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Before those cats from Philly there was Stetsasonic. Their lineup featured a drummer and keyboard player alongside the DJ and emcees.
This song is a good example of how it all fit together. Sampled drums, a replayed bassline (from Lonnie Liston Smith’s jazz-funk classic “Expansions”), and live keys.
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This is about wack rappers who become successful despite their lack of skills.
The Source magazine famously rated albums on a scale of 1 to 5 mics. A rating of 2 mics would not be good. Yet some rappers with 2 mic rhymes stay in 5-star hotels (5-star tellies).
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When Tribe first came out they dressed in a nouveau bohemian style that was popular throughout the Native Tongues collective. An afrocentric style with brightly coloured prints, beads, and Africa medallions.
But fashions change and the afrocentric look was on its way out. By the time The Low End Theory came out in 1991, Tribe had switched to traditional streetwear.
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To go with the dark blue Ballys, Subroc had a custom three-finger ring which spelled out his name and had a ruby inside the letter O.
The term ock comes from the Arabic word Akh or Akhi meaning brother/my brother. It used to be a fairly common term among rappers who practiced Islam (e.g. Al Tariq’s “Peace Akki”).
In the 3rd Bass music video for Gas face, there is a short clip with MC Serch and Subroc where you can actually see the ring that DOOM was referring to:
So bullets hit brains when bottles hit lips The Crooklyn Dodgers – Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers
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