Archive for January, 2010

Mixtapes Land Deals for New Generation of Rappers
ABC News
"It's like getting a trial subscription to your favorite magazine — you get my music for free, you get to know me, and then hopefully you'll appreciate me

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Los Angeles Times
5 ways to save the Grammy Awards
msnbc.com
This is, after all, a music award show that didn't add Best Rock and Roll Recording as a category until 1962 — six years after Elvis electrified "The Dorsey
It's time to make some Grammy predictionsNew Haven Register (subscription)


10 Things] to watch for at the GrammysBelleville Intelligencer
AP-AM Prep-UrbanFOX11AZ.com
Creative Loafing (blog) -Victoria Advocate -iVillage Entertainment
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Financial Times
Chris Ofili at Tate Britain
Financial Times
Ofili's title refers to Bob Marley's reggae hit but his real musical parallels are the sampling and scratching of hip-hop and gangsta rap.

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Vanguard
I don't wear under wears – Weird MC
Vanguard
But being the kind of person that I am, I have mixed blood flowing in my vein, and that's why my music is diversified from Hip-hop, to Rap and Afro Beat.

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Shawty Lo & Lil Wayne To Release "WTF" Video For The Streets
SOHH
Come 2010, Lil Wayne will have to face the music. The rap superstar appeared in court for a brief appearance this morning (December 15) where a judge set a

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


Us Magazine
Name that Auto-Tune
CBC.ca
Taylor Swift might rap. Some dismiss the fresh-faced country ingénue as milquetoast, but Swift has proved she has more edge (and a better sense of humour)
Lessons of Lady GagaWall Street Journal


It's time to make some Grammy predictionsNew Haven Register (subscription)
AP-AM Prep-UrbanFOX11AZ.com
Belleville Intelligencer -Creative Loafing (blog) -The BoomBox (blog)
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The Guardian (blog)
Mixtape: Songs Inspired by The Catcher In The Rye
Flavorwire (blog)
When they rap/yell/whine “Most likely to suck,” you can't help thinking about the song itself (which might actually be the meta genius of Bloodhound Gang ).
Ten Reasons JD Salinger Was CoolChartAttack


Six degrees of Salinger NationGlobe and Mail

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'Macho Rapper' knocking on hiplife door
Modern Ghana
Watch Twi Pop by Macho Rapper featuring Castro & Wanlov The Kubolor /music/video/video-premiere/509-video-leave-me-alone-by-mimi-feat-4×4 What comes in mind

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Music: Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald at Croydon Clocktower
Surrey Comet
Little Axe represented a return to his roots in blues music after a long period on the rap scene when he formed the house band for pioneering label Sugar

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Lessons of Lady Gaga
Wall Street Journal
Since rap music, he adds, "those taboos have been removed and that, to me, makes her that much more impressive. She doesn't have that easy ticket to

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