Waiting (and Waiting) for a Big Rap Moment
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The rapper All $tar has been Nashvilleâs next big hip-hop thing for so long that the title has stopped seeming like a compliment.
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Press '3' to read this story or hold for a hack
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Is this the chance you've been waiting for? It could be.
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Anyone eager to hire a globally known rapper might want to check out the Web site supporting Jay-Z's Hewlett-Packard commercial.
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SANTA MONICA - A rapper wanted for a stabbing during the taping of the second annual Vibe Awards in Santa Monica remained at large today, authorities said.
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âLip Glossâ is not just a catchy song, itâs a rapperâs signature.
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No introspection for me on Friday night. I went out for the big beat. The post-midnight set was Spank Rock, a rapper who misspells out his obsession in one song, &#8220;Bootay.&#8221; He relied on old-school school electro, rapping with bursts of doubletime the way his acknowledged idols 2 Live Crew, another group of posterior connoisseurs, [...].
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A producer got more than he bargained for when he hit it big.
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Controversial rapper Eminem is about to court more controversy as his mother sets to release a book that reveals that he is not all he claims to be
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With the genre's sales plummeting, rap and its entrepreneurial artists are looking for a turnaround strategy
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The machine that minted a long string of big-name stars, from Snoop Dogg to OutKast, has broken down. What happens now?
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The digital music space is changing, with more songs and a growing number of places to download music legally. Realizing that the time was ripe to see how we were doing, I took some song recommendations and sat down to see what I could download.
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Proof that there still is more to do. On Saturday I got an email from Sylvia saying that a friend of mine had bought her first iPod. It took me a few minutes to figure out that she was talking about herself. Funny, I had never thought about whether she had an iPod or not, but I have been on her case to get a digital camera. So she brought her iPod over, it's one of the new "fatty" nanos with video. It was so funny to see it through her eyes, and even cooler to read her story. I didn't realize that there was a reason she had never gotten an iPod. Sylvia: Sliding into song. I seek out experiences like this. Stones I can turn over that reveal a rich experience, an eye-opener, a bright horizon that doesn't take much time or effort to achieve.
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This American icon seems destined to lag for the forseeable future.
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Steve Jobs' essay questioning the wisdom of selling DRM-wrapped tunes is still spurring lots of discussion about the future of music, and rightly so. In Listening Post.
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It is an enjoyable album which tempts you to press the rewind button.
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Before 2007 is out, Eve, Missy  Elliott, Foxy Brown, Trina, Shawnna and Remy Ma should have new  albums in stores, setting the stage for a banner year in the  world of female rap. For the long-suffering genre, that would  mean that more than two or three titles could finish in the top  100 of Billboard&#39;s year-end Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.