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		<title>Our Top 9 Favorite DILFs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Scott</dc:creator>
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Men. We hear it all the time, "why aren't there any good fathers?" Let alone the other inquiry, "Why are all the good ones taken." Its a vicious circle. We listed 5 Guys that needed to grow up. Eight of these guys are great catches! Some of them are taken, some of them are single, some of them are great role models while others can use a little help along the way. So, we listed 9 of the most physically att... <a href="http://giantmag.com/culture/marcusscott/our-top-9-favorite-dilfs/">Read more..</a>]]></description>
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<p>Men. We hear it all the time, &#8220;why aren&#8217;t there any good fathers?&#8221; Let alone the other inquiry, &#8220;Why are all the good ones taken.&#8221; Its a vicious circle. We listed 5 Guys that needed to grow up. Eight of these guys are great catches! Some of them are taken, some of them are single, some of them are great role models while others can use a little help along the way. So, we listed 9 of the most physically attractive dudes and asked for your opinion (go ahead, call us vain!). These are the most attractive men in tinsel town who the ultimate list of Dads We&#8217;d Like to F**k.</p>
<p>Swagger? Check. Style? Check. Game? Check. Focus? Check. They&#8217;ve got it all and ladies, did we pick a pretty good batch to sink our teeth into. Whether we see them on the field, in the Oval Office, or in front of a camera, here is our list of dads we&#8217;d like to&#8230; well, you know.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>The Stag DILFs</strong></span></h1>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">1.</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Usher</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Who is he:</strong> Who is he: R&amp;B lothario Usher Raymond has a track record for unleashing savvy chart topping pop hits and a knack for turning women into desirable maneaters. With smash singles “U Remind Me,” “Yeah,” “You Make Me Wanna” and “Nice and Slow,” the “OMG” crooner has garnered five Grammy awards and has more female aficionada than anyone in the game. Yeah, this includes Trey Songz.</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> Part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the smooth-talking song-and-dance man spoke at the U.S. House of Education and Labor Committee investigation to promote service and volunteerism via his nonprofit charity org New Look, which advises disadvantaged youths.</p>
<p style="text-align: left"><strong>The Skinny:</strong> After wedding stylist Tameka Foster-Raymond on August 3, 2007, the couple welcomed sons Usher Raymond V and Naveid Ely Raymond before divorcing after an alleged year of separation.</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">2.</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Ricky Martin</strong><strong> </strong></h2>
<p><strong>Who is he:</strong> Ex-Menudo boyband wunderkind and five-time Grammy award winner Ricky Martin shook his bon-bon to the top of the charts with his stellar Latin-pop classics “Livin’ la Vida Loca” and “She Bangs,” re-establishing the importance of Latin and Hispanic artists in world music. He was named one of <em>People</em> magazine’s Most Beautiful People in 2000, becoming a household sex object.</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> The Puerto Rican papi chulo founded the Ricky Martin Foundation, a charity that combats battles child trafficking and violence against children among other critical issues. That alone get him browny points.</p>
<p><strong>The Skinny:</strong> Right before he openly came out as gay, solidifying his spot as a huge LGBT sensation, Ricky Martin announced the birth of twin boys Valentino and Matteo—who were delivered via gestational surrogacy—after a few weeks of their nativity.  Martin says he came out because of them, as he no longer wanted to live a closeted life.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center">3.</h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo </strong></h2>
<p>Who is he: Portuguese futbol player Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro is the No. 1 winger and sometimes forward of the Spanish society Real Madrid. Serving as its head honcho captain of the Portuguese national team, he is the Tiger Woods of the sport, earning more than any player in history after he was transferred from Manchester United for £80 million (that’s $132 million in U.S. dollars). In addition, he will receive a superfluous £11 million per year over the next six years for being a team player. Now that’s awesome.</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> Despite his alleged pay off to an American waitress he paid be the surrogate mother to his baby boy, he still has a lot to learn about caring for a child. While his family is taking of his child, the young athlete fashionista is usually seen perusing high end designer shops for the latest trends in his lonesome.</p>
