Unlike myself, my moms isn’t one that loves the ’90s. If she had a blog, it’d be about the ’60s and ’70s, with shit like “Motown Week” and entries about Earth, Wind, & Fire. She likes certain stuff from the ’80s, and mostly remembers the ’90s for being the decade I spent drivin’ her wild with tapes, records, and Rap City. However, there was one of a few groups she did care for during the decade- that being TLC.
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What it is, y’all? Before I close out this hot-as-fuck month of July with the previously-promised TLC entry, here’s a new (or maybe not, but who knows) track from the lady Lauryn Hill. Little by little, it seems like she’s interested in coming back to the world- shoutout to Tevin Campbell. Her interviews of late seem to imply she’s on the way back, and she’s appearing at the Rock The Bells festivals this summer, and there’s a good chance that soon, she’ll stop comin’ on stage lookin’ like Doink the Clown. But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. Music could use a Lauryn Hill project right about now, and maybe “Repercussions” is the beginning of better and more music to come. Checkitout…
Lauryn Hill “Repercussions” (2010)
-D! (come on back, Boogie)
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…Y’all had to know it was comin’. I’ve been mentioning it all week, as it was the album the put Death Row on the map and started careers for a whole roster full of artists. It’s kinda tough to cover the story of the label or any of its artists without bringin’ it up. I was thinking about waiting until its original release date (December 15) to cover it, but I can’t realistically do a Death Row Week and not drop an entry on Dr. Dre‘s The Chronic, so here we go…
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With this bein’ Death Row Week and all, big shoutout to Snoop Dogg. Now for the record, I think that “California Girls” joint with Katy Perry is a big 2-liter of wack juice. Still, it says a lot for Snoopy’s longevity that 18 years after his first appearance on a record, he’s currently featured on the #1 single in the country. There’s a lotta artists that didn’t even make it out of the ’90s, let alone all the way here to 2010. Snoop’s pretty damn shameless at this point, and he’d prob’ly even do a track with Justin Beiber if he was gettin’ a check, but he’s managed to maintain respect in the game for a long-ass time.
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Like we always do about this time… it’s Death Row Week on DLT90s.
It’s crazy to think about how quickly it all fell apart, but during the four years Death Row spent on top of the game, it was one of the strongest labels ever. With Suge Knight‘s strongarming business acumen and Dr. Dre‘s music, the Row seemed unstoppable at its height. Every release went platinum or better, the songs were all over the place, and the artists had people chewin’ nails in anticipation for new music. It went down like this…
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Aight, so… I’m back in business. I plan to stay off the porn sites have no further problems with this here computer, so DLT90s is on again. “Didja miss me?!!?” (Varnel Hill voice)
Watch out for Death Row Week starting on Monday. In the meantime, since y’all liked the first one so much, here’s another great blend tape by the legendary Ron G- “Mixes #3″ from 1991. Classic R&B, classic hip-hop beats, all classic everything. Checkitouuut…
-D!
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So yeeeeaaaaah, I’ma need a few days to fix some technical issues on this side. Things’ll probably be back to normal by the end of the week or the beginning of next week… either way, it def. won’t be for long, so stay tuned… I’ll Be Back.
-D!
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So… in my first “Group Therapy” entry in May, I covered some R&B groups that had a run during the early-to-mid-’90s. This time, I’m keepin’ it in that era, but on the hip-hop side. There’s not many groups around in that genre either these days, but there was a time when it was more of those than solo acts. These three in particular were wildly popular during the first half, although they had some trouble as the years went on. A lot of that was due to their own influence on the game, which also led to rampant biting and cheap imitations in the process.
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Y’know… far be it for me to be into relationship drama involving artists who decide to shack up. I see the headlines like everyone else, but I’d be hard-pressed to remember much about what Jay-Z and Beyonce do, or who Lil’ Wayne will be knockin’ up next. I find the Nas/Kelis shit to be pretty got-damn wild because of how brutally Nasir’s been gettin’ his pockets raped since last year, but that’s about it. HOWEVER- there was one couple from the ’90s that always brought the laughs and SMH moments- the duo of Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston.
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As many success stories as there are, there’s just as many about how those successes became massive fails. As often noted by entertainers of all genres, the success itself can sometimes be the direct cause of the downfall. Case in point: Slick Rick. When the ’80s switched over into the ’90s, Rick was one of hip-hop’s most popular MCs. Coming off of a platinum album (The Great Adventures of Slick Rick), he was on top of his game. But 20 years ago today, the course of his career and life went in a totally different direction.
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