Articles by Pierre Hamilton

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  Pastor Troy

  By Choice Or By Force

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  Thunder claps, an automatic gun erupts and Pastor Troy targets Lil Jon and everyone on his BME record label with "Murda Man 2,” the first t...

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  The Roots

  Back to The Roots

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Ahmir "?uestlove” Thompson of the Roots doesn’t mince words about his friend Jay-Z, the former crack dealer turned rapper turned CEO of Def...

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  Bishop Magic Don Juan / Various

  Green is for the Money & Gold is for the Honey Vol

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  There’s a soft side to pimping, and Bishop Magic Don Juan — former solicitor of prostitutes and spiritual advisor to Snoop Dogg — uses his...

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  DMX

  Year of the Dog… Again

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Earl Simmons (aka DMX) used to embody the dark demons alive in all of us. Drug addiction, repeated incarceration and a falling out with Def...

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  Pharrell

  In My Mind

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Do yourself a favour: save your money and just download every dope song featuring Pharrell. What could have been classic is common, and it’...

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  Tupac

  The Way He Wanted It Volume 2

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  With dollar signs in their eyes and spotty recordings in hand, an obscure record label shakes loose a few more songs from Tupac’s corpse. D...

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  Clinton Sparks & Busta Rhymes / Various

  New Crack City

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  One word: fire. It’s what MCs bring to the mix-tape circuit and abandon on their albums. Sure, Busta Rhymes has an album out now (The Big B...

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  Superiority Complex

  Stand Up

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Some of the most honest music made never reaches the audience it should but with a name like Superiority Complex, expectations start low. B...