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SECTION ONE -- 1
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HardC.O.R.E. Vol. 1, Issue 1
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Table of Contents
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Section Contents
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1 Contents
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2 C.O.R.E. info
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3 Cube review
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4 Article contributed by Mc
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5 P.E. discography by Yvan
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6 Closing
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SECTION TWO -- 2
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The C.O.R.E. creed
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We at C.O.R.E. support underground hip-hop (none of that crossover
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bullshucks). That means we also support the 1st Amendment and the right
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to uncensored music.
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How to join C.O.R.E.
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To become a member of C.O.R.E., just send your name and E-mail address to
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<JUONSTEVE@BVC.EDU>. And if you feel liking contributing article-wise to
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HardC.O.R.E., include it with your application. Or send me an e-mail note.
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I'll be on campus most weekends to work on HardC.O.R.E. and answer mail
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(plus read ALT.RAP)
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I'm audi 5 to my doghouse!
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"Cursin' wasn't nuthin' 'till a black man rapped"
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Treach-Uptown Anthem
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Peace from the X-man.
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SECTION THREE -- 3
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Reviews - Ice Cube "The Predator"
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New Review scale :
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6. Phat - Ten years from now this shit'll still be so dope!
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5. Funky - Ownership is the difference between a mack and a mark
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4. Fine - If your pockets are fat get it, but don't panic if you don't
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3. Fair - It has some potential hits, and at least it doesn't stink
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2. Flat - Somebody explain to me why this person even tried?!
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1. Flunk - The ultimate diss... PM Dawn sounded better
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With that in mind, may I present...
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Artist : Ice Cube
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Tape : The Predator
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Label : Priority Records
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Lyrical content - 6
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Musical content - 6
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Overall rating - 6
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What can I say? Fuck Billboard and the editor, and yet he still debuts at
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number one with a bullet on both the Pop and R&B charts! I couldn't be
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happier if I had just won the lottery... to me this is the ultimate
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testimony of hip-hop's power. He said "Fuck all y'all!" to the mainstream
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media, and in doing so paved the road of success for all future griots. He
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has in fact proved that all you really need for success as a rap artist is
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lyrical talent and fat beats. But enough chit-chat, it's time to drop the
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411 on one of hip-hop's ten greatest tapes EVER!
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Side One Side Two
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First Day of School Interview
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When Will They Shoot? Dirty Mack
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Prejudice Don't Trust 'Em
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Wicked Gangster Fairytale 2
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Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha Check Yo Self (with Das EFX)
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The Predator Who Got the Camera
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Today Was a Good Day Malcolm X
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Tear This Muthafucker Up Say Hi to the Bad Guy
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'First 6ay of School' sets it off nicely, with the meaning of 'school'
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becoming instantly obvious...
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"Bend over, spread your cheeks and give me two good coughs"
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Then it drops right into 'When Will They Shoot?' with no pause. The Queen
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sample is the first GOOD Queen sample I've ever heard in a hip-hop song,
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the 'We Will Rock You' stamp. That sample works very appropriately with
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the X-Clan snatch -
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"Stomping, walking in my big black boots"
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followed by a voice saying
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"But when will the shoot?"
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Ice Cube explains himself to those who didn't about him and his fiery
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attitude, with lyrics like
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"Ice Cube is outgunned
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What is the outcome?
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Will they do me like Malcolm?...
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But I'm the O.G. and I bust back
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(Boom Boom) bust back
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(Boom Boom) peel a cap"
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In other words, Cube ain't taking no shit. He has a nice bit of lyrics
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aimed at his 'bitch' critics as well...
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"A women is my manager, not in the kitchen
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So would you please quit bitchin"
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And he gives his props where props is due...
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"You missed! And didn't hit the Lench Mob either
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(Guerillas in tha Mist) Without jungle fever"
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Following this dope cut is another skit featuring interviewers and
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interviewees discussing why Ice Cube is 'controversial'.
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"What is he saying that you have a problem with?"
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These three cuts are a good warm-up, but the intense 'Wicked' still blows
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you away. Don Jaguar enhances the track with his skillful reggae chats,
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and Ice Cube's lyrics are (as always) sharp and to the point.
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"Looking for the ones that did it
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But like En Vogue, no you're never gonna get it
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Cause I'm the one with the fat mad skillz
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And I won't choke like the Buffalo Bills...
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Do up Daryl Gates
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But is Willie Williams
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Down with the pilgrims?
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Just a super slave
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We'll have to break his ass off
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like Super Dave"
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As 'Black Koreaa' predicted the L.A. rebellion, you wonder if 'Wicked'
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might not be another prediction...
