Nearly every nerd has his or her primary field of expertise/obsession. Of all the numerous nerdified interests and fandoms one may be involved in, most of us can name one subject, genre, or property that we claim as particularly dear. For the past 26 years, mine has been Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune books.
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Will Strickland is a Hip Hop industry dude who helped get Wu-Tang signed to Loud/RCA and later worked on Ghost’s solo projects at Epic.
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The remix of “All I Need” finds Method Man rapping about how much he loves his woman. Combined with Mary J. Blige’s powerful verse and chorus that also chronicles shared love for her man.
Meth and Blige won Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group at the 1996 Grammys with this track.
Mary J. Blige holding the Grammy award she received
This song samples and interpolates Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel’s “You’re All I Need to Get By”.
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Foofur was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a big blue dog and his friends, all living in a mansion inherited from his late owner. The word cats ties in with the household pets theme.
You can interpret the first line in a couple of ways:
- Most men treat their women like bitches (female dogs).
- Most men pamper and spoil their women (as Foofur was actually living a life of luxury).
Doom doesn’t recommend either course of action. He’s not down with domestic violence either, kids.
Geoff Grimwood
4 years
No! It’s “Some cats treat her like Thufir” – Thufir Hawat, the character from the Dune: In the 1984 movie, when Thufir'’s captured, the bad guys inject him with a poison what will kill him unless he takes the antidote every day – and the only way to get the antidote is to milk a genetically modified cat they give him! I know it sounds bizarre but that’s David Lynch, man! See #5 Here:
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Dapper Dan was a Harlem tailor who made custom outfits for ghetto fabulous New Yorkers in the 80’s: rappers, sports stars, drug dealers etc.
You can see his creations on classic album covers by Eric B & Rakim, Ultramagnetic MC’s, Just Ice, Biz Markie and of course Boogie Down Productions.
KRS in a custom Dapper Dan jacket (with the hat to match).
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Tayasal was the capital of the Itza Mayans and also the last independent Mayan state. The Itza ignored repeated campaigns by the Spaniards to convert them to Christianity until 1697, when 235 Spanish soldiers and tens of thousands of Xiu Maya conquered the island.
Now part of Guatemala, Tayasal is known by the Spanish name Flores (meaning flowers). No Mayan structures remain but some of the stones were used to build the island’s Catholic Church.
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A callback to the last great Boogie Down Productions album, 1990’s Edutainment.
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The Gavin Report was a trade magazine for the radio industry. Back in 1993 Kelly Woo was its Rap Music Editor. He went on to work for Priority Records.
add a picture of Kelly Woo. I work with him today, and he’s an awesome dude, and more people should know his name.