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Two of the biggest names in hip-hop, two stages, a thousand diamonds one city on one night.  The two names Jay-Z and Kanye West, the two stages a main stage and a mid crowd platform, the thousand diamonds the thousands in attendance, the city Washington DC the night November 3, 2011.  Read more…

Oprah recently launched her OWN (literally) network.  One of the flagship series on the network will be the “Master Class” series.  A mini-series about the backgrounds and driving forces of some of the most influential individuals in various fields.  The series debut with a look into Jay-Z’s life, career and motivations.  The documentary is like the Cliff Notes for Jay-Z’s book “Decoded”.  Its a well directed and produced piece so check it out .  Parts 2-4 after the jump.

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“Black Moses”  “The Voice” Isaac Hayes started out as an in-house writer and producer for Stax records.  Hayes and his partner David Porter were the Pharrell and Chad Hugo of their time writing and producing for legends such as Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas and others.  Hayes was the original artist/entrepreneur along with banging out hits as a artist and producer he was an actor, label head and the first artist to be partial owner of a professional basketball team (sorry Hov).

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Reasonable Doubt def one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever made and my personal favorite.  This documentary tells the stories behind some of the songs and how the songs were made.  I hope the book Decoded is half as good as this. Parts 2, 3 & 4 after the break

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