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"We single-handedly bridged the East Coast/West Coast gap. When LL got his star on the Hollywood

"The best producer-artist relationships aren't about one person controlling everything. It's about both people bringing something

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ Before Bay Area rap became a sound the rest of the world studied,

"Trends come and go, but we never remember them. We remember the ones whose words resonated

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com Photo credit: Da Don Digitals ___ Hip-Hop has always been at its best when generations

"Today, you can open a laptop and have access to practically every sound ever created. That's

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com Photo Credit: Memo Ortega ___ Before hip-hop became a global commodity, it was a local

"There are a lot of us who inspired a lot of what you hear today, but

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ In South Central Los Angeles, loyalty isn't something you put in a caption.

"I try to stay away from using terms like "real hip-hop" only because every generation thinks

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ Hip-hop has always belonged to the artists willing to color outside the lines.

"Like me, Pac kept things simple and stayed focused on the task at hand. But what

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ Some artists make records. Others capture moments. Shade Sheist did both. Emerging from Inglewood during

"When I signed to Death Row, it felt like a dream coming true. Death Row wasn’t

New hip-hop from Cold 187um Presents 'Gangster and Elegant' album.

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ There are artists whose names immediately spark nostalgia, and then there are artists

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ Baby Paul aka BpZy has always been one of those names that hip-hop

"From 2000 to 2002, Jay Dee [J Dilla] mentored me, developed me as a singer, and

"I had Sticky Fingaz, M.O.P., Tragedy Khadafi, Buckshot, Evil Dee, Ras Kass, Masta Ace, Gorilla Nems,