The time was the beginning of '94. The place was 137 West 25th Street between the 7th & 9th floor (Battery & Jive recording studios)

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Catégorie: On Time
Tags:88 keys, A Tribe Called Quest, award tour, Battery Studios, Chelsea, Drop, Hi-Tek, J-Dilla, Jay Dee, Jive, Manhattan, mos def, Pharcyde, Polo, Q-Tip, Shawn J Period, Slum Village, the Ummah

The police had been searching for Jay Z, 29, whose real name is Shawn Carter, after Lance Rivera of Untertainment Records was stabbed...

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Catégorie: Evil Time, smack time, time out
Tags:jay-z, justice, Lance "un" Rivera, Manhattan, police, Q-Tip, Times Square

"The Roosevelt was much more than just a big room filled with people looking for what they wanted. It was a show that for a few seasons actually helped to influence people’s lives and the music that some would create."

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Catégorie: On Time
Tags:88 keys, digging, DJ Premier, Large Professor, long island, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, record convention, Roosevelt hotel, Tribe Called Quest, wax, wax poetics

the soon to be official Queensbridge murderers begged Q-Tip to listen to their demo...

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Catégorie: On Time, time to love
Tags:DJ Premier, downtown, Havoc, Large Professor, Manhattan, Mister Cee, mobb deep, Prodigy, Q-Tip, QB, Queens, queensbridge, Tribe Called Quest