Archive for September, 2009


Washington Post
Singer: Slayings off limits to horrorcore rappers
The Associated Press
But the recent slayings in the little college town of Farmville, Va., have shaken the underground music scene. "We rap about it, and it finally happens,"
Bizarre musical genres lurking all alongCharlottesville Daily Progress



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Tongue N' Cheek | Dizzee Rascal
Student Life
don't know of Mills, he is one of the stars of “grime” music. This largely underground East London genre combines dance hall with heavier-hitting rap.

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Contactmusic.com
50 CENT WORTH THE WAIT
Contactmusic.com
50 – who grew up in a tough New York neighourhood – also spoke about gangsta rap, insisting it is still relevant to modern society.

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Was music behind grisly slayings?
Albany Times Union
fingers quickly began pointing toward horrorcore, the subterranean strand of rap music that first brought the aspiring rapper and the victims together.

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

New sounds, visions on classical dvds
Philadelphia Inquirer
A collage of ultra-dense traffic is incongruously accompanied by a lullabye, though appropriate rap music is heard while the camera races down the nighttime

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Listening to Rap Music While Driving Increases Accident Risk
MedIndia
"But if you listen to rap music in the car, you are most likely to be young and male and unfortunately that is the target group least likely to listen to

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Jason: it's business not culture
Kansas City Star
It is poetry and deserves some time in the classrooms, even the “gangsta rap”. But extending the art to the field of culture seems more like commercialism.

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guardian.co.uk
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee: this is England, on a budget
guardian.co.uk
"And I kind of recognised him because he'd been well thought-of a few years back on the British rap scene. He'd been played on Tim Westwood's show,

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Sydney Morning Herald
Eminem's Record Label Bites at Apple in Closely Watched Detroit
Am Law Litigation Daily
We begin with Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, aka Slim Shady, the rap artist who, we were surprised to learn, is the top-selling artist of this decade (and,
Apple v Eminem iTunes battle rages onComputerworld


Apple bids to avoid court date with Eminemguardian.co.uk
Apple Hanging Out On Last Minute Reprive By Rapper EminemSmart House
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Examiner.com
Hip Hop 101 With KRS-One
New University Online
He is often credited for paving the way for hardcore gangster and socially aware rap music. The social consciousness for which KRS-One is famous made its
Eminem, Kid Rock, The Roots Pay Tribute To Def Jam At vh1's 'Hip MTV.com


Eminem, DMX, The Roots Pay Tribute To Def Jam At 2009 VH1 Hip-Hop Billboard
Ja Rule Declares DMX Rap Beef Dead, "Me & X Made Up"SOHH
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