{"id":109239,"date":"2016-08-19T18:52:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T16:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=109239"},"modified":"2016-08-19T18:52:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T16:52:55","slug":"above-the-law-la-weekly-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/above-the-law-la-weekly-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Above The Law LA Weekly Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"109240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/above-the-law-la-weekly-article\/above-the-law-michael-miller-ruthless-records\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/above-the-law-michael-miller-ruthless-records.jpg?fit=745%2C515&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"745,515\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/above-the-law-michael-miller-ruthless-records.jpg?fit=640%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"above-the-law-michael-miller-ruthless-records\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/above-the-law-michael-miller-ruthless-records.jpg?resize=540%2C373&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/above-the-law-michael-miller-ruthless-records.jpg?w=745&amp;ssl=1 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It should come as no surprise that <strong>YG<\/strong>&#8216;s faithful evocation of mid-\u201990s Southern California G-funk, <em>Still Brazy<\/em>, has dominated this summer of record heat, gun violence, police brutality and polarizing politics.  <strong>Above the Law<\/strong>\u2019s 1994 out-of-print magnum opus 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