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The Nas Discography

by Greg W. Locke May 23, 2011

Back in 1995, at age 15, I fell in love with Nas’ debut record, Illmatic, which was released a year earlier, in 1994. I’d been a hip-hop junkie since age 11, to the point where I’d read every hip-hop magazine I could get my hands on (that’s what we did in 1995 for research). So, [...]

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160 All-Time Favorite Hip-Hop Records

by Greg W. Locke February 10, 2011

We could go on and on and on about hip-hop and our history with the genre. At one time the Ze Catalist office had over 1,300 hip-hop CDs on our shelves. We went to concerts constantly, hosted hip-hop radio shows, collected 12” records, wore Wu-Tang T-shirts, etc. We loved the genre dearly. Unfortunately, we’ve lost [...]

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Top Hip-Hop Records of 2010

by Greg W. Locke January 1, 2011

As far as the mainstream goes, 2010 was the year where Eminem was once again huge, Bone Thugs, Cypress Hill and Reflection Eternal attempted comebacks, Nas collaborated with Damien Marley (and saw what was supposed to be his “new classic” shelved), the second Madvillain still didn’t come out, Drake and Nicki Minaj both made a [...]

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