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Frontline Spearheads a West Coast Rap Renaissance

By Eric K. Arnold
East Bay Express | February 8, 2005
Frontline's recording, "What Is It," became an anthemic call to arms for what the upstart underdogs optimistically called the "New Bay" movement. A year and a half later, that movement is huge, and they're on top of it.
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