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The State of Hip Hop is a free online resource dedicated to providing information for emcees who want to learn how to rap better.
Have you ever wondered if you could learn how to become a better rapper? How to write better raps? Or how to make it in the music industry? Well as you'll come to know, learning how to rap is possible with dedication and the right tools. Here you'll find the latest hip hop news, helpful interviews, accurate rap lyrics, rap advice, music industry tips, and much more.
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The Rap Industry
Though in the long run, making good music is the key
factor for success in the music business, a huge percentage of skilled
aspiring rappers fail because they don’t know the business
of music. To learnabout the ins & outs of the rap business our Rap Industry section is a must visit.
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What is the hip hop underground? Who exactly isin the hip hop underground?
Can you make a living as an underground artist? Learn about all this and more here. Also be
sure to check out our database tracking the underground hip
hop scene around the world!
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Verse of The Week"We've got Piru's and P-Stones/
Damu and El Rukas, in Hell feudin'/ The 60's movement/
The death of Newton/
The resurrection of Clarence X students/
The revolution/
This is rebel music/
The other day a young lady threw her baby of the roof an'/
Six niggas died from homicide and drug shootins/
My homey's mom just went off the loose end/
From drugs abusin'/
This is thug amusement/
Bloods and Crips, huggin' the strips/
Lovin' they clips, sittin' on dubs in they whips/
Folks, GD's and Vice Lords, with nice Fords/
Black pimps and white whores/
From the immortal words of Jeff Ford, til' death do us all/
The sets I recall, til we rest in the morgue/
From the pilgrimage of Larry Hoover/
To the tribes of Judah
We live our lives through ya/
In my hood"
–Killah Priest,
My Hood
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