R.I.P. Guru...one of hip hops jewels

"Just over a month since undergoing surgery following a heart attack, Gang Starr MC Guru (born Keith Elam) has died at age 43. According to a statement, Guru died of cancer-related causes on Monday after a long fight with the disease."


"Born on July 17, 1966, near Boston, Guru rose to fame in the late 1980s as part of the duo Gang Starr with partner DJ Premier. The pair helped define the New York underground rap sound in the 1990s. Their unique sound combined Premier's production palette, which leaned heavily on sampled jazz records and scratched vocals on the choruses, with Guru's uncompromising rhymes. Although the pair would work separately as often as they did together — Guru's Jazzmatazzseries of albums and Premier's work with Nas, Jay-Z, and underground act Group Home — Gang Starr continued to release critically acclaimed material throughout the late '90s and early 2000s." To Read More





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Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic)

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FUSE Presents, A 2pac Takeover All-Day On Monday, April 12th

FUSE will dedicate a full day the late, great Tupac Amaru Shakur, with a slew of programming including the classic movies Juice, and documentaries with never before seen footage, interviews and commentary from those who were closest to him. They will also air a show which chronicles the last year of his life.

i believe they already did this once but i guess they doing it again. im down.

MJ - "This Is It" (video)

Michael Jackson - This Is It - Directed by Spike Lee from 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks on Vimeo.

damn.

Derrion Albert

so my thoughts are...i luv how "they" (media and others) are acting as if crime and violence in Chicago is new. I remember hearing about how dangerous it was when i was a little girl. but what i luv most is how now that it has national attention "they" want to be o so concerned and put their best foot foward. for what?! to put a couple of misguided children in prision...which they were prolly already headed to neway. that "concern" is gonna last for all of a month. until the next tragedy happens to divert our attention and then just as quick as they came "they" will be gone. that little boy will still be dead. the security on the block will be gone. more strict rules will be put in place for the youth in that community but it will prolly make them feel more like the criminals than the victims. none of the proper avenues will be taken to really make this young boys death benefical to the upliftment of his community becuz the truth "they" could give a shit less.

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welp....

what can u say???