Africa Is a Country

Still Hip Hop

Africa Is a Country Podcast
African Five-a-Side Podcast

Still Hip Hop

By
Sean Jacobs

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Hip hop now has its own museums, honors shows on basic cable, and rap beats drive car commercials.  So I am surprised when good hip hop happens again, whether from trusted sources or from artists you’ll never hear from on the radio.  Like Jay Electronica recent “The Ghost of Christopher Wallace.” If you missed his “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C”–I prefer the Mos Def remix for the latter–google it and take a listen.

— Sean Jacobs

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