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John Kerry Breaks With Obama On Afghanistan [HuffPo] Read the rest of this entry »
Couldn’t explain how this one made it’s way from the depths of my playlist and all the way to the top. All I know is “we the only ones, the only ones, the only ones…” has been stuck in my cranium for a few days now. Read the rest of this entry »
According to HipHopDX, Naughty By Nature’s early-nineties endorsement money has dried up and the hip-hop honorees will finally be releasing a new album. Due out later this year, the trios reunited return to music will feature Read the rest of this entry »
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The calm before the storm. Read the rest of this entry »
I can’t front, I’m low-key looking forward to Monday night.
Monday Night Football will get a one week reprieve while I watch VH1 put BET & MTV to shame once again when they air 2008′s installment of the Hip-Hop Honors. I can’t wait to see the performances and see the honorees get their just due. Read the rest of this entry »
In celebration of VH1′s Hip-Hop Honors show , The Crew is taking a look at a few of the honorees & their impact on Hip-Hop culture. This entry, Dirty Jerz representatives Naughty By Nature.
What makes a group successful? Is it classic albums, a slew of singles, commercial play with street reverence and high mark sales? If so, Naughty By Nature fits the bill with Hip-Hop’s upper crust. But it’s that harder to grasp the stratosphere where Treach, Vin and Kay Gee excel beyond mixed company.
The only way to solidify a spot in music industry outer space is with intangibles. There are no numbers, pie charts or bar graphs used to gauge legends. It’s not the weekend Sound Scan numbers or iTunes downloads. It’s the facts – like Treach wrote Kriss Kross’ “Jump” – that will make you remember an artist forever. The group that put East Orange on the map was stacked with intangibles. Witness five of them… Read the rest of this entry »
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Aside from rocking a few Return of the Legends-esque gigs, what the hell happened to the former radio staple Naughty By Nature?
Over the holiday weekend, I was rocking their super solid Nature’s Finest compilation at my Memorial Day BBQ, and by the end of the disc, that’s all I could think about.
Together, Treach, Kay Gee and Vinnie had two multi-platinum albums, more than a few timeless singles and the entire mainstream rap world on lock in the early-to-mid nineties. The trio was genius when it came to making certified hits and they had ties some of the biggest artists in Hip-Hop. Treach himself, well, he was unquestionably one of the most talented emcees in the game during Naughty’s abridged time in the limelight. Read the rest of this entry »
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