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Print & Magazine

‘The Hieros Return,’ Hip-Hop Connection

It used to be Hieros this, Hieros that. But Souls of Mischief and the rest of the Hieroglyphics clique fell back to earth as quickly as their star had risen. Now the Bay Area bandwagon is back in effect. To infinity and beyond…

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Web

‘Hip Hop, Napster, and the New Music Industry,’ Africana.com

“The net is going to be bigger than television,” says Tajai. “It’s going to be something where everybody is connected.”

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Print & Magazine

‘Hieroglyphics Go It Alone,’ THE WEB Magazine

While major labels do their own online experimentation, some acts such as Hieroglyphics use the Web as their sole means of marketing and distribution.

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Audio Features

Hiero Freestyles: The RealAudio Collection (1993-1999)

An ancient Internet audio format is unlocked as we convert our archive of ’90s Hiero freestyles to MP3.

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Web

‘Hip-Hop Honors Online Progeny,’ WIRED

Artists like Hieroglyphics, who use the web to advance the hip-hop cause, bask in the klieg lights of the Online Hip-Hop Awards.

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Web

‘Grandmaster Flash Plays Hip-Hop Web Awards,’ MTV News

At the 1999 Online Hip-Hop Awards, the Hieroglyphics won big in two categories.

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Audio Features Video

Del the Funky Homosapien’s Video Game Reviews (1997)

Del reviews 3 of his favorite video games for Sega Saturn & Sony PlayStation in this original web feature that first appeared in 1997.

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Audio Features Video

Interview with Domino (Audio) — June 1997

As Hiero was reaching the finish line during the recording of their debut “family album,” 3rd Eye Vision in 1997, I sat down with Domino to get caught up on how the album was progressing.

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Web

Hieroglyphics & discovering early hip-hop on the internet

Sites like Hieroglyphics.com connected like-minded fans and forged relationships. Author John Morrison explores early online hip-hop.

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Web

‘9/3 Till Infinity: Hiero Day gives Oakland a hip-hop holiday’, East Bay Times

Hustling & innovations online lead to the establishment of Hiero Day: an officially-recognized holiday in the city of Oakland, California.