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“Shook Ones, Part II”—Mobb Deep

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The Smooth Criminal on Beat Breaks

By the mid 90s, Queens Bridge of course is already legendary in rap history. Nas over time perhaps to an uncomfortable degree became synonymous with Illmatic and Illmatic almost instantaneously became synonymous with Queens Bridge. If you were a rapper from Queens Bridge, Nas's superiority might embarrass you. You might feel compelled to not let Nas down. I'm drinking rappers to a new plateau through Rachlow. My ramen is a vitamin L without a capsule.

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