Archive for May, 2008


By Press Release | May 29, 2008 Multi-platinum rap music star Busta Rhymes will bring his unique brand of hip-hip to the Prudential Center on May 31st at

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Rappers live their lyrics
Queens Courier, NY - 8 minutes ago


BY JOHN AGOSTA Since bursting on the music scene more than three decades ago, rap music has gotten, well, a bad rap. The icons of the genre, such as Jay-Z,

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VUE Weekly
BACKLASH BLUES – The Bomb Squad drops bass
VUE Weekly, Canada - 1 hour ago


Their sound was arguably the first in rap music to take seemingly arrhythmic or abrasive sounds and combine them with upbeat, funky elements.

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Defamer Australia
Blame France for the New Screenwriting Diddy
Defamer Australia, Australia - 2 hours ago


When's the last time you saw a gangster rap film with meerkats? Never, right? Call us! by misterdirk at 11:30 AM 28/5/08 @Victor Ward: Victor, you're hired.

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

Motor City motormouth Esham inspires rap’s best
Boston Herald, United States - 3 hours ago


“There wouldn’t have been any of those styles if it weren’t for me,” Esham said when asked if he considers his music horrorcore, death rap or any of the

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Jarvis Cocker: the secret of saying the unsayable
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago


That's why rap music has stayed in relatively good health, because it's almost all about the words. Arctic Monkeys have made much of their love of hip hop,

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

Tupac: Political Hero or Commerical Product?
SOHH, Jersey City - 57 minutes ago


more than attempt to duplicate Pac's gangsta aesthetic and/or his fiery rhetoric. Current rap king 50 Cent is perhaps the most obvious example of this.

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

Black Music and American Politics
Nouse, UK - 1 hour ago


Heron also helped lay the foundations for what would later develop into hip hop and rap, genres that would themselves become heavily political.

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Crime of the season
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 3 hours ago


"I think we have the edgiest content on television," says co-star Ice-T, one of the early architects of gangsta rap. "I've always been considered a hardcore

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HipHopDX
Giant Panda – Electric Laser
HipHopDX, CA - 5 hours ago


Most agree that Los Angeles is the city responsible for putting Gangsta Rap on the map and the influential G-Funk sound dominated both the Hip Hop and Pop

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

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