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Disclaimer: Rap Genius does not condone shooting your girl because she eats pork.

Samples “Shaft in Africa” by Johnny Pate.

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In this song Lord Shafiyq translates his name into Arabic and Hebrew and claims to have owned a dolphin named Flipper. He also touches on the Torah, Sodom and Gomorrah, and Ancient Egypt. Knowledge the light.

Samples are “Lansana’s Priestess” by Donald Byrd, “Brother’s Gonna Work It Out” by Willie Hutch, and “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind and Fire.

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Rapper Lord Shafiyq (of “My Mic is On Fire” fame) and BDP engineer/producer DJ Doc joined forces to form the short-lived group The Chosen Ones. They released one very underrated album and two singles in 1989.

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In this song Lord Shafiyq attempts to cover the disparate topics of his ideal mate and astral projection. Pretty ambitious for a single track but he just about manages to pull it off.

Samples are “Sun Goddess” by Ramsey Lewis, “Girl You Need A Change Of Mind” by Eddie Kendricks, and some Barry White tune.

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This is basically one of the 45 King’s house tracks. What makes it interesting is the intro, in which Lakim Shabazz and his DJ Cee Just break down the first three numbers in Supreme Mathematics. Back in the day this was quite the revelation.

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A blunted remake of “Beef” by Boogie Down Productions.

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A remake of the 1987 classic “B-Boy Document” by the Krown Rulers.

B-Boy Document ‘99 held a coveted spot on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 soundtrack. While widely recognized, few know anything else about the song other than that fact.

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The High & Mighty is an American hip hop duo from Philadelphia consisting of rapper Mr. Eon (“The High”, born Erik Meltzer) and music producer DJ Mighty Mi (“The Mighty”, born Milo Berger).

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MC Shan and Marley Marl were the first to put Queensbridge on the map with their 1986 anthem “The Bridge” (sampled in the hook of this song).

Queens was already huge in Hip Hop thanks to Run DMC (from Hollis) and LL Cool J (representing Farmers Blvd, St Albans), but Shan and Marley were from the same projects as Nas. He used to see them in the street, of course he’s gonna rock their poster.

^MC Shan with trademark Puma gear and his face on his Shirt Kings

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Probably Black Rock & Ron’s most well-known song, this frantic mix of positive lyrics, breakbeats and scratches is a great example of post-PE New York Hip Hop.

Samples the breakbeat classics “Funky Drummer” and “Ride Sally Ride”. Many of the vocal drop-ins are from Black Rock & Ron’s 1987 song “That’s How I’m Living”. Others come from the big groups of the time: Public Enemy (of course), EPMD, Big Daddy Kane etc.

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