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Living Legends is an American independent hip hop supergroup from California consisting of Murs, Luckyiam, Sunspot Jonz, The Grouch, Eligh, Scarub, Aesop The Black Wolf and Bicaso. Originating in the mid 1990s, the crew garnered a strong grassroots following by selling their home recorded cassettes and CD's out of their backpacks on Bay Area streets. The group self funded countless of their own world tours and have remain completely independent to this day with a f*ck the industry ethos. 

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Pioneers of Hip-Hop: Skills | episode 3

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Wild Style (1982)

Pioneers of Hip-Hop: Check the Technique

Serato 20th Anniversary Documentary | Pt. 1

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MS-13 AND TRUMP BACKED THE SAME PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN HONDURAS

Will Smith Makes Surprise Cameo In Bel-Air Series Finale

TOBE NWIGWE | BANG [Missed moMINTs version]

MAKING DELTRON 3030

Kehlani Says She Received Death Threats Over Her Support of Palestine

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How Corporations Raided Medicare

This House Believes Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide | Susan Abulhawa

"Acts of Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing": Haggai Matar on Gaza War, ICC Arrest Warrants & More

Palestinian children just released from prison claim beatings, abuse, torture and starvation

Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Musiq Soulchild Sings R&B Classics Over J Dilla Beats on New Mixtape

Hear Benny The Butcher Bless a Batch of J Dilla Beats on Altered Crates' 'Butcherin' Donuts' Mixtape

Hear Altered Crates Blend Unreleased MF DOOM Bars and Nujabes B-Sides on New 'Metaphorical Villainy' Mixtape

Hear Tupac Bars Over Jimi Hendrix Riffs on Flowervillain's New 'Not Dead' Mash-Up

Listen To ‘Dark Side Of The Wu’, The Pink Floyd/Wu-Tang Clan Mashup EP You Didn’t Know You Needed [Audio]

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The Beastie Boys On Their Hip-Hop Journey And Missing Adam Yauch

LISTEN: Larry Levan Special: Hosted By Francois K & Ross Allen - July 8th 2016

Q-Tip Dedicates Beats 1 Show To Phife Dawg and ATCQ

Just Blaze Plays Snippets Of Unreleased Jay Electronica, Busta & M.O.P. In A Mix (Video)

Del The Funky Homosapien & Souls Of Mischief’s 1997 Freestyle Is A Purist’s Paradise (Audio)

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Snoop Dogg ft. Kendrick Lamar & Rick Ross "I'm Ya Dogg" (DOWNLOAD)

New Prince Produced Album with Judith Hill [FREE DOWNLOAD]

LISTEN: 2Pac – “Old School” (Cookin Soul Remix)

Jay-Z & Jay Electronica “We Made It” (Remix) — [Free Download]

Yasiin Gaye: The Departure (Side One) [FREE DOWNLOAD / FULL ALBUM STREAM]

 
 
 

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