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AZ - DOE OR DIE 2 2010

AZ - DOE OR DIE 2 2010 Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Hip Hop

    Location BROOKLYN, New York, US

    Profile Views: 1578640

    Last Login: 8/15/2011

    Member Since 5/2/2006

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmF6Lml2bmV0LnR2L2hvbWUuaHRt

    Record Label quiet money records

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. ...... .. .... .. .. ...... .. .... .. .. ...... .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .... .. .... .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......The Come Up.... ...... .. ...... .. ...... .. ...... .. ...... .. ..AND FEATURING:.... ..THE FORMAT.... .. ...... .. ..Add The Format’s video to your profile!.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

  • Influences

    ..LL Cool J, Run-D.M.C., Rakim..

  • Sounds Like

    ...... .. .... Born in Brooklyn as Anthony Cruz, ..AZ.. first came to the greater rap community’s attention in a big way after his stellar performance on NAS’s "Life’s A Bitch" in 1994. .. .. Given ..AZ’s.. simularity to Nas and the overwhelming response to Nas’s Illmatic album, it was just a matter of time ..before AZ.. would score a record deal, a feat he accomplished in 1995. .. .. The resulting debut album "Doe or Die", shook the New York hip-hop scene as Nas’s ’Illmatic’ and Mobb Deep’s ’Infamous’ had done shortly before it. .. .. Like those albums, Doe or Die revealed in the street life -hustling for cash, peddling drugs, violent encounters, mandatory boastings, struggling daily just to maintain - but took a literate and thoughtful approach to the often exploitative gangsta motifs. .. .. Furthermore, like Nas, ..Az.. had Pete Rock crafting the beats, which won the young rapper instant credibility among the hip-hop community. .......... .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Foxy Brown, Eminem, DMX, Jay-Z, Kool G Rap, early Mobb Deep, Nas, BIG, Beanie Siegel, LL Cool J, Rakim, & Run-D.M.C., but most importantly, innovation...

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