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YouTube Passes the Mic to Users in New Music PromotionEarthtimes.org - 1 hour ago… people to discover, watch and share originally created videos, today announced its second major music promotion, the YouTube OntheRise Rap Edition. …
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Why The Bad Rap?Pollstar - 1 hour ago"The idea that women are objects is prevalent in country music - it's not exclusive to rap," David Cantwell, co-author of "Heartaches by the Numbers: …
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An un-Common rap theme: Lightening upNewsday, NY - 3 hours agoSean Kingston is a music industry rarity - a 17-year-old singer from Jamaica who actually sounds his age. His breakthrough single, "Beautiful Girls," with …Common - Finding Forever DJBooth.netall 3 news articles
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Hip-hop artists reach for soulsTrenton Times, NJ - 3 hours agoThe fusion of rap music with a Christian gospel message is not new. The Rev. DeWayne GoLightly of Kentucky has been performing under the name Rev. …
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The NAACP’s Mock Burial of Its RelevancePopMatters, IL - 4 hours ago… distribution and promotion of rap music (all pop music, in fact), and how that affects what people, fans and non-fans alike, think of the genre. …
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Music Review: Blue Scholars - BayaniBlogcritics.org, OH - 2 hours agoThe latest release from north-western indie label Massline Records — distributed by the landmark rap label, Rawkus Records — will be one of the sleeper …
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Mangini has a lot to live up toFOXSports.com - 5 hours agoAmid practice sessions filled with intensity, rap music (to increase focus simulating game-like noise) and classical music (to stimulate the brain, …
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What Happened to Boston Radio?BostonNOW, MA - 1 hour agoTheir selection of music puts me to sleep. Kiss 108 used to be the bomb in the eighties and nineties; and now they play much too rap. …
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Still kickin' it, klezmer-styleToronto Star,  Canada - 1 hour agoI could rap, but why not get an amazing rapper and bring him together with an amazing singer? Maybe I'll make the beat and I'll write the music but, for me, …
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Young women boostedDallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 2 hours agoThey're not dreaming anymore, and rap music is causing them to disrespect themselves and to disrespect others," Ms. Rolfe said. "We wanted to inspire them …
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