Archive for December, 2007


Journalism and Listening Go Hand in Hand
NewsBlaze, CA - 15 minutes ago


The fact that there is a controversial sub-genre called gangsta rap sometimes distracts us from the fact that rap represents a large segment of our

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


The hip-hop world seemed be going backward in 2007
Belleville News Democrat,  USA - 31 Dec 2007


Or that two rap cash cows, Jay-Z and TI, dropped major releases under the premise that they were "concept records" or, better yet, as Jay-Z put it,

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

Debate through a hip-hop lens
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 1 hour ago


At their extremes, are the sentiments expressed in debate and rap all that different? Similarities run all through the trailer as Denzel is for sure

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


Instant Replay
New Yorker, United States - 4 hours ago


Gently Weeps” is moving, if bizarre; and songs like “Campfire” and “Stick Me for My Riches” demonstrate that the gangsta-rap genre isn’t played out. ♦

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


Music references a cause for parental concern?
Meadville Tribune, PA - 6 hours ago


Rap music, researchers said, is by far the biggest offender – with 86 percent of the songs containing some reference to drugs or alcohol.

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


The Voice
Stop blaming Rap
The Voice, UK - 4 hours ago


Their subscriptions end at music purchases and the occasional fashion nod, as trends are supposed to be reasonably utilised. In other words, they think out

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


Music Review: The Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams
Blogcritics.org, OH - 5 hours ago


The Wu’s epic reign over rap music in the 1990s coincided with the height of my Hip-Hop appreciation, when the only sounds playing in my 1983 Volvo and in

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



Student Operated Press
Journalism Is About Listening
Student Operated Press, FL - 6 hours ago


The fact that there is a controversial sub-genre called gangsta rap sometimes distracts us from the fact that rap represents a large segment of our

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



ThugLifeArmy.com


The new album released by Voxonic Music will be rap artist Prodigy's second official hip hop solo album. HNIC Part 2 returns "P" to the more edgy real life

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


French culture, in just a few steps
Boston Globe, United States - 6 hours ago


His French friends often feel out of touch with the hip-hop and rap popular in American clubs, he said, and prefer the music at Jalouzet and Derosne's

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

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