Brooklyn’s rough-necked, rough-voiced, punchline-happy street poet Papoose teams up here with Primo for some good old fashioned beats and rhymes. A sweet blend of organs and strings gets battered left and right by Pap’s tight-as-ever flows with some fantastic scratching from Premier throughout. Enjoy, and be sure to cop Papoose’s The Nacirema Dream, out now on iTunes.

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Fans of Papoose may remember his brief position over at Violator, but he’s well known in Brooklyn and throughout the East Coast for his Law Library mixtapes with Drama King Kay Slay years ago. The Brooklynite is stopped by Tim Westwood over in the UK to discuss his debut record, Nacirema Dream, which is finally hitting shelves on March 5th.

While there, Tim Westwood gets his thoughts on Chris Lighty’s death as well as his beloved Remy Ma’s jail status and conjugal visits.  He also manages to unleash over 10 minutes of nostalgic hip-hop instrumentals.

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