{"id":4849,"date":"2010-01-17T18:50:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T17:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=4849"},"modified":"2010-01-17T18:50:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T17:50:31","slug":"between-a-roc-and-a-hard-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/between-a-roc-and-a-hard-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Between a Roc and a Hard Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8781040&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In this 3rd (and final) installment of his NY Minute entrevue 88-Keys goes back to \u201801, when he and Kanye West met in a Chelsea studio. 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