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Well, there's music in the air, but it ain't campfire songs. It's the sound of white rapper Eminem and his gay-taunting, mom-bashing, wordplay-loving new album The Marshall Mathers LP (Aftermath/Interscope). The old take on white rappers (circa the 15-min.-long Vanilla Ice era) was that they were, for the most part, whites who wanted to be black. But the new breed of white rappers--guys like Eminem, Kid Rock and the punkish Bloodhound Gang--is proudly white, and they tell you all about it on their songs (Kid Rock's new album...
...Obsessed. Ain't it great to feel like you have a good sense of perspective? However misguided that sentiment might be? Here's to those who push it a little far with whatever their calling might be: people, random causes, personal missions. Who remind you, for whatever reason, that you're handling it all just fine...
...just about given up hope of employment, partly because she had not developed any skills in the 20 years since her high school graduation. After Oakland Community College contacted her for a training program it runs with Kelly Services, she missed her first interview, telling herself, "This ain't going to happen." A counselor, however, rescheduled the appointment and even drove Mock to it. The week before Christmas, Mock was hired as an administrative assistant at a General Motors truck plant in Pontiac, answering phones, setting up meetings and handling other secretarial duties. With fringe benefits, which she had never...
...mean a thing if it ain't got that swing," he sang, and the crowd parroted back loudly. Students had considerably more trouble keeping up when the singer began scatting...
...between sets and said, "Let me talk to you here, boy. I understand what you're doing. I'm an international man. I've traveled. I've been to Europe. I've heard the Rolling Stones play. But what you're playing up there is black music. Ain't two black people between here and Missoula. And they're only here because we let 'em stay. Out here, a man's been out hefting hay in the field all day, he comes to hear a band at night, and he wants to hold a woman. He wants something nice...