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Never heard of it? More accurately, it should be “the science of droppin'”, but you are probably none the wiser. Neither were we until we wandered into an out-of-the-way bookshop in London and stumbled upon a little book called Droppin’ Science from Three Rivers Press. Admittedly, it wasn’t in the science section, but then the bookshop didn’t seem to have one. (We can’t be sure as the owner told us, “If you can’t see the book you want, it’s probably been stolen.”)

Droppin’ turns out to be hip-hop parlance for dropping a clever bit of true street wisdom into your songs or conversation. Usually it is…

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