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Journalism and Listening Go Hand in HandNewsBlaze, CA - 15 minutes agoThe 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 …

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

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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 …

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Instant ReplayNew 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. ♦

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Music references a cause for parental concern?Meadville Tribune, PA - 6 hours agoRap music, researchers said, is by far the biggest offender - with 86 percent of the songs containing some reference to drugs or alcohol. …

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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 …

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Music Review: The Wu-Tang Clan - 8 DiagramsBlogcritics.org, OH - 5 hours agoThe 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 …

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Journalism Is About ListeningStudent Operated Press, FL - 6 hours agoThe 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 …

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Bittersweet Release from Hip Hop / Rap Artist ProdigyThugLifeArmy.com - 30 Dec 2007The 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 …

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French culture, in just a few stepsBoston Globe, United States - 6 hours agoHis 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 …

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