<p><strong>The Skinny:</strong> More news follows the more popular man in soccer. After only 4 weeks of its birth the child was rushed to the hospital while Ronaldo was attending a funeral, MTV UK reported. Is he avoiding responsibility or is his schedule too hectic? We don’t know.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">4.</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Tiger Woods</strong><strong> </strong></h2>
<p><strong>Who is he: </strong>He’s the only reason we tune into televised golf networks. A whiz kid at only two-years-old, Wood grew into one of the most successful golfers of all-time, becoming the highest-paid professional athlete in the world with an estimated between $90.5 million and $105 million in endorsements and earnings according to Sports Illustrated and Forbes respectively.</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> The World No. 1 and winner of over 65 PGA Tour events since 1996, had a squeaky clean reputation as the world’s most grounded athlete before the skeletons in the closet accumulated into a cemetery. Over a dozen women stepped forward claiming Woods was in the aggressor of several infidelities. While he gets lousy points as a husband, he’s still doing a swell job as a dad. He even sponsors charities to help disadvantaged children.</p>
<p><strong>The Skinny:</strong> The controversy of his alleged 120 affairs inspired the adult film industry and commentary from hypercritics and the outrageous coverage of the events that took place between he and his Swedish former fashion model wife Erin Nordegren is on everyone’s tongue. Will she divorce the lovable golf connoisseur? Who knows.</p>

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<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>The Taken DILFs</strong></span></h1>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">5.</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Seal</strong><strong> </strong></h2>
<p><strong>Who is he:</strong> Known for his yearning tenor and wispy falsetto, Nigerian-Brazilian British soul singer Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel is known for his smash hits “Kiss from a Rose,” “Fly Like an Eagle” and “Amazing.”</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> Any guys that is quoted for noting that their wife is “most beautiful” when she’s with child—though let’s face it, his supermodel wife Heidi Klum is a stone cold fox—gets immediate brownie points. The result, he reemerged as a sex symbol.</p>
<p>The Skinny: He took her for his own when she was prego with another dude’s spawn, and took child Leni as his own. A pretty great catch, he had two children with Bravo’s Project Runway Heidi Klum, Johan Riley and Henry.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">6.</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Will Smith</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Who is he:</strong> Giant fave and hip-hop legend Will Smith bursted on the scene over 20 years ago and garnered the first ever award for Best Rap Performance and went on to become one of the biggest banking male actors in Hollywood.</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> Marrying celebrated actress Jada Pinkett in 1997, the box office star is the father of son Trey (from his previous marriage to Sheree Zampino) and children Jaden and Willow, all of whom are budding film stars and fashionistas.</p>
<p><strong>The Skinny:</strong> Constantly in the spotlight, Will and Jada produced the Broadway hit <em>Fela!</em>, their son Jaden recently starred in the remake of <em>The Karate Kid</em>, Willow has seen as the new  tween fashionista and Trey is a budding athlete. Not bad, eh?</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">7.</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Barack Obama</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Who is he:</strong> On principle, we should not even be allowed to introduce him. After all, he is only the 44<sup>th</sup> and current President of the United States of America, let alone the first African-American to hold the position.</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> The shinning gem of the African-American family, Barack Obama and wife Michelle are more picture perfect than any <em>Better Homes &amp; Gardens</em> prototype. With their beautiful daughters Sasha and Malia, the Obama clan is doing well as portraying sophisticated cool.</p>
<p><strong>The Skinny: </strong>With a solid foundation and coming in on being two years in office, the family are implementing a solid stance on education, health and children first.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">8.</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Johnny Depp</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Who is he:</strong> The offbeat, cinema bizarre thespian is a man that barely needs an introduction, having solidified his status as the world’s most entertaining movie star.</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> This is a list of our favorite good looking celebrity fathers and not only is he easy on the eyes, but is handling his responsibility of raising children Lily-Rose Melody and Jack with super sexy French fashion model girlfriend Vanessa Paradis.</p>
