Let's Play Persona 4: Golden by Really Pants - Part 113: January 3 - January 10: The Odd Couple
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The second most popular rap trio to come out of Hollis, Queens, Black Rock & Ron never reached anything like the heights of Run DMC. But they put out some decent tracks around 88/89 such as “Stop The World” and “Getting Large”.
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Eddie Plein, the godfather of grills, is credited with kick-starting the trend for gold teeth in Hip Hop. He made the fronts that Nas wears in the video for “Thief’s Theme”.
Eddie opened his first store in Queens back in the 80s, making custom fronts for trend-setters like Just Ice and Flavor Flav. In the 90s he moved to Atlanta and brought removable grills to the South.
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Shirt Kings was a graffiti-inspired fashion company from Jamaica, Queens. Working out of the famous Colosseum Mall, they airbrushed custom designs (your face, posse name, favourite cartoon character etc) onto t-shirts and sweaters.
Queens legends LL Cool J and Jam Master Jay were early customers, and rappers from other boroughs came to Queens just to cop the gear. You can see artists like Audio Two and Just Ice rocking it on old record sleeves.
Along with Harlem’s Dapper Dan, Shirt Kings was some of the flyest shit out in late 80s New York. Check out the Shirt Kings book for the full story.
Nas and Prodigy both shout out Shirt Kings on Run DMC’s “Queens Day”.
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Your vote may hold the key
It's up to you, tell us true
Who'll be herb of the day? Gang Starr – Brainstorm
It's up to you, tell us true
Who'll be herb of the day? Gang Starr – Brainstorm
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Guru represents Brooklyn but was born and raised in Boston. He gives a nod to his roots by flipping the theme tune to Community Auditions, a well-known TV talent show in the Boston area.
The original song is called Star of the Day but Guru is looking for a herb, a sucker to flip out on.
And I'm known for the...*Doug E Fresh beatbox*
Not for the...*Fat Boys beatbox* Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew (Ft. Slick Rick) – The Show
Not for the...*Fat Boys beatbox* Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew (Ft. Slick Rick) – The Show
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To the best of my knowledge, I guess that I'm fresh
And what I manifest, I never— Just-Ice (Rap) – Going Way Back
And what I manifest, I never— Just-Ice (Rap) – Going Way Back
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Man, my flow is so parabolic
The energy'll blow you over even if you're brolic Childish Gambino (Ft. Bun B) – R.I.P.
The energy'll blow you over even if you're brolic Childish Gambino (Ft. Bun B) – R.I.P.
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In the video game Persona 4, a non-player character known as “funky student” uses a line that’s strikingly similar. The line can be viewed here:
(under the heading The Baddest Man Alive) – this game was released in 2008, and rereleased in 2012. I’m not sure if this line only appeared in the 2012 re-release, but one must have been in reference to the other.
8 years
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