012 — “Fu-gee-la” | The Fugees × Breckenridge Rum Cask Finish
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Track — “Fu-gee-la” — The Fugees
Album: The Score (1996)
“Fu-gee-la” arrived as The Fugees completed their transition
011 — You Never Knew | Hieroglyphics × Redwood Empire Pipe Dream
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Track
You Never Knew
Hieroglyphics
3rd Eye Vision (1998)
“You Never Knew” captures what made Hieroglyphics
010 — “Auditorium” | Mos Def & Slick Rick × Elijah Craig Small Batch
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Track — “Auditorium” — Mos Def & Slick Rick
Album: The Ecstatic (2009)
“Auditorium” sounds like a collaboration
09 — “Pigeon” | Cannibal Ox × Sazerac Rye
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Track — “Pigeon” — Cannibal Ox
Album: The Cold Vein (2001)
“Pigeon” closes The Cold Vein with a
08 — Who Got da Props | Black Moon × Old Grand-Dad 114
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Track — “Who Got da Props” — Black Moon
Album: Enta da Stage (1992)
“Who Got da Props”
Rel McCoy
Before we start, pour yourself a glass of Maker’s Mark on ice. Maker’s has been doing the same
07 — Mass Appeal | Gang Starr × Four Roses Small Batch
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Track — Mass Appeal
Album: Hard to Earn (1994)
When Mass Appeal starts, you hear a loop
06 — Make You Feel That Way | Blackalicious × Old Louisville Kentucky Series 8 Year Bourbon
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Drop 06 — Make You Feel That Way | Blackalicious × Old Louisville Kentucky Series 8 Year Bourbon
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05 — Flava in Ya Ear | Craig Mack × Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof
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Track
“Flava in Ya Ear”
Project: Funk da World (1994, Bad Boy Records)
“You won'
MF DOOM
Why the Villain Matters
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