Archive for December, 2008

THE FILM STRIP: Jamal Woolard is Biggie …
Eurweb.com, CA - 6 hours ago


Angela, did you walk away with a different opinion of rap music after doing this film? “I don’t think so,” she mused. I recognize that there is some that is

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With 2008 nearly in the books, it's time to look ahead to 2009 and the exciting entertainment that the new year will bring. Our critics offer what they're

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New York Times
Taking a Victory Lap as New Arena Champ
New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago


Sunday night at the Susquehanna Bank Center here — an early stop on this rapper’s I Am Music tour and his first time headlining in arenas — he did his best

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DMX – "Party Up": It took a "greatest party songs" ever to get rap to number one on my list, but here it is. Not only is this song the greatest party song

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New York Times
Music Review | Lil Wayne
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago


The emo-rap band Gym Class Heroes was bedeviled by sound problems that rendered the majority of its set all but incomprehensible. The slinky up-and-coming

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Los Angeles Times Blogs
Navigating the recession with E-40
Los Angeles Times Blogs, CA - 8 hours ago


“Over the past few years, rap music went into a phase where people’s ears are all over the place now. At one time there was West Coast and East Coast and

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SOHH


Jay-Z has received nods in various categories including "Best Rap Solo Performance" for his hit record "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is..

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Prefixmag


The item in question comes from the UK, where the Telegraph is reporting a University of New Mexico professor’s assertion that rap music has its origins in…
'Rap music invented in medieval Scottish boozers, not New York' The Publican
Rap music 'invented in Scotland' The Sun
Rap music originated in medieval Scottish pubs, claims American Telegraph.co.uk
Scotland on Sunday - Times of India
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Change.org names Musgrave a 2008 'villainesse'
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 11 hours ago


"Either people thought I was him or the rapper that's like really big into gangster rap, neither of which I am," he said, laughing. In addition to Musgrave,

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'Rap born in Scottish pubs, not on NY streets'
Times of India, India - 1 minute ago


30 Dec 2008, 0045 hrs IST, PTI LONDON: Rap, a music genre consisting of a rhythmic vocal style accompanied with backing beats, is long believed to have

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