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Did Drake-Kendrick Hurt Hip-Hop? + The Greatest Beats Ever | Essential ELR 9.1.26
The crew opens with Complex’s reader ranking of the greatest hip-hop beats ever, led by Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones, Pt. II.” That launches a deep dive into “Still D.R.E.,” “C.R.E.A.M.,” “N.Y. State of Mind,” “They Reminisce Over You,” “Grindin’” and the art of sampling, with Ebro and Rosenberg debating whether production ingenuity should matter as much as a beat’s cultural impact. After celebrating Lin-Manuel Miranda, the conversation turns to the Drake-Kendrick battle nearly two years later. Rosenberg argues that the fallout ultimately became bad for hip-hop, while Ebro and Laura separate the…
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