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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nLknje5E9E  Cool like that by DP Man......this NYC Trio 1st came out in the early 90s with their biggest hit in  Cool like that  but the  Blowout Comb  album is the 1 that wound up really impressing Me! WOW! Yall know how I do when it comes to these  b2a MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS! I like to let the music speak for itself & so without any further ado, the BS & b2aradio presents to you & yours, the Digable Planets & their CLASSIC album, the Blowout Comb! Listen & enjoy!

As ya knw what it is wont say much bcuz I could never cover it all & soon coming with some HEAD BANGING ARTICLES! As I have left yall for too long with NOTHING, press play and ENJOY the Best of RUN DMC!

February 8th – Dead Prez released their debut album, “Let’s Get Free”, on Loud Records, on this day in 2000. Dead Prez, a duo comprised of Stic.Man and M-1, would now continue the legacy of socially-conscious, political and Afrocentric hip-hop started by their predecessors like Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, X-Clan and Poor Righteous Teachers. Producers on “Let’s Get Free” included Hedrush, Kanye West, Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian as well as Dead Prez. Singles on the album included “It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop”, “Police State”, “Mind Sex”, the smash-hit, simply titled, “Hip-Hop” and “ I’m An African .” & Lets Get FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Dead Prez and Tahir!  & as taken from Ray Dilla from https://www.facebook.com/groups/309447989093974/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiKPunhgiyk&t=918s Best of Shalamar Though a great ENSEMBLE, the only REAL SINGER on here was  Howard Hewitt and unfortunately, he does NOT get the PROPS his VOICE deserves  but aint thats what WE do here? Well at least WE try! These aint always gonna be puff pieces but only azza GROUP were they  HOT!  The testament to that is this volume of almost 4 hours of their music! Most of  US LOVED US  some  SHALAMAR!  Im probably gonna get raked over the coals but before I do I  LOVE EM MAN!  The  Pop Along Kid  had the  CRAZY DANCE MOVES  from  SOUL TRAIN  and  Jody  had that  EVERY YOUNG DUDE WANTED HER VIBE!  This is all early  80s  yall & so.........just get into it as it has something to offer!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJYr-N8RHqE Notes In the Basement by Ultra Nate Ya see, with these CLASSIC ALBUMS of the WE...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OimU8qbIos Woo Ha by Busta Rhymes This is #34 and pretty soon ya gonna get yall 2 a week bcuz this is a Series and if WE going by the year, WE way past week 34 but my LOYALISTS remember that I had to FOCUS during the peak of Operation Save Tito bcuz I was in WARRIOR STATUS but get this, after the no  (s) Election tuesday,(https://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2016/11/no-selection-tuesday.html) ya LIFE is CHANGED FOREVER and the CRAZY SHIT is WE DONT KNOW HOW JUST YET!  Do you out there think that this is about just another election? Anyway............the TITLE is APT bcuz the DISASTER like the EMPIRE STRIKE  is on THEM! Let this unacknowledged REAL MC get his SHIT OFF! LIFE is going on! May just BAKE a   COOKIE later.

http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2012/04/lauryn-hill-mystery-of-iniquity.html “For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground.  I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda.  Having put the lives and needs of other people before my own for multiple years, and having made hundreds of millions of dollars for certain institutions, under complex and sometimes severe circumstances, I began to require growth and more equitable treatment, but was met with resistance.  I entered into my craft full of optimism (which I still possess), but immediately saw the suppressive FORCE..........see more at  http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/lauryn-hills-tumblr-letter-on-the-music-business/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2hFdSoJ7mM Super Star by Lupe Fiasco Before WE get into OUR CAoTW # 30, lets talk about how all of these CO STARS have died & all in the last 3 weeks! 3 weeks ago, it was Kashif the INITIAL   FORCE behind Whitney Houston  and that is at  http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2016/10/classic-album-of-week-28-kashif-unsung.html    Then.......2 weeks ago, it was a dude named Rod Temperton aka that dude from the 70s disco band era named Heatwave who wrote plenty of songs after Michael Jackson went solo at  http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2016/10/classic-album-of-week-29-we-say-goodbye.html and now......... Tommy Ford of Martin fame is gone! I hope his ass went to get a job especially after I posted this just last week at  http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/2016/10/httpswww.html. This dude spoke out for the FTP Movement and at 52 just perished. All the best to him and his FAMILY! Lets now get into OUR featured artist b...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3WET4fG0Nk What Goes Around by Nas Yes, the  ALBUM  that can make 1  CRY!  This was the album that I used to really listen to when I was a  MERCHANT SEAMAN  thinking about my  Mom.  What I would do to  DANCE  with my  Mama again.   I know now that she watches from  HEAVEN.  The way these ni KKK as  GET DOWN.......... look ya  Dad  is still a  BITCH ASS  ni KKK a! I & others like Me are  God's Son!  I  MADE YOU LOOK  at all of the  RIGHTEOUSNESS  that I speak of.  I CAN  because  I AM  a  MASTERMIND!  Enjoy this  Nas  ALBUM because it carried Me thru some  CRAZY TIMES.  Peace.

Ok.........where my real HIP HOP FANS at? This album here is DOPE BEATS as provided by producer 9th Wonder & DOPE RHYMES by 2 DOPE MC´s named Phonte and Big Pooh and if ya already knew then ya already know that this makes for a GREAT ALBUM! Remember, it doesn´t have to be famous for it to be CLASSIC & this is what b2a aims to do for US aka expose US to the best! As these dudes broke up but still put in that work, look for ém for that HOTNESS! From b2a to you, please ENJOY and PEACE! The REAL HIP HOP LIVES here at b2a and so now............ BANG OUT! 

Well hello there & how are WE on this most glorious of days? As usual, this is the Blak Smith & going into 2016, WE gonna start something NEW with CLASSIC ALBUMS that are classic IMHO. Being that Blak Peepo are what WE DO, WE won't need to get into why WE differ bcuz the last time I checked, this is OUR BLOG & so get at Me with what ya wanna see or just contribute to the cause. There's still a lotta great music being made out there so turn off that radio if ya wanna hear the realest shit & tune into what WE got going on over here. Yea...................just like that! Just bcuz my main music is HIP HOP won't mean that I'll only be putting that in here. Nah, yo.......I'll be featuring the best of Blak Music including ROCK & ROLL so watch out for that. My qualifications will be that it must be older than 10 years, changed the game in some way & still sounds good today. Go back & throw back to a time when I hope that life was better f...