CriticÂs Notebook: Imagining a Summer With a True Hip-Hop Hit
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It has been an odd few months for hip-hop, which was the sound of the summer but not, exactly, the genre of the summer.
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Hip-hop and rock, onstage together: itâs an idea whose time has come. And gone. And come again. And gone again. And so on.
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Rappers love a good feud. Whether  it's East Coast vs. West Coast, or Eminem vs. everyone, the  spats inspire spiteful lyrics that make for juicy listening.
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A New York rapper will be one of the headliners at the Glastonbury Festival in England this summer.
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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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On broiling summer days more than a decade ago, teenagers here spent hours watching breakdancing on "Soul Train" and listening to American rap floating across the radio waves from Florida.
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From clothes to kicks to the liquor they sip, rappers are label connoisseurs. With their attention to trends in both play and work, it's no surprise that they are record label conscious too.
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At the top of Billboard magazine's Hot Ringtones chart: Snoop Dogg and Pharrell's "Drop It Like It's Hot."
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HBOâs âConchordsâ is a summer fling of a series, but it is funny, at times very funny.
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Nike is now offering songs for those who enjoy its sneakers as lifestyle accessories.
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Rappers love a good feud. Whether it's East Coast vs. West Coast, or Eminem vs. everyone, the spats inspire spiteful lyrics that make for juicy listening.
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Artist Aaron Skillman created the turntable controller in his garage in order to promote a hip-hop sensibility.
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Sometimes the songs are all wrong. Like, you're shopping for genitalia in Second Life when your earbuds remind you that it's just "Too Little Too Late." The solution: Pack your iPod with tunes that complement the things you do all day long.
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Classic soul makes a comeback. Look for it by its new name: pop, hip-hop or R&B.
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For reasons of artistry, script or shock value, several productions this summer are using a water effect onstage.
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Rapper Kayne West collected a leading &#39;perfect score&#39; of 10 Grammy nominations for his debut album, The College Dropout. The disc has received rave reviews from critics because it&#39;s stayed away from what have
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It is Hip-hop, as much a source of local pride as the townâs soccer team, that turns out to be a lens through which to examine why this city didnât burn.