<p><strong>The Skinny:</strong> Since his claim o fame in the hit series <em>21   Jump Street</em>, he has had many reincarnations on the screen. From boy toy chop suey in the original <em>A Nightmare On Elm Street</em> to a world-weary drawn curtain automation recluse in <em>Edward Scissorhands</em>. From a faded Holly transvestite in <em>Ed Wood</em>, an an absinthe guzzling human drug cartel in <em>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</em> to an orange haired kook-and-crank schizo mood ring in <em>Alice in Wonderland</em>.  His most famous personification, the No. 1 AA slurry wordsmith pirate adventurer Jack Sparrow was adapted by black and Latino youth for his sleazy chic vagabond decay and turned Depp into an overnight film icon. He will star in four films in the next year: <em>The Rum Diary</em>, <em>Rango</em>, <em>The Tourist</em> and will reprise the role of Sparrow in <em>Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides</em>.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">9.</span></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>LL Cool J</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Who is he:</strong> The hip-hop legend that gave us hits “I Can&#8217;t Live Without My Radio,” Hey Lover,” “Around The Way Girl,” “Mama Said Knock You Out” and a bevy of other hits was right on the money when he choose his rap name: Ladies do Love Cool Jay!</p>
<p><strong>Why him:</strong> He’s “bad.”</p>
<p><strong>The Skinny:</strong> His long standing relationship with his wife Simone Johnnson has become a thing to envy in the hip-hop and community, and Todd Smith (his birth name) has seen the love. His beautiful girls Samaria and Nina Simone see it too.</p>

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		<title>3 Electro Hop Superstars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Scott</dc:creator>
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Electro hop is in. With emcees becoming more diverse, leaving the traditionalist hip-hop approach in favor of a bigger, bombastic, ballsy sound, the game is on the precipice of becoming a vending machine of little ringtone pocket universes. With frat rap groups 3OH!3 and confetti gangsta hipsters LMFAO as radio paper weights, and EDM punks Far East Movement riding the airwaves, rap and hip-culture are changing... <a href="http://giantmag.com/style/small-medium-giant/marcusscott/3-electro-hop-superstars/">Read more..</a>]]></description>
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<p>Electro hop is in. With emcees becoming more diverse, leaving the traditionalist hip-hop approach in favor of a bigger, bombastic, ballsy sound, the game is on the precipice of becoming a vending machine of little ringtone pocket universes. With frat rap groups 3OH!3 and confetti gangsta hipsters LMFAO as radio paper weights, and EDM punks Far East Movement riding the airwaves, rap and hip-culture are changing. However, one can argue that among the fluff and pipe dreams, the art of hip-hop is evolving. Just look at these three electro hop stars that are doing it big and changing hip-hop below. These trailblazing artists have made music that has had a profound effect on us. But, how big exactly?</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">SMALL</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>Kid Cudi</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Notable work:</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000"><em>Man on the Moon: The End of Day</em></span></p>
<p>When the hip-hop head from Cleveland,  Ohio made his rounds on Chi-town No.1 emcee Kanye West’s <em>808s &amp; Heartbreak</em> after dropping his stellar mixtape A Kid Named Cudi, rap upstart Kid Cudi went solo. Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi’s moniker became a hold name, featuring on the splendid HBO series <em>How To Make It In America</em>, and all because of his comprehensive <em>Man on the Moon: The End of Day</em>. The album, which broke the fresh-faced rap mold and took us into the mind of post-911 young black hipster was astounding. With producers Dot da Genius, Emile, Kanye West, Plain Pat and Ratatat, Mescudi found a niche with his neo-psychedelic trip-hop electro boogie emo-rap and the cool kids found a new rapper to emulate. His spacey, introspective sensibility helped turn a seemingly passing fad into a hip-hop sound worth evolving.</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">MEDIUM</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>Drake</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Notable Work:</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000"><em>Thank Me Later</em></span></p>
