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Tag Archives: Rap

Critiquees – Song of the Year

Our picks for song of 2002: 1) “Into the Fire” by Bruce Springsteen 2) “Work It” by Missy Elliott 3) “Hot in Herre” by Nelly 4) “PDA” by Interpol 5) “45” by Elvis Costello “Hate to Say I Told You So” by The Hives “Fell in Love With a Girl” …

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Killer Crunchie Hippie-Fest This Summer Near Nashville

Check out the serious reefer-sucking lineup for the 2003 Bonnaroo Music Festival June 13-15: three days of camping and jam band-big groove-acoustic roots-world beat-bluesy love everybody vibe headed up by the newly rechristened “The Dead.” 2003 Bonnaroo Confirmed Artists: The Dead Widespread Panic James Brown The Allman Brothers Band Ben …

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Lotsapalookas Returning

Lollapalooza is returning with its founder and original headliner, Perry Farrell and his band Jane’s Addiction: Jane’s Addiction, Queens Of The Stone Age, Audioslave, Incubus, and Jurassic 5 are among the acts that will topline the revived Lollapalooza festival this summer. The event, initially spearheaded by Jane’s frontman Perry Farrell, …

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P. Puffy Diddy Daddy Deals

How many times are you allowed to change your name? Sean Combs signs a deal with Universal: Rap mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, one of contemporary music’s most successful entrepreneurs, has signed a distribution deal with Vivendi Universal’s Universal Records rather than sell the Bad Boy label he says is …

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Rap Rebuttal

We recently linked to an essay claiming hip-hop dead as an art form – writer Pierre Bennu didn’t mince any words: I know you’ve been thinking it. And if you haven’t, you probably haven’t been paying attention. The art we once called hip hop has been dead for some time …

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Rap Cesspool Investigation

Hard core rap has a bad name – it’s about to get worse: Money laundering and drug dealing on the road are at the heart of a federal probe into hot-rising rap label Murder Inc. – home to such stars as Ashanti and Ja Rule – law-enforcement sources said. A …

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“There Are a Few Obstacles”

Like the “Kim: Rot in Pieces” tattoo, the murderous lyrics, she having someone else’s baby, but love conquers all according to Eminem’s grandmother: Betty Kresin told The Post from her home in Missouri that Kim has moved back into the controversial singer’s mansion in suburban Detroit. “They’re back together,” Kresin …

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