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Kool Moe Dee

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Michael Eric Dyson

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Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
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Illmatic

Eric B & Rakim
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em

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Reasonable Doubt

Mos Def & Talib Kweli
Black Star

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The Low End Theory

The Clipse
Hell Hath No Fury

MF DOOM & Madlib
Madvillainy

Raekwon the Chef
Only Built For Cuban Linx

Ghostface
Ironman

The Notorious BIG
Ready to Die

Cormega
The Testament

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