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Tweetz Is Talkin': Best Rap Community Folks To Follow (L.A. Edition)
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Oct 7, 2009
- by Dweezy
- posted in Wake Your Daughter Up
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L.A. verbal author behind the unforgettable modern audio delicacy "Below The Heavens." If any rapper from XXL freshman 10 will solidify themselves as an all time great, my money is on Blu. He might avoid using the space bar when he tweets, but dude has never been the type to go with the flow.
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Unofficial front man of L.A. based and Talib Kweli signed Strong Arm Steady crew. Originally started by Xzibit this group has two LP's dropping over the next six months. Stay tuned to these folks.
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The most prominent tweet source about one of the west coast's rising crews — Pac Div. They recently were recording with The Neptunes, preparing for their Universal debut and ballin' vs Jim Jones in a 3v3 Bball tourney.
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Lucky I Am seems to spend most of his days tweeting his way through the rap world. The most active member of the Living Legends on the twitterverse, you'd find a surplus of laughs in his updates.
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One of three Dilated People, EV has recently blown off the shavings of a newly carved solo career. The Venice beach native has been known to speak on all things Rap and all things L.A. "CA all day."
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Mr. J left The Procussions & Colorado a while back in exchange for L.A. His über-socially conscious lyrics eclipse Common, Talib and the gang whole heartidly. I mean, who else can rap about human trafficking in the porn industry in South East Asia?
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1/2 of the best blog for new rap ish 2dopeboyz.com. Despite the blog now being placed under the Okayplayer banner, this West Coast based blog still manages to balance on the line between the mainstream and the underground. Hit 'em up for that newness.
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1/4 of Slaughterhouse (I like fractions). Native of the LBC Snoop made famous, Crooked I goes a little Coo-Coo with the world play & we love it. Like a kamikaze pilot, he stays fly till he dies. He's so L.A. he rocks Dodger condoms.
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An LMU alumn & half of U-N-I, Thurzday reps L.A. the opposite of soft. Recently hosting Sucker Free on MTV has his rap-campaign reaching new heights. Follow him along the way up.
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Jurassic 5 may be extinct, but their most shinning soldier is no dinosaur. You can find Chali still cruisning around the L.A. rap scene, stepping on a stage here and there. If only he would get back in the studio and re-up his catalog.
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Probably the most underrated rapper to ever come out of L.A. "Soul On Ice" still makes my antennas tingle. Recently released from label hell, look for Rassy to get back on his feet and put out something that makes us remember the mid-90s.
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G-Rap pioneer, dude has been around since the jump. When the west coast was all about hittin switches and colors, this man was there. Today he still regulates.
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This is the best west coast rap artist of all time. That is all.
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Best known for producing L.A. rapper Blu's debut album "Below The Heavens." The disk has achieved legendary status and I would argue that it has the potential to be the Illmatic of the internet era. See his beats accentuate the lyrics of Fashawn, Evidence and related rap cats for years to come.
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All over the FM and Serius radio waves, this DJ came up mostly through the infamous Game attack at 50 Cent "300 Bars N' Runnin." Probably one of the best reps for the New Los Angeles rap scene.
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This station might die and respawn faster than a first person noobie, but let's hope this time they are back to stay. L.A.'s O.G. rap station is the only one that I can listen to without becoming emotionally upset at least a few times during a set.
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Hands up, it's not based in L.A. but hands down the best Hip-Hop/ Rap site on the web. Also the only site with as much content or more than the print magazines of yesteryear. The opinions expressed herein are actually well-written and thought provoking. A rarity in the slob-job of online rappery.
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If there is a better indie rap rag out that has been around for 150+ issues, please come forward. While they may have just "suspended" their print edition, URB is the definition of trendsetting. Word is bond.
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Don't throw stones if you live in a glass rap house, or do. I don't know. These guys put out independent rap music and usually it's pretty damn good. This is where Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf and Guilty Simpson rest their head.
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Cat's got music business legal advice for days. Trying not to get got by the long arm of the law? The rap community especially stumbles into contracts without reading the fine print. Don't wind up in industry chains (See: Ras Kass, Papoose, Saigon, Dilated Peoples, Clipse)
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ariajuliet
October 09, 2009
Nice list dweez, but where is @murs?
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djevoke
October 08, 2009
Damn, this list is DOPE! I've added most of these tweeps since I'm still getting my feet wet in Twitterverse and have always focused on DJs for the most part. Thanks so much!
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