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Ego Trip
Issue #5

Cypress Hill feature, Rickster, War on Graffiti, Geto Boy's Bushwick Bill, Raekwon the Chef, Only Built for Cuban Linx review, Kool G Rap, producer Buckwild, article on Dub music, Mumia Abu Jamal book review, and much more. 50 pages.
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Issue #9

Redman feature, Count Chcocula vs. Akinyele, Iceman George Gervin, Ho-Scope, Rickford Files, Todd Bridges, video game reviews, Manowar, Ego Trip fiction, Mobb Deep, Bad Brains, MOP, Keith Murray, Bounty Killer, the Roots, NBA at 50, Psycho Les, and much more. 106 pages.
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Issue #11 - Rakim Cover

Ego Trip was and is one of the best magazines ever. All my copies are trashed from 50 friends reading them cover to cover in my bathroom. If somebody was in the can too long it could mean only one of two things: the latest News Stand Special or the latest Ego Trip. The first one I ever saw was issue #2 (cover had Method Man wearing a purple hood and staring out from a black background, iced fang fronts flashing like Ozzy on the cover of "Bark at the Moon"). Basically Ego Trip writes hilarious, informative articles makes fun of everybody, and basically don't give a fuck. Somehow they are smart and funny enough to get away with it. By this issue, the magazine's design and production had caught up with its smart-ass and the whole thing was tight.
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Issue #13 - Def Squad Cover

The finale issue! Ted Bawno goes down in gunfire. Featuring: Def Squad, Racial Hair, Chocula vs Fat Joe, Light Skinned vs. Dark Skinned Blacks in Hip Hop, Dead Kennedy roadie, adult film reviews' just get it. You won't be disappointed. 146 pages.
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Issue #8 - Ghostface Cover

In-depth Ghostface Killah feature, Chocula vs. Everlast, Heather Hunter, White Castle, At the Movies, Rickford Files, bluesman RL Burnside, Jeru tha Damaja, LP and 12' reviews, Tim Dog & Kool Keith, Lady Saw, Heltah Skeltah, board game olympics, and much more. 100 pages.
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Issue #7 - Q-Tip, Pos, Large Pro Cover

What a cover. Featuring: Q-Tip/Large Pro/Pos interview, Count Chocula, Rickford Files, Hip Hop Fashion Product Placement Scorecard, Don Ho, the Steady B story, 12 inch reviews, the Fugees, Beenie Man, Pete Rock behind the boards and much more. 64 pages and still yellowing.
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Issue #12 - Gang Starr Cover

Featuring: Gangstarr, Common Sense, Big Daddy Kane, Prince Paul look-a-like contest, Chocula vs. Busta Rhymes, Marley Marl, Greatest Rappers with Lisps, and so much more. I'm wasting my time here. Just get it
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Issue #6

KRS One feature, Count Chocula vs. Count Bass D, Rickford Files, Prince Paul, Ignorant Rhyme of the Month, Why Most Live Hip Hop Performances Suck, LP and 12" reviews, Fat Joe, Buju Banton, Pharcyde and much more. 57 pages.
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Issue #1 - Nas Cover

The 1st issue. Free in New York, $2 outside, the way everything should be! Featuring writing on: Nasty Nas, Beatnuts, the story of KMD's Black Bastards, the Beatminerz, clearing samples, Tales from the Railz, Jeru the Damaja, Phase II, and much more. 50 yellowing pages and you have to pay 5 bucks for it. Time sucks.
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Ego Trip's Big Book of Racism

The folks at Ego Trip have really outdone themselves this time. Setting out on an unprecedented course to tackle the racial makeup (and subsequent racism) that is America. They've created a monster that is extremely offensive, illuminating, deeply researched, and funny as hell. They use the same format that made the Book of Rap Lists so great- the massive amount of info, articles and topics are divided into digestible sections, then further broken down into their genius lists. A sampling: 10 racial rumors worth talking about, the sports racism hall of fame, Chin check: a US phone book suvey, the true race adventures of the Rolling Stones, top 10 whites (according to blacks) + top 10 blacks (according to whites) and so so much more. Design is handled by Brent Rollins of course, with an extra help-out of hilarity from Reas. Just buy it, mongrel.
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