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It's a sign of 2009: Looking back on pop cultureNewsday, NY - 1 hour agoWith those prosaic words, the Sugarhill Gang samples Chic's "Good Times" and introduces most of America to rap music. • " Star Trek: The Motion Picture" …

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Album sales continue to slide in '08Variety, CA - 3 hours agoEvery genre was down - classical was off 26%, both R&B and rap were down by more than 19%. The year's biggest selling album was Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III …The Orange County Register OCRegister2008 US Music Purchases Exceed 1.5 Billion; Growth in Overall … MarketWatch […]

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Resolving my ResolutionsCBS News, NY - 4 hours agoI will have unnecessary cosmetic surgery so that I am disqualified from giving blood and send gangsta rap CDs to my local senior center. …

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Pint-size Rapper Steph has big, booming voiceBoston Herald, United States - 4 hours agoShe admits she’s not confident enough to quit college to pursue music full time. But if her rap career doesn’t pan out, the strong political and social …

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"The Cosby Show" will be celebrating its silver anniversary on …Newsday, NY - 26 minutes agoWith those prosaic words, the Sugarhill Gang samples Chic's "Good Times" and introduces most of America to rap music. • " Star Trek: The Motion Picture" …

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Malcolm X Abram: 2009 may bring some surprisesAkron Beacon Journal, OH - 6 hours agoWith hip-hop sales still plummeting and gangsta cliches finally running their course, a new subgenre arises, Gentleman Rap. The new craze finds once angry …

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New Music: Skillz - ”08 Rap Up’Rap-Up.com, CA - 2 hours agoIt took him a little longer than usual, but Skillz has come through with his annual “Rap Up,” recapping the last year in hip-hop and R&B. …

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Rapper 'Toughs' Cuffed, Stuffed, HumiliatedGlossy News (satire), WA - 12 hours ago“I’ma Mutha-F’ing Gangsta, I should get my creds.” The arrests came after 50 Cent, a former crack dealer from Queens whose real name is Curtis Jackson, …

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Prizes are music to pupils' earsShields Gazette, UK - 33 minutes agoThe RAP event, now in its 12th year, was organised by South Tyneside Council with support from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service. …

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Clarion News

‘Annoying’ heart attacks aside, Jack and his music are backClarion News, PA - 2 hours agoBoth arrangements are credited in Nelson George’s influential book “Hip Hop America ” with being the source of the first ever rap music samples.

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