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Afterwards it breaks into 'Now I Gotta Wet 'cha', which is not as intense
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as 'Wicked', but still a good track
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"Even if I miss, you don't have a chance
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You'll still piss in your pants"
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Not that I mean to downplay the last song, but "The Predator" does a better
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job of getting my attention. It features the now ironic chorus
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"Eat 'em up yum in your Ford
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Muthafuck Billboard and the editor
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Here comes The Predator"
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What can you say? Cube outshines nearly every hip-hop artist.
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The surprise song of the tape comes next, it's called "Today Was a Good
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Day"
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"Today I didn't even have to use my A.K.
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I gotta say it was a good day"
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The mellow groove is reminescent of Dead Homiez and Lord Have Mercy, yet it
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works better here than on either of those other two. This song really
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comes off well.
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There is a drastic change up here... it goes into "We Had to Tear this M.F.
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Up"
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"The filthy devil tried to kill me
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When the news gets to the hood the niggaz will be
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Out of their cayun pepper plus bust
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Kicking up dust is a must
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I can't stand a cracker in a blue uniform
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Stick a nigga like a unicorn..."
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On and on. Cube really gets ferocious, starting out with the same rhyme he
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used on 'You Can Get the Fist'. Once again Cube slams.
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Side two starts out with the into, then breaks into "Dirty Mack" with a
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cameo by J-Dee of LM.
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I don't know about the rest of y'all but this song was to me the most
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average on the tape. It gets maybe a four at best.
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Then comes a song called "Don't Trust 'Em" which, if it weren't for
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Penthouse Players Clique qould probably be called "Trust No Bitch". THis
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one is very hardcore and will undoubtedly have the p.c. people upset. But
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hey, I love it! Six outta six here.
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Three more cuts are worth mentioning. One is the smooth "Gangsta
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Fairytale2" which kicks a phat nursery rhyme 'bout the hood. Then there is
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the extrordinary "Check Yo Self"
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"Ya better check yaself before ya wreck yaself
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Cause shotguns bullets are bad for ya health"
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"Sittin in the House of Pain
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And no I'm not the butler
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I cut your head cut chop"
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Last but not least is "Who Got the Camera" which uses a P.E. 'Megablast'
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sample in an innovative and hard hitting way.
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Lastly is another skit/song about cops, very anti cop here.
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"What kind of a cop killer are you?"
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So in conclusion, I gotta say this is a very phat tape. Since The Source
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didn't review it in the new issue w/ Run-DMC on da cover, it'll be
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interesting to see how they review it next month (especially since they
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gave Kool G Rap 3.5 outta 5, and I give him 5.5 outta 6).
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SECTION FOUR -- 4
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>From Rolling Stone, Oct. 29, 1992
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Copied with no permission whatsoever
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"Cop Killer" Aftershocks
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Labels asking rap artists to remove controversial tracks from albums
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by Kim Neely
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On the heels of the controversy over the Body Count song "Cop Killer,"
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other artists on labels owned or distributed by Time Waner have been
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asked to alter or remove cop-related tracks from their forthcoming
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releases.
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In at least one case, the big chill has transcended the Time Warner
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umbrella: A&M Records rapper Tragedy, a.k.a. Intelligent Hoodlum,
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agreed to remove the song "Bullet" (containing the lyric "If you ever,
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ever put a nightstick up in my head, I'm gonna shoot your motherfucking
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ass dead") from his upcoming album, _Black Rage_. But the majority of
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affected artists record for labels affiliated with Time Warner. At
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press time the casualty list included Boo-Yaa Tribe, which was asked to
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delete the song "Shoot 'Em Down" from its forthcoming EP on the
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Elktra-distributed Hollywood Basic Records; rap act Juvenile Committee,
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which was advised by Warner Bros. to re-record "Justice for the Hood," a
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track from its debut album; and Kool G Rap and DJ Polo, whose album
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_Live and Let Die_ was rejected for distribution by Warner Bros.
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following a company review meeting. Warner-distributed Tommy Boy
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Records also dropped the Boston rap unit Almighty RSO, whose song "One
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in the Chamba" was denounced by the Boston Police Patrolman's
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Association for allegedly condoning violence against officers--although
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Tommy Boy has said that Almighty RSO's lyrics were not a factor in the
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group's being dropped.
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"If you want me to say,'We're not putting out records that have cop
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killing, and if they do, we're gonna drop the artist,' I'm not gonna say
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that, 'cause I don't think it's true," said Warner Bros. spokesman Bob
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Merlis. "There's increased sensitivity throughout the industry, and the
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increased sensitivity that we feel we've tried to convey to our artists.
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We've always imparted a cautionary note when we've thought that the
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marketability of a given record ws dubious because of content. This is
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nothing new."
