Breakfast with Mr. Smith

Though the Bible strictly prohibits the worshiping of golden calves and the like, nothing is mentioned of praying to idols baked golden-brown. The Real takes a bite into the stale, hard truth behind hip-hop's obsession with honoring thy elders.


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Deconstructing Digital Underground: Do Me, Baby!

Shock G and his smaller-nosed friends may have run Oaktown, but they definitely repped BK. Let's just say that, as you chew through that (gross) Whopper, The Real might be able to explain one reason for the bad taste in your mouth.



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The Battle of Billboardsburg

The date of September 11th, 2007 will come and go within 24 hours, but the possibility of a larger impact will last all week. Could 50 Cent - banking on his name value alone - beat out [||] a radio-dominant Kanye West in a first-week sales competition? Will he pull a sore loser move and retire? Is it possible for Tony Yayo to sound thoughtful when speaking? In a groundbreaking documentary screened exclusively online, WREL-TV answers many of these questions...with questionable answers.


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Bring It Back, That Old Ringtone Rap

Ayo, tired of using technology? How could you be in this day and age, when you can make your Nokia cry out with T-Pain? We suggest you go into your spam folder and download whatever pop song (disguised as hip-hop) that the kidz are listening to. You'll be the coolest faux-thug on your block! Until, you know, next week's hot ringtone comes out. Regardless, get ready to party like it's $1.99.


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Deconstructing Biggie: UPS is Hiring

The Notorious BIG's lyrics speak to many fans' ears, across all swatches of culture, drawing both on gleeful exaggerations of violence and somber reflections of personal introspection, tied together with deft wordplay and inflection. Still, it seems that Mr. Smalls - like Jesus Christ - drew his fair share of enemies as he spoke the truth.
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Hip-Hop is the Single Most Destructive Force in Society

As 2007 crawls out of August's dog days, we must pray for the souls of Michael Vick's purebred victims. America must now fully realize the threat that's broadcast every day through Hot97's speakers. We're not mathematicians, so we rarely get hyperbolic, but we at The Real can honestly attest to the only-negative effects that hip-hop dumps on a otherwise perfect society.

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Can't Tell Him Nothing

On September 11th, Kanye West and 50 Cent will release their latest opuses to the masses. This is no simple coincidence, and so The Real enlisted the Bad Re-Enactment Players to clear up the situation, the only way that they know how. Interesting to note that these thespians appear to be reading from blank pages and drawing from blank minds.