"When this hip hop/Drops and falls apart/Who's representin' the art? Me." -- Saukrates and Common
"Tight...Like Big Pun in a Medium" -- Ugly Duckling
"The beef will have you dead like the first man to catch Mad Cow."--Talib Kweli
"My iconoclastic rap schtick/gets my jimmy waxed like Chapstick/I think LL Cool J and Canibus are both fantastic"--MC Paul Barman
"Why do I need ID to get ID? If I had ID I wouldn't NEED ID!"--Mos Def
The Starting Lineup (no, not those cool ass figures from the days of yore):
01 Air - Moon Safari 02 Morcheeba - Let Me See (Reflection Eternal Remix) feat. Reflection Eternal 03 De La Soul - AOI: Mosaic Thump 04 De La Soul - "So Good" (from Hip Hop 101 and the Oooh single) 05 The Spooks - S.I.S.O.S. 06 Armand van Helden - "Full Moon" feat. Common 07 The Mos Def You Never Heard Compilation (see http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/lesson/5630.html#2 post #2) 08 Blackalicious - Melodica EP(Yeah I got my copy!!!!!!) 09 Blackalicious - A2G EP 10 Blackalicious - Nia (Hey, Nia was getting lonely) 11 Jurassic 5 - Quality Control 12 Guru feat. the Roots - Lift Your Fist (try rootsnd on Napster if you want it...I got it from an FTP)