ARTICLES BY BUSTA NUT
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 FISH AND GRITS
Ghostface Chows DownWhat more could be said about Ghostface at this point? The guy epitomizes every single thing this magazine stands for. His musical contributions are unsung, yet unmatched. He's single-handedly responsible for the soul sampling that made Kanye famous, the emo raps that became Jay-Z's blueprint, and the Clarks Wallabees that got you through life without wearing a pair of square shoes. His ...
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  LOCKED-UP VS. OUT-AND-ABOUT
Bang'em and Domination Live Their LivesWhat's it like to be an independent artist and have the music industry's top-seller systematically cock-block your every move? Just ask Domination, a young Queens lyricist that 50 Cent really doesn't want you to hear about....
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 BOOM BAP RAP
Prince Whipper Whip ReminiscesWhen you watch a movie like Wild Style, ever ask yourself what those guys are up to now? What happened to the generation of 70s park jams? Let's see, my superintendent claims he was Doug E. Fresh's DJ. Luckily, the career of Prince Whipper Whip...
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 BIRD MAN
Duke Da God Flies HighIt seems that with every issue, we promise never to talk about the Diplomats anymore. But if the conversation veers toward the animal kingdom, how can we not? For one, Cam'ron's most quotable quote is that he "lives in a zoo with a pet cemetery in his closet." But it's not until you realize that Jue...
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 YOU SO KRAYZIE
Bone's Baritone Gets His Mind RightIf you're anything like me, you weren't a fan of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony when they first came out. We were too busy figuring out the lyrics to Bootcamp's "Leflaur Leflah" to care about these tongue-flipping Midwesterners with perms and funny shower caps. Truth be told, it wasn't until their collabo wit...
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 KILL WHITEY AGAIN!
Or At Least Slap Him Really HardWhen we were coming up, all our rapper friends were headwrap-clad Five Percenters who read The Final Call. Where did the hate go? Nowadays every rapper we interview is a stripy-shirt-wearing, smiling buffoon who reads King.
Except M-1 and stic.man of dead prez. With two classic albums under...
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 FREE SHYNE!
Holding It Down Behind BarsIf there's one thing in the world that will make you believe in karma, it's rap music. 50 gets shot, he blows up. Now that he's all blown up, he's about to fall off. Ma$e blows up, everybody hates him, and he retires. Now he makes a comeback and everybody's giddy. And then there's Shyne Po. He never...
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 HEAR ME NOW!
Ms. Thing Teaches The Children WellFor those of us who still have the biggest crush on Patra, it's time to move on. Jamaica's got a new rudegal sex goddess, and her name is Ms. Thing. And she's 17 years old. And she's pregnant. You've heard her win everybody's heart by singing, "I want a dude who will do me in his van, I want a dude ...
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 HOW TO GROW UP IN LONG BEACH
Nate Dogg ReminiscesTen years after its release, it's time to officially recognize Warren G's "Regulate" as hands-down one of the finest moments in music history. Of course, what made the song wasn't Warren's simple rhymes but the straight-faced tenor crooning of OG Nate Dogg. And although he delivered stellar performa...
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 HATE RAP?
Ill Bill's Uncle Changed His MindIs it such a surprise that Brooklyn's most disturbing brutality rapper is responsible for a heartrending New York story of redemption? Is it so hard to believe that the paranoid psycho rap star Ill Bill-he of the alarmist Illuminati rhymes-opened his heart and home to a half-dead, homeless junkie? A...
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 M.O.P.'S MOMMY
The Crazy Fox Behind the ScenesM.O.P. are the music industry's biggest bullies, the gun-clapping Ted Nugents of hip-hop, and probably the only artists whose entire discography can be summed up in three words (I kill you). But when Billy Danze and Lil' Fame sing "Handle Ur Business," they're secretly paying tribute to Fox, the onl...
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 NATURE MAN
Tragedy Khadafi Talks to the TreesWe can rave all we want about the mind-numbing virtues of ignorant rap, but don't you miss the days when Jeru used to drop superscientifical madness? In his latest effort, Queensbridge's unsung hero Tragedy Khadafi finally finds the perfect balance between exotic gunplay and esoteric hip hop science...
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 FLEX DON'T VEX
Elephant Man Pon de NextYou might see Elephant Man rocking his signature army fatigues, trench coat, and yellow sneakers, and think, "Finally, a genre of music that allows artists to dress like elementary-school teachers." You might witness a whole club doing the "Give Dem a Run" dance and, mistaking it for a bastardized v...
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 CABADONNA
Life After the WuRemember Cappadonna from the Wu? What became of the slang editorialist who made his debut on "Ice Cream" and was the Clan's official sharp dresser back when Ghostface was still a dirtbag? Well, Cappachino the Great claims RZA juxed him for every penny of his publishing money. The man who used to bra...
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 KING OF BLING
Gabriel Jacobs Is the New JacobSince the beginning of time, if you were a rapper who wanted jewelry, you had to go see Jacob the Jeweler. Dude had the whole industry ditch Rolexes in favor of his signature multicolored watch, which was in fact the ugliest thing since Master P sneakers....
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 IN DA CLUB
Back in the day, you couldn't be a Latino MC without wearing Nike Cortez, baggy white jeans, and a plaid shirt. Thankfully, Big Pun broadened everyone's horizons by urging MTV audiences to chant, "Boriqua! Morena!" But is there really a middle ground between the Terror Squad and Kid Frost? Couldn't ...
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 JUVENILE HELL
Queensbridge Rapper Littles Is the Original Baby GangstaOut here on the East Coast, all MCs want to do is get signed. It's like a race to see which sucker is going to be the next Fabolous. Our man Littles, however, would turn down just about any record deal. First he stole the show on the last two Mobb Deep projects, with a distinctive voice that sits so...
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 PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE
50 Cent Takes on 30 RappersWe at Vice are taking full credit for 50 Cent getting signed to Eminem's Shady Records. In '99, the song ?How To Rob An Industry Nigga? came out, with 50 Cent namedropping over 30 rappers with shit like, ?I rob Pun without a gun, snatch his piece and run/This nigga weigh 400 pounds, how's he gonna c...
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 YA HEARD?
E-40 Invented Every Rap Word You Ever HeardThe legendary E-40 Fonzarelli will go down in history for three reasons. First, he, along with Too $hort, is one of the first independent rap moguls, scoring a multi-million-dollar major label deal for his Sick-Wid-It imprint way before the No Limits and the Cash Moneys. Second, he's the originator ...
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 NYC HATES THE YING YANG TWINS
But What About a PartyWhile East Coast MCs try their hardest to be complex and lyrical, Southern rappers give us onomatopoeic hooks we can remember. Just think of classics such as "Make 'Em Say Ungggh," "Hootie Hooo," and "Bwok! Bwok! Chickenhead." This year, the crunkness anthem of choice is "Say I Yi Yi" by Atlanta's Y...
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