Who says Hip-Hop is Dead? RESPECT. will be giving away two tickets to see Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane and the rest of the Legendary Juice Crew in St. Montclair, New Jersey at the Montclair’s Wellmont Theater. The Juice Crew, which are Queensbridge-based artist were founded in the mid-to-late 80’s. The crew consists of Hip-Hop greats such as Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Kool G Rap, MC Shan, Craig G, Marley Marl, Roxanne Shante and Masta Ace.

The Juice Crew, helped launch the careers of Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante’ and Kool G Rap. Now all the artist are coming together to collaborate and perform some of their greatest and chart topping hits in Montclair! So if you want to be a part of history in the making and see The Juice Crew, you MUST do the following:

• Follow RESPECT. on Twitter (if you don’t already)
• Retweet the tweet that RESPECT. puts out about the concert.

It’s really that simple! Just in case you need a refresher of whom The Juice Crew is and their mastery lyrics, below is a little taste of what you’ll be missing out on if you don’t go and TWEET!

The concert will be held on December 30, 2016 at 8pm at the Wellmont Theater, 5 Seymour St. Montclair, NJ 07042.

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Well, in the interest of paying homage, let’s start off the work week by taking a trip back through Masta Ace‘s highlights.

In 1990, after debuting on the classic Juice Crew “Symphony” record, Masta Ace (then going by Master Ace) released Take a Look Around through Cold Chillin’. He would go on to release a few collaborative projects, as well as a sophomore album during that decade, but it was in 2001 that the Brooklyn MC crafted his opus.

Disposable Arts is a concept album in the highest form. The LP follows Ace’s release from prison as he enters the “Institute of Disposable Arts.” In classic Ace fashion, the album flows between conceptual records and relevant skits (remember those?). The album also features a wordplay record that makes Papoose’s “Alphabetical Slaughter” look amateurish. Pay attention to the story and stream it below in its entirety:

Ace’s follow-up, 2004’s A Long Hot Summer, is another conceptual album. This prequel to Disposable Arts and finds the rapper at home in Brooklyn during, yes, a long hot summer. Ace is continuously pulled down by his friend Fats, as the two are essentially ying and yang. The album, again, is intertwined with songs and skits that ultimately end in his incarceration. You can stream it all here:

Last year we interviewed Ace for his collaborative album with MF DOOM. Read the interview here.

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