Archive for May, 2009

Rebuilding the balance sheet and ready for rap
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom


He is the only 55-year-old I have met who says he loves rap music; he was suspended from his grammar school sports teams after bunking off early to watch his beloved Spurs attempt to stop Arsenal winning the Double in 1971 and has been with Barbara,

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


And I'm working on music for Skillz, who people know from the year-end rap-ups. But no one has really sat down to give him the direction that shows just how talented an MC he is. I like taking on projects like that because it's unexpected.

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Claiming O'Reilly attacks rap music due to its popularity, Dot also pointed out the ways criticism helps hip-hop. "I love it [when he talks hip-hop]," Dot explained in an interview. "We need that. We need more Bill O'Reilly's because all that's gonna

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


Let it also be known that, while one of my favorite artists in music right now, I have from time to time gone through such a love/hate relationship with the rapper/actor that I've praised/denounced him on again/off again almost at the same time.

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


New York Daily News
Rookie police officer Omar Edwars
New York Daily News, NY


An onslaught of gangsta rap and other cultural garbage bolsters the bias. We pay a heavy price by letting racist imagery, words and accusations slosh around society unchecked and unchallenged. In the tense, split-second needed to separate a cop from a

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


Los Angeles Times


his bootleg mash-up of the Beatles' "White Album" with rap a cappellas from Jay-Z's "The Black Album." It set the two on a collision course. "I thought the music was fantastic without knowing anything about who Danger Mouse was.

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


"And while I was at the rap label, they let me do my own thing. But there was no bad reason for leaving; sometimes it's just time to move on." Born Mary Christine Brockert, Teena Marie began her career at Motown, mentored by former labelmate and fellow

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


Times Online


Later it was tainted by the shootings of gangsta rappers, rap lyrics that celebrated violence and misogyny, and the desecration of public spaces with large, loud graffiti. The negative connotations linger. But the triumph of the 14-year-old George

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


Def Jam is planning a new rap-related video game title with 4mm Studios. The new game, titled Def Jam Rapstar, is currently being developed as a Hip-Hop karaoke title. According to developers working on the game, Rapstar will cover over 30 years of

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


"I've been listening to rap since it began, probably about 1980," he said. "That was when the Sugar Hill Gang came out along with all the original rappers. I followed the progression of rap music and became interested in 1996 in writing it.

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

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