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In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli," Kweli sits down with rapper, writer, producer, and original member of the legendary Juice Crew: MASTA ACE Here's what we got into: • Ace's bars exemplifying rhyme schemes that shaped Talib as an emcee. • Rakim's innovations of rhyme patterns impacting how Ace approached writing. • How the song, 'Crooklyn Dodgers' for the 1994 Spike Lee joint, 'Crooklyn' came together. • Ace being fully immersed in the early stages of hip hop, growing up in Brownsville, BK. • Going to Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay High School and joining the football team. • Working as a HS football coach for 11 years, while keeping his identity under wraps. • Ace winning the first rap contest he entered himself in, in 1986. • How Ace landed himself a spot on the Juice Crew and the song, 'The Symphony.' • A young Ol' Dirty Bastard getting himself kicked off the Cold Chillin' tour. • The impact of Ace's debut, 'Take A Look Around' and how he feels about it now. • Peopl...

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