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Although Merlis said he finds it disturbing that the protests by
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police organizations over "Cop Killer" have had such a squelching effect
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on the industry, he doesn't feel that the artists in question ar being
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strong-armed. "The artist is always involved in these decisions," said
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Merlis. "It's not unilateral."
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-Mc
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SECTION FIVE -- 5
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This list comes from my own records, so it's incomplete, but
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you can check the alt.rap posts about PE to find out the missing
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ones...
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Peace
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yvan
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=========== USA - 7" - 12" SINGLES & CD SINGLES ==============================
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* PUBLIC ENEMY No1 (USA 1987) 44-06719
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- Public Enemy No1
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- Public Enemy No1 (Instrumental)
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- Timebomb
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- Son of Public Enemy (Flavor Whop Version)
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* YOU'RE GONNA GET YOURS (USA 1987) 7464-06861-1
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- You're Gonna Get Yours (Vocal Mix)
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- You're Gonna Get Yours (Dub/Terminator X Getaway Version)
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- Miuzi Weighs a Ton (Vocal Mix)
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- Rebel Without a Pause (Vocal Mix)
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- Rebel Without a Pause (Instrumental)
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* DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE (USA 1988) 44-07846
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- Don't Believe the Hype
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- The Rhythm, the Rebel
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- Prophets of Rage (Vocal)
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- Prophets of Rage (Power Version)
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* NIGHT OF THE LIVING BASEHEADS (USA 1988) 7464-08121-1
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- Night of the Living Baseheads (Anti-High Blood Pressure Encounter Mixx)
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- Cold Lampin' With Flavor
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- Night of the Living Baseheads (Terminator X Meets DST and Chuck Chill
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Out Instrumental Mix)
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- Terminator X to the Edge of Panic (No Need to Panic Version)
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- The Edge of Panic
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* BLACK STEEL IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS (USA 1988) 38-68613 (7" single)
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- BSITHOC (Radio Edit)
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- Caught, Can We Get a Witness
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* BLACK STEEL IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS (USA 1989) 7464-68216-1
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- BSITHOC (Radio Version)
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- BSITHOC (Instrumental)
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- Too Much Posse
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- Caught, Can We Get a Witness (Pre Black Steel Ballistic Felony Dub)
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- B-Side Wins Again
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* WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME (USA 1989) 9870-73135-1
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- Welcome To The Terrordome (Vocal)
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- Terrorbeat
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- Flavor Flav
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- Welcome To The Terrordome (Terrormental)
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* BROTHERS GONNA WORK IT OUT (USA 1990) 9870-73391-1
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix)
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Dub)
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- Power to the People (Vocals)
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- Anti-Nigger Machine (Uncensored Extended)
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (LP Radio Version)
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- Power to the People (Instrumental)
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* BROTHERS GONNA WORK IT OUT (USA 1990) 44K-73391 (CD)
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix)
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Dub)
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- Anti-Nigger Machine (Uncensored Extended)
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- Powersaxx
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (LP Version)
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- Power to the People (Vocal)
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- Power to the People (Instrumental)
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- The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx
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* CAN'T DO NUTTIN' FOR YA MAN (USA 1990) 9870-73612-2 (CD)
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- Can't Do Nuttin' for ya Man (UK 12" Powermixx)
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- Can't Do Nuttin' for ya Man (Dub Mixx)
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- Get the F*** Outta Dodge (Escapism 1991)
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- Burn Hollywood Burn (Extended Censored Fried to the Radio Version)
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* SHUT'EM DOWN (USA 1991) 44-74165
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- Shut Em Down (Pe-te Rock Mixx)
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- Shut Em Down (Rock Mixx Instrumental)
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- Shut Em Down (LP version)
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- Shut Em Down (Bald Beat Breakapella)
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- By the Time I get to Arizona
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- By the Time I get to Arizona
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(Arizona Assassination Attempt Acca Double Dub)
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* NIGHTTRAIN (USA 1992) 44-74254
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- NightTrain (Get Up Get Involved Throwdown Mixx)
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- NightTrain (Get Into It Instrumental)
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- More News at 11 (Extended Gary G-Wiz Mega Bomb)
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- NightTrain (Pete Rock Strong Island Mt.Vernon Meltdown)
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- NightTrain (Meltdown Instrumental)
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=========== EUROPE - 7" - 12" SINGLES & CD SINGLES ===========================
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* PUBLIC ENEMY No1 (UK 1987) 650497-6
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- Public Enemy no1
