FEATURES
81 // CAN’T TELL ME NOTHIN’
YOUNG JEEZY opens up about Keyshia Cole and meeting Republican presidential candidate John McCain. By Benjamin Meadows-Ingram. Photographed by Martin
Schoeller.
88 // BRINGIN’ ’88 BACK
PUBLIC ENEMY, inspiring a nation of mil- lions! Get out your Pony sneakers and start reciting all the TOO $HORT and KRS-ONE lines you know by heart: We’re celebrating 1988, the greatest single year in the history of hip hop. We salute: SLICK RICK, EPMD, ICE-T, BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS, 2 LIVE CREW, GETO BOYS, THE JUICE CREW, RAKIM, N.W.A, BIG DADDY KANE, RUN DMC, MC LYTE, and THE JUNGLE BROTHERS. PLUS: A guide to the events of that tumultuous year.
98 // I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T
Four rappers log on, and the Internet is bent to their will. By Chris Yuscavage.
Photographed by Lionel Deluy.
102 // THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE
Pick who you think deserves the crown— and then log on to VIBE.com to vote!
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104 // AMERICAN GLADIATORS
Beijing-bound Olympic hopefuls go for the glory—and the glam. PlUS: What beats are they training to? Photographed by Mark Zibert. Styled by Memsor Kamaraké.
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37 // V RAP: BURIED ALIVE
Hip hop is dead, you say? Um, how about not. Check out the 19 reasons it’s actually not
just alive, but kickin’. PLUS: T.I. on his new album, JIM JONSIN on producing smash
hits, and an ode to rapper-turned-actor COMMON’S latest work.
57 // V Mix: MISS RAP SUPREME
Legendary female rappers, then and now.
NEXT: SINCE I GOT FAMOUS...
63 // RICK ROSS
64 // RICH BOY
66 // LIL BOOSIE
68 // LIL MAMA
70 // YUNG BERG
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20 // EDITOR’S LETTER
22 // V PLAYLIST
24 // THE GUEST LIST
28 // INBOX
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73 // Slept-on hip hop albums that should be in your collection. If your collection is all
that. FEATURING: Schoolly D. A.Z. Kurupt. Casual. U.N.L.V. Convicts.
Onyx. Diamond D and the Psychotic Neurotics. Devin The Dude. Kokane. Fiend &
Three 6 Mafia. Busdriver. Class A Felony. Common. Cormega. Bahamadia. Above The Law. Antoinette. Critical Condition. Da Headbussaz. Sticky Fingaz. Federation. The
Krown Rulers. Odd Squad. Dungeon Family.
78 // THE ULTIMATE 90:
Hip hop’s best “Bonnie & Clyde” tracks.
114 // DETAILS
120 // 20 QUESTIONS
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starboy2k9 says:
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July 22, 2008 at 6:43 pm
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msdsmith says:
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At first I was happy to see Young Jeezy on the cover, until I read his interview and heard what he said about Keyshia and his son. Jeezy is always talking about being 100%, but in this interview he proved that he was 2%. To tell the world that Keyshia asked him to marry him in his bedroom and he turned her down, shows just how lame he is. He called Keyshia a little girl in the article, but it seems to me that he's a little boy. No one should have to set the record straight everytime the media says something that's not true. For every record you set straight another media will flip that. As long as the two of you knew that the baby rumor wasn't true, that's all that matter. Young Jeezy is so concerned with keeping it 100% that he doesn't have time for his own child, how sad is that. Keyshia is better off without him. It takes a lot of courage to ask a person to marry you and to have some one blast you in a public magazine is gutless. Young Jeezy rhymes are tight, but his spirit is wack.
July 20, 2008 at 9:24 pm
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MRSWRIGHT says:
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1ST OF ALL I FLIPPIN LOVE JEEZY. "COME SHOP WIT ME" HELPED ME GET THREW MY MOTHER PASSING AWAY. THE WAY JEEZY PUTS HIS LYRICS TOGETHER IS JUST OUTSTANDING TO ME AND WHEN I GO OUT TO THE CLUBS NOT IF I DON'T HEAR SOMETHING ANYTHING FROM HE I USUALLY LEAVE OR PAY THE DJ TO PLAY MORE OF JEEZY. AGAIN I LOVE YOU JEEZY AND KEEP DOING WHAT THE HECK YOU (YOU GOOD AT IT). GOD BLESS
July 3, 2008 at 11:24 am
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blackboy says:
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man i love u jeezy man jeezy did some shit dat another rappper wuld not never do jeezy came n da hood n showed some heavy heavy love man jeezy i love u fa dat u a real nigga i cant believe i actually seen dis man huged him n took a picture jeezy had da hood goin crazi jeezy u did dat u showed us show heavy heavy love man 794 f**ks withcha
July 3, 2008 at 11:03 am