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1079:", while singles such as "Give the Drummer Some" showed the Ultramagnetic MCs "in their best light: call and response raps demonstrating individual members self-espoused talent in the best traditions of the old school." In
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419:", and erratic lyricism by Ced-Gee and Kool Keith. The group's 1987 single "Funky" showcased Ced-Gee expanding on his production style, incorporating a piano sample from "
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687:/ Leaving revolutions turning, emerging chemistry / With the precise implications, achieved adversively". Kool Keith's rhymes are manic and expressed in a
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To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop
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2841:Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
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2611:. No. 150. March 2002.
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1843:"Ced-Gee (Delta Force One)"
1620:"Kool Keith Housing Things"
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2184:Coleman 2007
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2141:Shapiro 2005
2121:. Retrieved
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2007:Credits for
2006:
1953:"Ego Trippin
1659:"Feelin' It"
1570:"Ego Trippin
1496:2004 edition
1285:"Feelin' It"
1189:"Ego Trippin
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267:by American
265:studio album
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106:Next Plateau
37:Studio album
2651:Larkin 2006
2572:McLeod 2004
2478:Ashon, Will
2364:Chang, Jeff
1547:"Ease Back"
1509:Producer(s)
1166:"Ease Back"
1128:Producer(s)
1015:turntablism
685:approximate
663:braggadocio
625:-intensive
591:James Brown
530:polyrhythms
489:braggadocio
473:"Ease Back"
407:and a drum
402:synthesizer
335:gangsta rap
232:"Ease Back"
3003:Categories
2883:0195313739
2608:The Source
2574:, p.
2518:August 30,
2462:August 30,
2093:References
2043:– producer
1073:De La Soul
1032:Sugar Hill
1007:Golden Age
984:new school
926:The Source
651:Jeff Chang
571:media help
555:combustion
501:The Meters
497:The J.B.'s
447:(1987) by
437:(1987) by
425:Joe Cocker
353:Background
323:new school
319:golden age
304:Kool Keith
141:chronology
56:1988-10-04
2936:ECW Press
2680:Billboard
2296:Cobb 2007
2272:Pitchfork
2068:Billboard
2060:position
2003:Personnel
1042:bona fide
999:Pitchfork
826:Pitchfork
655:breakbeat
559:corrosion
493:The Grunt
341:artists.
67:1986–1988
2956:(2005).
2902:(eds.).
2729:(2007).
2554:July 10,
2429:July 10,
2424:AllMusic
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