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"To be honest, we weren't sitting there thinking about being part of a movement. We were

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ New Orleans roots. Decatur raised. A story of survival, loyalty, and growth. In hip-hop,

"I hope people understand that the Jungle Brothers gave hip-hop its freedom. Long before “alternative hip-hop”

"I've always wanted my name associated with quality without having to make the same record every

"If you followed our careers going back to the '90s, none of us really "switched up"

"To me, Dilla was like a mystery. I knew his work but never crossed paths with

"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