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Last night, Tha Kingpin and Quik rocked Ruby Skye in San Francisco. After the jump, “Let’s Get High”. No, not literally. Put the Dutch away.

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Mr. Simmons got sumthin’ to say:

“Whether I’m a rapper, trapper, slapper, whatever, I’m still gonna do what I do, but, I don’t know, something about the term “rapper”…I feel like the term “rapper” is bad. Rap over the past two years…So I’m like, “eh,” I’m not inclined to consider myself a rapper.”

Ok, point taken. But I still don’t know what we’re supposed to call you, B.o.B. or Bobby Ray? Oy vey!

The Beat Goes On: V60

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Dee from Pump It Up digs into the business of one of rap’s greatest groups. Guess who parted ways not too far after this interview was conducted. Nothing lasts forever, huh? 

Still Diggin’: The Meaning of Dope

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Jay Smooth analyzes Dukie’s tomfoolery and initiates Operation: Ignore Charles Hamilton. Oddly enough, YN told me do the same thing four days ago. Addendum after the jump.

Props: NR via IllDoc

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“It’s always this looming thing that my first album was called College

Dropout that me and my mother always argued about. But it wasn’t called

Anything that you have to pay for is your choice.”

Last night, Kanye had a homecoming, performin’ in the Chi at a benefit conference for his moms’ Dr. West’s foundation. In the above press conference clip, he talks about his plans for a program that will provide production equipment in high schools and, after the jump, the first 7 minutes of the concert.