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- Public Enemy no1 (Instrumental)
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- Timebomb
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- Son of Public Enemy (Flavor Whop Version)
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* REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE (UK 1987) 651245-7 (7" single)
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- Rebel Without a Pause (Vocal Mix)
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- Rebel Without a Pause (Instrumental)
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* DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE (UK 1988) 652833-7 (7" single)
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- Don't Believe the Hype
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- Prophets of Rage
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* WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME (UK 1989) 655476-7 (7" single)
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- Welcome To The Terrordome (Vocal)
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- Flavor Flav
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- Welcome To The Terrordome (Terrormental)
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* 911 IS A JOKE (UK 1989) 655837-8
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- 911 Is a Joke (Vocal)
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- 911 Is a Joke (Instrumental)
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- Revolutionary Generation (Vocal)
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- Revolutionary Generation (Instrumental)
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* 911 IS A JOKE (UK 1989) 655837-7 (7" single)
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- 911 Is a Joke
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- Revolutionary Generation
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* FIGHT THE POWER (UK 1989) Motown ZB42877 (7" single)
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- Fight the Power
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- Fight the Power (Flavor Flav Meets Spike Lee)
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* FIGHT THE POWER (UK 1989) Motown ZT42878
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- Fight the Power (Extended Version)
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- Fight the Power (Radio Edit)
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- Fight the Power (Flavor Flav Meets Spike Lee)
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* BROTHERS GONNA WORK IT OUT (UK 1990) 656018-7 (7" single)
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out
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- War at 33 1/3 (Vocal)
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* BROTHERS GONNA WORK IT OUT (UK 1990) 656018-5
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix)
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Dub)
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- Anti-Nigger Machine (Uncensored Extended Mix)
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- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (LP Version)
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* CAN'T DO NUTTIN' FOR YA MAN (UK 1990) 656385-1 (3" CD & 7" single)
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- Can't Do Nuttin' for ya Man (Bass In Your Face 7" Mix)
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- Can't Do Nuttin' for ya Man (LP version)
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* CAN'T DO NUTTIN' FOR YA MAN (UK 1990) 656385-6
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- Can't Do Nuttin' for ya Man (Bass In Your Face 12" Mix)
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- Can't Do Nuttin' for ya Man (Dub In Your Face Mix)
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- Can't Do Nuttin' for ya Man (Bass In Your Face 7" Mix)
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* BRING THE NOISE (UK 1991) Island 12IS490 (with ANTHRAX)
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- Bring the Noise
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- Keep It In the Family (Live) <-- no PE, only Anthrax on this one...
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- I Am the Law '91 <-- no PE, only Anthrax on this one...
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* CAN'T TRUSS IT (UK 1991) 657323-2
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- Can't Truss It (Goree Island Conga Radio Mix)
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- Can't Truss It (Almighty Raw 125th Street Bootleg Mix)
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- Can't Truss It (Instrumental)
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- Move! (Censored Radio Version)
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* SHUT'EM DOWN (UK 1992) 657761-8 (Ltd Edition Picture 12")
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- Shut Em Down (Pe-te Rock Mixx)
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- Shut Em Down (Rock Mixx Instrumental)
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- Shut Em Down (Bald Beat Breakapella)
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- By the Time I get to Arizona (Arizona Assassination Attempt Acca
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Double Dub)
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* NIGHTTRAIN (UK 1992) 657864-8 (Ltd Edition Picture 12")
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- NightTrain (Pete Rock Get Up Get Involved Mixx)
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- NightTrain (Pete Rock Lirr Strong Island Mixx)
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- More News at 11 (Funk Minister Mega Length Mixx)
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- NightTrain (Lirr Strong Island Instrumental Mixx)
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=========== VARIOUS STUFF ==============================
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* FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET (USA 1990) C3S-2078
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Limited Edition Rapp Control DJ 3-Album Set
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Not for sale - Promotional copy
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Same cover as the normal release but in black & white.
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Same tracks as the normal one but on 3 vinyls + Radio Beat
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* BRING THE NOISE (AUSTRALIA 1988) 651560-6
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This a split 12" with PE on A-side and LL COOL J. on B-side
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- PUBLIC ENEMY : Bring the Noise (No Noise Version)
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- PUBLIC ENEMY : Sophisticated
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- LL COOL J : Going Back To Cali
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- LL COOL J : Jack the Ripper
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SECTION SIX -- 6
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Closing -
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I hope y'all like this. I'd like to see the C.O.R.E. members contribute
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reviews of tapes, both new and old hip-hop. Also, lyrics to be printed in
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C.O.R.E. would be pretty phat, especially for songs that fit as one of our
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themes. Lyrics for Crossover and In The Trunk would be greatly
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appreciated.. One other thing -- if you like it, please tell others!
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Let's keep this C.O.R.E. thing going for '93. PEace y'all, and I'm out!
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