Duck’s bad rap - Register-Guard
Football coach Chip Kelly loves it. Athletic director Mike Bellotti loves it. Anyone and everyone who loves Duck football seems to love it. So what’s the problem? Why are the University of Oregon’s feathers ruffled by a comical rap music video ...November 20, 2009
Putin talks rap at music awards - Statesman
LONDON, 16 NOV: After his shirtless fishing adventures, Russian Prime Minister Mr Vladimir Putin has made his foray into the world of rap and break-dancing. Mr Putin's surprise appearance on a music channel to hand out awards came as a shock even to ...November 16, 2009
Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles of all time - Top40-Charts
This month (September, 2004), Hip-Hop celebrates 25 years of commercial success. The artform had existed on the underground for years, but things changed. Rap music originated as a cross-cultural product. Most of its important early practitioners ...November 18, 2009
The man behind the music - Daily Princetonian
Q : A lot of people don't know how big a role producers play in pop and rap music. When I told a friend of mine that the same guy produced Lil' Wayne and T.I. and Beyonce, they couldn't believe their ears. Does it bother you that producers are often ...November 18, 2009
MTV Cuts "Obama Fried Chicken" From Rap Video - NBC New York
A recently released music video for "Popular Demand" by the Clipse featured the awning of the infamous Obama Fried Chicken joint in Brownsville, Brooklyn. But in comparing versions of the video airing on MTV and elsewhere, it looks like the TV ...November 20, 2009
O’Reilly Unamused by Eminem’s Antics - New University Newspaper
Once again, Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly attempted to anger the hip-hop community by criticizing Eminem’s latest music video and the media corporations that produced the work. The rapper recently stepped out of a Michael Jordan-like retirement ...November 20, 2009
Why won’t rappers rap about marriage? - Popmatters.com
Luckily, patriarchal masculinity is not disrupted by this ratio, and in facts rewards men for “conquering all that pussy”, according to much commercial rap music, as well as big and small screens. Moreover, “Women are penalized for waiting to ...November 16, 2009
Has anyone else seen "Rappin'," the rap movie musical from 1985? - Seattle Times
The movie feels like it was made by tons of people, each of whom thought they were making a different movie, none of whom had ever actually listened to rap music. Bad things about "Rappin'": 1. The acting. Pornographic movies have better acting than ...November 16, 2009
Sounds of the underground - Ventura County Reporter
Much is written about the local music scene, but one genre that undeniably receives little to no attention is hip-hop. It’s strange, too, because rap music and the vast culture that it’s spawned is more evident on a daily basis than any other ...November 19, 2009
Wells rapper gives Maine a rap act worth following - Seacoast Online
Ryan "Spose" Peters hasn't been shot nine times and doesn't boast about his street rep. Maine's reigning champion of hip-hop is "coming straight out of Wells" and is a true musician who doesn't pretend to be anything but himself. Spose is only 24 but ...November 19, 2009