<p>Who knew that the kid from <em>Degrassi: The Next Generation</em> would become one of the most celebrated rappers a few years later? After dropping his massive So Far Gone mixtape—an album so jam packed with hits, he could’ve released a greatest hits compilation album—Aubrey Drake Graham took the world by storm and his coveted EP took home Grammy nods. The Toronto wunderkind released his long-awaited first studio album <em>Thank Me Later </em>earlier this summer to excellent critical praise. Spawning club anthems “Find Your Love” and “Over,” it solidified Drake’s hype with berserk, glitchy automation Auto-Tune slow jams and introspective, confession culture trouncing.</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #888888">GIANT</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>Kanye West</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Notable Work:</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000"><em>808s &amp; Heartbreak</em></span></p>
<p>Egocentric rapper Kanye West has had better albums, each one more ammunition explosive, high-flying flamboyantly electric with a larger-than-life razzle-dazzle than their predecessor. But this one had bite: he lost his mother Donda to cosmetic surgery, he broke from his engagement with fiancée Alexis Phifer, and critics had doubted he could drop a successful follow-up in the wake of the epic <em>Graduation</em>, which added an additional six chart topping hits to his repertoire. This time around he unloaded an epitaph that wallowed in self-deprecation, emotional decadence, the pain of car-crash relationship and divvied an introspective meditation on loss through androgynous Vangelis-inspired sci-fi flourishes and sweeping and synth-pop machine-powered braggadocio. The result: followers, B.o.B., Drake and Kid Cudi.</p>
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		<title>Rap Battle: Jay-Z Vs. Beanie Sigel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamika Sanders</dc:creator>
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Last week, Beanie Sigel released his diss track "Average Cat"  against his long time partner and friend Ja... <a href="http://giantmag.com/the-magazine/shamika-sanders/rap-battle-jay-z-vs-beanie-sigel/">Read more..</a>]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://cdn.giantmag.com/files//2009/11/beaniejay.jpg"></a>Last week, Beanie Sigel released his diss track &#8220;Average Cat&#8221; <object width="200" height="50" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xr26uhxlgz0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xr26uhxlgz0" /></object> against his long time partner and friend Jay-Z. In the song, He claims that Jay at his September 11th tribute concert &#8220;called the police on me//cause I was front row at the Blue Print 3.&#8221; He also raps &#8220;I can say shit, that will make Bey look at you different.&#8221;</p>
<p>At one point, Rocafella Records reigned supreme with hits and artists that ruled hip-hop. There was a time when the Roc expanded its resume and ventured into Hollywood with movies like <em>The Streets Is Watching</em>, and <em>Backstage</em>. Memphis Bleek, Amil, DJ Clue, Young Guns, Nore, Freeway, &#8220;Beanz,&#8221; Dame Dash, and of course, Jay added thespian to their repertoires. The Roc&#8217;s most successful movie venture was <em>State Property</em> (2002). It put lyricist Beanie Sigel in the forefront and he led the way straight through Lionsgate studio onto our theater screens. The movie didn&#8217;t have incredible numbers, but it instantly became a hood classic.</p>
<p>Besides Jay, Beanie was the next best thing on Rocafella. Memphis Bleek couldn&#8217;t rap, and Amil played the token female mcee position and The Young Guns and Freeway couldn&#8217;t sell records. However, as a whole they were hot! If you didn&#8217;t like &#8220;Do It Again&#8221; or &#8220;What We Do&#8221;  then you didn&#8217;t appreciate the Roc!</p>
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<p>But, like any record label there were  problems looming in the air and in the backgrounds. After dissecting Beanz diss track it seems as though he was the backbone of the Roc. He brought all the talent to the label, and he maned all battle stations when rocks were being thrown at the throne. He even would&#8217;ve taken a bullet for the Roc at the time!</p>
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<p>Leave it to Jay-Z <object width="200" height="65" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/FG2i9bm4WQc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FG2i9bm4WQc" /></object> to defend himself by retaliating with, &#8220;What people choose to do when they attain that type of success &#8230; at some point, you gotta look in the mirror and look at yourself. Beanie Sigel had a record deal, a record label, and a clothing line. Never went platinum, ever. I don&#8217;t know in the history of rap, if anyone has done so much with so little.&#8221; Jay gave him all that stuff because he was his friend, but Jay, where is what Beanz actually earned?</p>
<p>By the way after losing to Nas, Jay hasn&#8217;t thrown a rebuttal to anyone who could rap so if Jigga and Beanz got into a lyrical battle, who would win?</p>
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		<title>Tell &#8216;Em Why Ya Mad, Diddy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Looks like Diddy's finally reached his breaking point. Somebody call the WAAAAAMbulance. 

