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more suggestions, relying on my faulty memory of the period before hip hop got too lame at the commercial level to be bothered with----
eric b and rakim--follow the leader, microphone fiend and/or in the ghetto
tribe called quest--i left my wallet in el segundo, description of a fool, award tour, scenario
public enemy--my 98, burn hollywood burn, black steel in the hour of panic, fear of a black planet
brand nubian---i cant remember the record or song---it has a great p-funk sample in it--and another with an edie brickell sample --both are great
craig mack--flava in your ear
epmd--lots of options
nearly anything by poor righteous teachers---my favorite is 144k on black bidness
mos def--universal magnetic (if you can find the version on the beat junkies 2nd comp--the one by rhettmatic--it is a fine thing)
gang starr--manifest, tons of guns--lots of options there
ultramagnetic mcs--critical beatdown
speaking of which--any excuse to include dr octagon tracks on any mix should be taken as a fine moment and exploited fully.
blue flowers
half shark alligator half man.
hell, just give her the cd
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