Thought, NnekaBelieve me, I like making fun of Ray J as much as the next man, maybe more, but in the end I do this because I love music, and I especially love music that means something. That's why I've been playing the hell out of Nneka's "God Knows Why", featuring a blistering guest verse from Roots frontman Black Thought. God this makes me want to throw a Molotov cocktail at the precinct. Listen and download...See more...
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Thurz Starts a Rap “Riot” With Black Thought (Listen)
Posted by Nathan S. on 08/05/11 |
Filed under Top Stories, Underground, West Coast, Black Thought, ThurzI don't even really know what else to say. Everything I've heard from Thurz, formerly of U-N-I, and his upcoming "L.A. Riot" album has been doper than a package of raw Malaysian white tiger. (It's actually too much dopeness to list, click here if you need to catch the fuck up.) And it sounds like he might have just saved the best for last. "Riot" featuring Black Thought. Boom. Listen. See more...
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Nikki Jean’s “Million Star Motel” Featuring Lupe Fiasco Is Quite Lovely (Listen & Download)
Posted by Danielle Harling on 07/12/11 |
Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Lupe Fiasco, Black Thought, Nikki JeanI never thought I'd use the word "lovely" to describe any song with two rappers on it, but that's exactly what Nikki Jean's "Million Star Motel" featuring Lupe Fiasco and Black Thought is. If the name Nikki Jean sounds somewhat familiar then that means you probably heard her on Lupe Fiasco's "Hip-Hop Saved My Life." Listen and download...See more...
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