Archive for June, 2007

MJC's Midweek Rap Roundup
FemaleFirst.co.uk, UK - 11 hours ago
Music publishers representing artists such as Kanye West and R Kelly have filed a law suit against rapper Jay-Z's 40/40 sports bar in Manhattan.

Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

Interesting medical question
Ocala.com, FL - 13 hours ago
Gee, Bob, I didn't know the CIA was into rap music! Why do they call rap "music"? The monotonic delivery could be called a chant, but "music" is a peculiar

Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

2007 BET Music Awards Brings Top Talent to Media Day Event
Blogcritics.org, OH - 21 minutes ago
Many were asked their thoughts on the whole Imus/Hip-Hop thing and misogyny in rap music, most of them returned by basically giving the safe answers without

Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

Music Review: Asia – Fantasia: Live In Tokyo
Blogcritics.org, OH - 47 minutes ago
Young people were just turning on to rap, hip hop and grunge rock, which hit on themes they could associate with. The phenomenal rise of Pacific Coast bands

Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back


PopMatters
Rap, Country and 'Bland' That Just Don't Mix
PopMatters, IL - 1 hour ago
While he raps throughout, his music is most firmly rooted in rap metal, not hip hop. And the country elements are so far on the pop side of the country
Country music duo Big & Rich go mainstream Chicago Tribune
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Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

Fighting Stereotypes: Taking The Rap
XPRESS, United Arab Emirates - 1 hour ago
By Awad Mustafa, Staff Reporter Two young Emirati brothers are harnessing the power of rap music to fight global stereotypes confusing Arab identity with

Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

Hip, Hot, and Proud to be Roma
Dzeno Association, Czech Republic - 2 hours ago
Banga is a pioneer of rap and hiphop in the Czech Republic and is one of the first ?Roma rappers.? His music fuses the rhythmic poetry and message of
Hip, Hot, and Proud to be Roma TOL (subscription)
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Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back


Idolator: All About The Music
RIAA sued for malicious prosecution
VNUNet.com, UK - 2 hours ago
Tanya Andersen and her eight year-old daughter were charged with downloading gangster rap and other music. Andersen, who is disabled and a single mother,
Beaverton mother sues recording industry, could make history kgw.com (subscription)
Exonerated defendant sues RIAA for malicious prosecution Ars Technica
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Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

Rapper's Delight
Entrepreneur - 6 hours ago
"Prior to rap music, I guess people saw cool guys like Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Cab Calloway, drinking and smoking cigarettes, and fans would do that

Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

From Chaos to Community: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip Hop
Twin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 5 hours ago
Such a move counters the telescoped definition that hip hop is only rap music. Chang, the author of the critically acclaimed Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A

Original post by rap music – Google News and software by Elliott Back

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