Archive for July, 2008


Westerner

Local rappers on notice
Westerner, Australia - 12 minutes ago


a vast array of international hip-hop acts since emerging from the Ferny Hills region two years ago, described Pure Product’s music as “everyman rap”.

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The nth degree
The National, United Arab Emirates - 2 hours ago


Serious concerns about his credibility began to fall away in 2001, following a lengthy on-record war of words with the Brooklyn rap star Jay-Z,

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Sprunk is part of a subculture in metro Phoenix and throughout the country that's united over love for the music of the underground rap band Insane Clown

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The Mixtape About Nothing
Pitchforkmedia.com, IL - 6 hours ago


epithets at nightclub patrons into the most thoughtful examination of the insoluble problem of the prevalence of the word "nigga" in rap music in years.

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The rapper most known for forming the rap music group Rap Hustlaz, which previously consisted of himself and Memphis rappers Yo Gotti and Kia Shine but

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The Local Cutters
Willamette Week, OR - 5 hours ago


At one point you even said “Rap music is essentially Funk.” Explain what you meant by that. Pete: Well, the samples I was hearing in those earlier rap songs

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Spin city: Get rapped up in Hub’s annual hip-hop fest
Boston Herald, United States - 28 Jul 2008


There’s so much going down this week that a rap fan’s only problem is logistical: How can you get to the circus of events surrounding the 2008 festival?

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Instead, the rap star is perfectly content being just another awestruck fan until he assumes the stage. “I know my limitations,” he said.

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The Phoenix
Reks in effect
The Phoenix, MA - 3 hours ago


So is his new disc a referendum on the state of rap music? Yes — but he has a greater mission than beating on the same cadaver that every “real” MC has
Spin city: Get rapped up in Hub’s annual hip-hop fest Boston Herald
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Brother Arthur has also written and recorded a new Album that is calling out hip hop’s gangster rap artists to use their influence in a more positive way.

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