It’s pretty cool seeing Scarface get some shine right now with the Tiny Desk performance. Most of us haven’t listened to some Face in a minute so it’s time to get out those old Geto Boys cassettes and Scarface CD’s and press play. Scarface is one of the goats… Just think though… What if he wasn’t from Houston and popped off in Compton when The Chronic dropped? What if he was on Death Row?
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When I was 14 years old in the winter of 1994, I had no idea what was going to hit me. I was in 8th grade and my life was consumed by Yo! MTV Raps and Rap City where I’d see all of the new music videos for singles that had dropped around that time. Most of the videos played were ones they kept in regular rotation but at times you’d get some new tunes coming on… That’s who I first heard The Artifacts.
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Brotha Lynch made all of his own beats and also produced for his fellow label mates like X-Raided and Mr. Doctor. While Cali had Dr. Dre, Snoop, and Tha Dogg Pound in LA and E-40, Too $hort, and Mac Dre in the Bay, Sactown had the Black Market Records label full of talent with gangsta rap for days.
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