{"id":204157,"date":"2024-10-31T10:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T09:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=204157"},"modified":"2024-10-30T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:54:47","slug":"a-f-r-o-stu-bangas-hip-hop-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/a-f-r-o-stu-bangas-hip-hop-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"A-F-R-O &#038; Stu Bangas &#8211; Hip-Hop Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c-MT0Rpffy0?si=T9kC4qer2-D6G8tO\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>A-F-R-O<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Stu Bangas<\/strong> are out with a brand new collaborative project, &#8220;The Bad And The Ugly.&#8221; One of the tracks on the album is the energetic &#8220;Hip-Hop Tournament.&#8221;\u00a0 Many icons of the game are given honorable mentions on this one, as A-F-R-O imagines a variety of rap battles with crazy match-ups, like <strong>Big Daddy Kane<\/strong> vs. <strong>Kool G Rap<\/strong>, <strong>MC Lyte<\/strong> vs. <strong>Queen Latifah<\/strong>, or<strong> Redman &amp; Method Man<\/strong> vs. <strong>EPMD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Digital version of &#8220;The Bad And The Ugly&#8221; is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/brutalmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-bad-and-the-ugly-stu-bangas-and-a-f-r-o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>, while physical editions and merch can be ordered right <a href=\"https:\/\/brutalmusicstore.ecwid.com\/THE-BAD-AND-THE-UGLY-MERCH-c174000754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"204181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/a-f-r-o-stu-bangas-hip-hop-tournament\/a-f-r-o-stu-bangas-hip-hop-tournament-thumbnail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A-F-R-O-Stu-Bangas-Hip-Hop-Tournament-Thumbnail-png.webp?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"A-F-R-O &amp;#038; 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