Termanology – So Amazing (Live At The UGHH.com Retail Store – 10/1/08)

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Part 2 of 2: In part 2 Termanology gets personal, talking about growing up during the 80s crack era in the heavily Hispanic neighborhoods of Lawrence and Haverhill, Massachusetts. He talks about selling drugs, using his father’s business as a chop shop, along with his eventual decision to forgo the street-life to pursue rap full-time. Term’s rise to the top hasn’t happened overnight. His resume includes a series of “Hood Politics” mixtapes and an intense hustle where he’s commuted back and forth between NYC and Boston to perform nearly 800 shows for free. Van Stylez inquires as to whether he’s ever contemplated quitting, to which Term responds that, “like 50 said ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin,’ I was gonna be a rap legend or die tryin.” The interview wraps-up with Term talking about a concept album dubbed “2 of Americas Most Wanted,” which he created with rapper Ghetto from their crew ST Da Squad. In an interesting turn of fate, the gap between rap and reality was bridged when the concept behind the album became real life with Termanology blowing-up as a rapper at the same time his cohort Ghetto is incarcerated for gun possession. While Ghetto waits-out the remainder of his term behind bars, Termanology is out recruiting some of rap’s finest to put the finishing touches on the album version of a saga, which continues for both rappers in real life.

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Part 1 of 2: The rapper most quickly ascending the ranks of hip-hop in 2009 is unquestionably Massachusetts emcee Termanology. In part 1 of this interview Term talks about turning down pussy at a birthday party for Bun B, first linking up with Premo in 2003, and the all-star production lineup on his new album “Politics As Usual”, which includes luminaries Alchemist, Buckwild, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Easy Mo Bee, Havoc, Hi-Tek, Premo and Nottz. Modesty is not part of Termanology’s terminology (Yes[Big] Pun intended) and when Van Stylez asks him if he stands by lyrics where he’s called himself, “the resurrection of Pun, Biggie reborn, Pac at his best,” Term responds, “”How can they be better than me if I’m the one?” Inflammatory? Humble? Cocky? Creative? Pac at his best? Check out interview pt. 1 and leave your comment on hip-hop’s rookie draft pick turned all-star at the start of the Obama era!

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Termanology – Hood Shit (Live At The UGHH.com Retail Store – 10/1/08)

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Part 3 of 3: A mentor to Large Professor, Paul C produced tracks for Eric B & Rakim’s third album “Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em.” Paul C’s promising career was then cut short when he was shot to death in 1989. Large Pro talks about taking over what Paul C had started, and continuing to work with Rakim. The Mad Scientist reveals which current rappers he would still like to work with, his favorite albums of all time and the career he hypothesis’s he’d have if he’d never done hip-hop. Van Stylez puts the professor on the spot, challenging him to deliver the first rhyme that comes to his mind. Of course Large Professor over-delivers and another UGHH.com classic is born.

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Part 2 of 3: In 1991 Main Source released their debut album “Breaking Atoms.” A then little-known Nas is introduced to the world on the track “Live At The BBQ” where he spits “I was trapped in a cage and let out by the Main Source.” Large Pro talks about Nas picking him up from his high school to work on a demo. Pro says he was blown-away by Nas’s shocking lyrics, especially when he spit “When I was twelve, I went to hell for snuffin Jesus.” Large Pro goes on to reveal how Main Source broke-up over conflicts stemming from one of the member’s parents managing the trio. Over a decade in the making, Large Professor has defined hip-hop Find out how in part 2 of this series.

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Part 1 of 3: The Mad Scientist takes us on a hip-hop time capsule as he reminisces on digging through his parent’s record collection and chopping up his first record at the age of 16. With a resume that includes block parties, bombing and breaking, Large Pro reminds us that there’s more to hip-hop than rapping and producing. Pro speaks on his favorite recently released albums along with his first solo project in 6 years “Main Source,” which he describes as a return to the core essence of hip-hop.

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K-The-I??? and touring cohorts Onepersun and Verble trade interracial sex stories. Onepersun announces his undying love for Keysha Cole and talks about “cuffing girls in the hood,” while K-The-I??? discusses how small white and Asian girls get “broken off something proper.” This scandalous piece of “reporting” ends with Verble pointing out the bug bites he incurred while staying at Anticon Records rapper Soles house. VanStylez scratches the bug bites (metaphorically) by making a quick quip about the Sole / El-P feud which leads to a series of disclaimers. Both Onepersun and Verble have collabo albums coming out with K-The-I??? in 2009 so LOOKOUT!

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The definition of avante-garde, K-The-I??? talks about trying unsuccessfully to make it big in his hometown of Massachusetts for over a decade before relocating to Los Angeles, California to receive almost overnight success. K-The-I??? reveals details about the woman who broke his heart, inspiring the highly acclaimed concept-album “Broken Love Letter,” where he explores the range of emotions he experienced following the intense dissolution of a relationship he moved to Canada to pursue.

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K-The-I??? – Freestyle (Live At The UGHH.com Retail Store – 9/5/08)

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