Tragically lip balm didn’t come out until the year LL stopped being active.
Is this the best 'The Source' Magazine cover they ever did? :
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Tragically lip balm didn’t come out until the year LL stopped being active.
Dam man The Source dropped the ball crazy. They could’ve still been relevant today and had a media empire if they had integrity at the top level. They were the literal bible of hip hop and had the power to put artists on. I guess that model was rife for corruption due to that.
BlackDiBiase
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Interscope crushed them, you are spot on.
Then after the Interscope/Aftermath/Shady monopoly that stopped their revenue they made a mistake and gave Lil Kim 5 mics and it was a wrap after that.
They are still about, but don't hold nowhere near the amount of reverence and impact within the hiphop community.
DontEemTry
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I understand the first two, but what exactly stands out about the Nas cover? 
BlackDiBiase
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I understand the first two, but what exactly stands out about the Nas cover?
Lol It was part of a quadruple set. To represent the American flag. This was before 'Ether' even dropped. This is the article where he exposed the Carmen story before Jay got a chance to son him.
Lol It was part of a quadruple set. To represent the American flag. This was before 'Ether' even dropped. This is the article where he exposed the Carmen story before Jay got a chance to son him.
Benzino on the cover.
The jokes write themselves
BlackDiBiase
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This is the hardest one. They had just squashed the beef too, I was in summer school on my way 5th when I seen this. I was so happy lol
I have that copy somewhere
Xxl had better covers
BlackDiBiase
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Xxl had better covers
I dont know about that, but I will say XXL was a lot of fun like a hiphop gossip beef like magazine. Elliot Wilson would start the editorial with a crazed rant and every page was like chaos after chaos. It was fun. The Source was pure serious to even get The Source Rhyme of the Month was a real honor! I think Prodigy might have gotten the most Rhyme of the Months.
Anyway It's a shame XXL got corrupt and then shifted The Source well out of position to claims first first second and third. That era you posted with Em, 50 and Dre was the end of The Source.
This one is whack as fukk.Xxl had better covers
Street fighter is superior