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The Wackness + The Quietus' Top Hip-Hop Tracks of 1994 Gallery
David Moats , August 27th, 2008 18:57

Dave Moats reviews this coming of age flick with a hip-hop soul and compiles the best tracks that didn't make it into the film

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KRS-One 'Sound Of Da Police'
One of the unassailable triumvirate of late 80s rappers along with Rakim Allah and Chuck D, Kris brought a novel but not novelty hint of Jamaican patois to this style of furious NY delivery. Only the toughest of jeep beats are a match for this exercise in comparing the NYPD to old plantation overseers.