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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Mac, Earl, and Vince
In Los Angeles between the years of 2012 - 2014 you had rappers like Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, and Vince Staples linking up in the studio to create magic. The rap music these guys created with each other are timeless hip hop classics. During this era you also had the rise of Odd Future and TDE putting LA hip hop back on the map. In this article I walk through some of my favorite Mac, Earl, and Vince songs that they collaborated on. A trio that I always wished could have formed a supergroup. RIP Mac.
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