"CLUE 1:
     “went to short dogs house,
       they was watching Yo MTV
       RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
               Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
               Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
      ”The Lakers beat the Super 
       Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY 23 1993 where the Lakers beat the Super Sonics: …"

"Das Racist is a rap group based in Brooklyn, composed of Queens-born Himanshu Suri and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez joined by hype man Ashok Kondabolu, known as Dap, for live performances and in music videos.[1] Known for their use of humor, obscure references, and unconventional style, Das Racist has been both dismissed as joke rap and hailed as an urgent new voice in rap."

"It doesn't matter how good you think Das Racist is, they're better than that. On every listen, I realize I missed something important. Some great albums get better, and some fade, but Shut up, Dude and Sit Down, Man are both beyond comparison & ceiling at this point."

""Mathematics" is a b-side single from Mos Def's solo debut album, Black on Both Sides. It contains lyrics about various social issues and asks the listener to add them up and come to conclusions about them. Many references to numbers are found in this song and at times, Mos Def rhymes statistics in numerical order. The song is produced by DJ Premier whose famous scratch samples make up the song's bridge. Premier has called it one of his favorite beats."

"In Fear the Boom and Bust, John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek, two of the great economists of the 20th century, come back to life to attend an economics conference on the economic crisis. Before the conference begins, and at the insistence of Lord Keynes, they go out for a night on the town and sing about why there's a "boom and bust" cycle in modern economies and good reason to fear it."

"An original and insightful documentary looking into the world of MCs and the underground music scene in London."

"RZA gave WIRED the dope on Wu-Tang's cinematic source material and sounded off on a selection of rare movie clips."

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"All their music is vocal loops that they build up on stage and then perform over -- it's amazing to watch as well as listen to."

"Here's a great video presskit for De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising LP, circa 1989. Too bad this phenom didn't catch on with more bands, we might've saved a cool billion on glossy folders and Kinko's fees."

"A tribute to Dilla at the Brasilintime premiere show at SESC Pompeii in Sao Paulo."

"In a country like Cuba, where the state has its hand in just about everything, it is perhaps not surprising that there is a governmental body that concerns itself with rap music."

"The ESPN documentary "Ali Rap" is built loosely on the premise that Muhammad Ali unknowingly invented rap music, simply by being himself in public."

"Kamini's video grabs your attention right off the bat. You see a black man with gravity defying hair, standing nervously in a pasture filled with cows. He dedicates his rap to everyone who comes from small villages."