Wild though it was, the Source Awards should be celebrated as an iconic moment in hip-hop history, in which tension and talent coalesced to a magnificent degree. A clap of defiance. Just a year prior at the first-ever, untelevised Source Awards, tensions were already building between Tupac and A Tribe Called Quest, not just further cementing the East versus West Coast rivalry, but also dividing New York into two—a sinister foreshadowing. Retrieved September 17, I don't think it's a coincidence that, on the day that I thought the culture was ending, I would meet the very person I would wind up creating Voodoo with, another paradigm shifting masterpiece—for us.
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