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Introducing the Octopus Continued

In middle school, 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. were the rage. Big didn’t describe them (well, it described B.I.G., who looked like he ate a little too many flapjacks).  I didn’t hear much about them...

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Welcome to my Hip Hop Blog!

Hip Hop Blog: Analysis and Insight Welcome to the Hip-Hop Octopus! Check periodically for new updates and analysis about hip hop / rap music. I will try to cover both underground and mainstream hip-hop...

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How to Listen to a New Album

After patiently waiting for Raekwon’s Only Built For Cuban Linx II, I’ve thought about the whole album buying process, and what I do afterward. I’m a creature of habit, and I always eat my ice cream...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06

Jay-Z: not worried about Blueprint 3 leak? http://bit.ly/OQ8Nq # Blasting loud music might be good for you? http://bit.ly/K21ub #hiphop #music #news # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Introducing the Octopus

What a strange title for a new blog. The Hip Hop Octopus. What is this guy all about anyway? At first, I hated rap music. I grew up in the late 1980s in a small town in North East LA, called Highland...

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Hip Hop Album Art as an Artform

A friend recently sent me a great website that featured someone replicating classic hip hop albums covers with Legos: Hip Hop Album Covers - Lego Style! Check out the original link here: Lego Hip Hop...

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Top 10 Things to Be Thankful in Hip-Hop

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, and I hope that everyone has a safe holiday with their families (as safe as you can get with the amount of food that some people are eating!) I thought that it would be...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09

Highly anticipating the new Slaughterhouse album, buy it on 8/11!! http://tr.im/vjl1 # song of the moment: The Game – Big Dreams – feeling west coast G this morning #musicmonday # RT @NipseyHussle...

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It has already been a year?

To celebrate a (surprising) year of running this blog and to hopefully kick start new posts, here is a word cloud that graphically displays some of my most commonly used phrases. Also, Cee-Lo has a hot...

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More Inspiration

I found this website called http://www.hiphopinspires.us which specializes in dishing out bite-sized inspirational lyrics from songs ranging from 2Pac, to T.I., to The Roots. One of the reasons why I...

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