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Original Broadcast April 21, 2020 Patreon.com/thequestionshiphop questionshiphop.com ORDER THE QUESTIONS HIP-HOP TRIVIA GAME Masta Ace is one of hip hop's greatest storytellers. After making his debut on the Juice Crew's classic posse cut "The Symphony," Ace has many amazing accomplishments throughout his 30+ year career, including membership in hip hop supergroup Crooklyn Dodgers, classic concept albums, full album collaborations with producers like MF DOOM and Marco Polo, and so much more. In this Can't Knock the Shuffle classic episode, we break down the following songs from his catalog: "Think I Am (feat. Big Daddy Kane and MF DOOM)" ('MA_DOOM: Son of Yvonne', 2012) "Crooklyn" (Crooklyn Dodgers) ('Crooklyn' soundtrack, 1994) "Sunken Place" (feat. Pav Bundy) ('A Breukelen Story' w/ Marco Polo, 2018) "Type I Hate" (feat. Leschea and Rah Digga) ('Disposable Arts', 2001) "Bklyn Masala" (feat. Leschea) ('A Long Hot Summer', 2004) "SlaughtaHouse" ('SlaughtaHouse', 1993) "Mathematics" ('The Falling Season', 2016) Masta Ace: https://www.mastaace.com/ The Questions Hip-Hop: Instagram | Twitter Sean Kantrowitz: Instagram | Twitter
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