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Renaissance Renovation #provarlife #deucelove (Taken with Instagram)

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Arbor Sky #provarlife #deucelove (Taken with Instagram)

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Main Street Muscle #provarlife #deucelove (Taken with Instagram)

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State & Liberty #provarlife#deucelove (Taken with Instagram)

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I recently started hearing a buzz about this new "movement" going on.  The Black Opera....Still checkin it out but the music is HOT...stay tuned...

-M. ProVar

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"Hip Hop isn't dead...it just returned home."

People always say that Hip Hop is dead. But the Hip Hop that I initially started listening to was some of the best. The Latifas, Special Eds, EPMDs, BDPs, early NWAs, Eric B and Rakims and others didn't get a lot of radio play. Back then, there was no such thing as "Underground hip hop." Hip Hop WAS underground. People didn't make tons of money off of it. It was just done for the art, the love , and the competition. Rap videos weren’t played on MTV (back when MTV actually PLAYED videos), rappers didn’t make a lot of money, and hip hop created local celebrities rather than international superstars. While I can't stand a lot of the stuff that passes for hip hop on the radio, I understand that “Radio Hip Hop music” has actually become “Pop Music.” This isn’t a knock. I like some pop music and any music that achieves mass appeal (big ups Gang Starr!) actually BECOMES pop music. I mean isn’t “Pop” short for “POPULAR”?? It happened to Rock n Roll and R&B, and it’s happening to Hip Hop. Hip Hop purists just need to accept that fact. Perhaps we’d feel more comfortable if we called it something different. How about, “Hip Pop???” Much like Darwinism’s assertion that man and ape descended from a common ancestor, Hip Hop and Hip Pop have an evolutionary relative but they still coexist as separate species today. I won’t venture to define which is the ape, and which is the human but that’s not the point. There are episodes on the Discovery Channel about both! (LOL) And we can enjoy them both for what they are without being disappointed at what they aren’t. Once upon a time Hip Hop could dwell in the bright lights and big cities of commercialized music but that day is gone. There is just too much business involved and too many hands in the pot. So Hip Hop returned home. To the blocks and the basements, the small clubs and the corners and there are now millions of people worldwide who enjoy it as it was when it began. I’m encouraged when I see videos of Buff 1, 14 KT, Marv 1, Invincible, Now On, and others at local clubs or over in Europe rockin the mic to droves of people who nod in unison. I honestly believe that these “underground” artists would rock the mic whether they got paid or not. Sounds a lot like KRS-One and BDP (circa “fresh for 88 you suckas!!!”) to me. Hip hop isn’t dead…it has actually just returned home.

-M. ProVar

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Return of the High Top Fade

I was watching Unsung tonight and they had the story of Big Daddy Kane.  That cat had the freshest high top fade ever and I just started reminiscing.  If you watch college sports or even see some of the high school kids walking around withHigh top fades.  I, for one, am AMPED to see the return of the high top fade!  I rocked the slope and I think the HTF was one of the DOPEST (yeah I said it) haircuts in history.  I just can't think of a style that was that versatile.  You could PERSONALIZE your high top fade with letters and shapes, parts placed in a variety of areas, etc.  There were even some questionable customization options such as throwin an S-Curl in it or adding color.  The style was just hot to me!  I wish it came ALL THE WAY back so I could rock one today! LOL!!!

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Classic video from back when we used to throw the best parties and events in town.  We're moving to bigger and better things but we can't forget the good old days!