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Feb 18, 2023Liked by Ashley Clark

Hey Ash... I appreciate the shout out for Trugoy. A loss, for sure. Your choice of "Eye Know" is a perfect example of his (and DLS's) genius.

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Feb 18, 2023Liked by Ashley Clark

It's a really worrying trend with Trugoy's passing that he's the latest rapper of that generation to pass away. Guru, Gift of Gab, Phife Dawg. Really shows how much we need to treasure the MCs of that era.

I remember pre-Boy In Da Corner my cousin asking me if I'd heard of "Dizzee Rascal". At first I thought it was an MC name that he made up, but then he played me a tape (yes, a tape) of Dizzee he recorded of pirate radio. I'd never heard a voice like it. It felt like a backlash to all the garage MC's of the time.

Also, trivia for I Luv U. The song is basically a companion piece to the track that inspired it; Jay Z's "Is That Your B*itch?". Dizzee wrote his bars to the beat of the Hov song, and if you listen to both, the subject matter (and its outlook on women) is very similar.

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