Something about Diddy and gangster rap is so hilarious to me. Maybe I'm the only one. I don't know. But his "new" song "Fuck Yall Niggas" just makes me go, "Diddy... Really?"

Apparently, he knew from the gate not to trust us niggas, and we act like he won't br... <a href="http://giantmag.com/the-magazine/point-of-view/giant-magazine-staff/tell-em-why-ya-mad-diddy/">Read more..</a>]]></description>
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<p>Looks like Diddy&#8217;s finally reached his breaking point. Somebody call the WAAAAAMbulance. <span id="more-118371"></span></p>
<p>Something about Diddy and gangster rap is so hilarious to me. Maybe I&#8217;m the only one. I don&#8217;t know. But his &#8220;new&#8221; song &#8220;Fuck Yall Niggas&#8221; just makes me go, &#8220;Diddy&#8230; Really?&#8221;</p>
<p>Apparently, he knew from the gate not to trust us niggas, and we act like he won&#8217;t break and bust us niggas. Some gems to listen out for:</p>
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<li>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to dedicate this to my nigga Notorious BIG. Because if he was here, this is how he would want me to come: FUCK YALL NIGGAS!&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;I know niggas pressed to stick me; that&#8217;s why I pack glocks that hold shots &#8211; nuttin less than 50&#8243; (word?)</li>
<li>&#8220;Hate on me cause I got the keys to the city. You wanna see me get notorious without Biggie. See me without The Lox &#8211; say I ain&#8217;t jiggy. See me without Ma$e &#8211; say I ain&#8217;t pretty!&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Why you mad cause I&#8217;m bad and the boy get papers? Is it the looks, the wheels, the skills, the flavor? House on the hill, hundred acres, no neighbors &#8211; you can&#8217;t hate this 90s Lee Majors&#8221;</li>
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<p>This song just made my whole world. Whenever Diddy turns on the hood, all I want to do is clap my hands and call him &#8220;My Little Gangster.&#8221; Then walk the ends of the earth to secure him a pint of Cambodian breast milk. And Diddy, if you ever read this, I&#8217;m sorry that I have such trouble taking you seriously. Maybe it&#8217;s cause you have items (read: &#8220;famous money&#8221;) hanging out your anus, or maybe it&#8217;s because you snitched on Shyne, or maybe it&#8217;s because you fight with champagne bottles instead of these alleged glocks that hold shots, or maybe it&#8217;s simply because you really used to refer to yourself, with a serious face, as Puff Daddy. I don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>But I do know you can fuck some Junior&#8217;s cheesecake up proper.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>DIDDY &#8211; &#8220;FUCK YALL NIGGAS&#8221;</strong></span></p>

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		<title>Give The Drumma Sum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Psyllos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Milk's first single off Tronic (Fat Beats Records) flaunts the production and rhyme skills of our boy. Pick up the LP asap, if you haven't yet.

 

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<p>Black Milk&#8217;s first single off <em>Tronic</em> (Fat Beats Records) flaunts the production and rhyme skills of our boy. Pick up the LP asap, if you haven&#8217;t yet.</p>
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