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    Common’s Rap City Freestyle

    June 19th, 2007

    Go out an cop Finding Forever July 31st!


    DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz 16

    June 18th, 2007

    (Tracklisting + Download Inside)

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    Review: Canibus - For Whom the Beat Tolls

    June 18th, 2007

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    Whether it be beef, mishaps or mistakes, Canibus has had quite a long career. At this point most emcees would hang up the mic. Not Canibus, he just dropped his eighth album and illRoots is here to tell you how it is.

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    Lupe Fiasco - He Say, She Say

    June 18th, 2007


    Review: KRS-ONE & Marley Marl - Hip Hop Lives

    June 17th, 2007

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    Review written by: Maza

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    Rosenberg Interviews Talib Kweli

    June 16th, 2007

    Eardrum in stores July 24.


    DJ Wristpect - Bridging the Gap Volume 2

    June 16th, 2007

    This is a new mixtape me and wacks found floating around. Its some dope ass stuff and DJ Wristpect is nice enough to give it away for free too!

    (Tracklisting + Download Inside)

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    Review: Phat Kat - Carte Blache

    June 16th, 2007

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    Phat Kat, one of Detroit’s finest emcees to emerge these past few years, recently dropped his sophomore album ‘Carte Blanche’. So naturally illRoots had to let its viewers know exactly what we thought of the album.

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    Guilty Simpson - Man’s World

    June 16th, 2007

    So basically, me and wacks haven’t made a post for an individual track for a long time, but this one is special, sampling Man’s World (James Brown) and produced by the late great J Dilla. If you don’t know who Guilty Simpson is your slacking son!

    Guilty Simpson - Man’s World (Listen Here)

    Shouts to Jeff Jank from Stones Throw!!


    Saigon’s Breakdown

    June 15th, 2007


    [Artwork by Vango GFX]

    By now most of you have been watching this huge drama Between Saigon, Atlantic Records, & Just Blaze blow up this past week, but for those who haven’t illRoots is here to enlighten…

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    T.I. - You Know What It Is (Ft. Wyclef)

    June 15th, 2007

    When I saw the sample of this video, the beat made me wanna kill myself. Now that i’ve seen the full video, I ALMOST wanna kill myself. It’s growing on me. I dunno if it will grow anymore though, it may just stay at this little sunflower.
    No homo.


    Review: DJ Dirty Harry - Warlordz

    June 13th, 2007


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    Dirty Harry is mu’fuckin back. His new tape Warlordz just dropped, and me being the blend fan I am, you know I had to get this shit asap. Read the rest of this entry »


    Milestones

    June 13th, 2007


    We did it ya’ll, passed 100,000 hits today!
    *Pops bottle of the finest European bubbly*
    I’d like to thank everyone who comes to our blog on the daily. The past month has been great for us, reaching over 5,000 hits in one day a little while ago. We got big, no, BIG things in store. Stick with us! Oh yeah, donate us some cash haha.


    Common Picks A Cover

    June 13th, 2007

    I don’t know about this one.