{"id":124161,"date":"2017-12-19T23:52:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T22:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=124161"},"modified":"2017-12-19T23:52:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T22:52:44","slug":"video-dig-of-the-day-deja-gruv-ft-rakim-youre-not-around-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-dig-of-the-day-deja-gruv-ft-rakim-youre-not-around-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Dig Of The Day: Deja Gruv ft. Rakim &#8211; You&#8217;re Not Around (1996)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wawz2KSa_d8\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Something many of us haven&#8217;t heard. A single featuring the man himself, <em>You&#8217;re Not Around<\/em>  is off promo\/unreleased, very hard to find and only album by <strong>Deja Gruv<\/strong>, titled <em>Luv Jonz<\/em>. <strong>Deja Gruv<\/strong> consisted of a duo, two friends, <strong>Chuck Giscombe<\/strong> (Vocals) and <strong>Ike Lee III<\/strong> (Producer), &#8216;discovered&#8217; by <strong>Faith Evans<\/strong>, who wrote and sung on some of the songs on <em>Luv Jonz<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Official promo CD&#8217;s were pressed but only for promotion in Japan. <em>You&#8217;re Not Around<\/em> was released a year before the album was shelved &#8211; probably in &#8217;97.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by <strong>Kedar Massenburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"124162\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-dig-of-the-day-deja-gruv-ft-rakim-youre-not-around-1996\/deja_gruv-front\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?fit=1430%2C1410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1430,1410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"deja_gruv-front\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?fit=540%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?fit=640%2C631&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?fit=640%2C532&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"532\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?resize=540%2C532&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?resize=768%2C757&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?resize=1024%2C1010&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?w=1430&amp;ssl=1 1430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/deja_gruv-front.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something many of us haven&#8217;t heard. 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