Word: artisticness
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...were in a mood to do mindless hip movement it’d be 50 Cent. 8.FM: Who’s the greatest rapper of all time? MM: I will always appreciate Tupac, because I thought that he wasn’t a one-note kind of artist. He was interesting, and he was entertaining.9.FM: You seem to have taken part in your own East Coast/West Coast beef. Does coming back to Harvard mean you agree that East Coast rap wins?MM: No...not coming back to Harvard, no. If you said coming back to New York, maybe. The Hiphop...
...than a bullfight? I’d read enough Hemingway to find the stone ring and the matadors’ colorful costumes—in short, the whole experience—dazzling and awe-inspiring. (Sentences such as, “Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor” can’t but make one want to participate in, or at least observe, said sport.) I was ready for death...
...west wall of Hong Kong's City Hall is the kind of canvas graffiti artists long for. Unsullied and several stories high, its white surface can be seen from some of the city's busiest roads. It has never been "tagged" - to use graffiti parlance - but that doesn't deter local artist MC Yan, who is famous for having left his work on, of all places, the Great Wall...
...engaging writing style that even the weaker essays are still enjoyable to read.In any book that blends art and science, there is always a danger that the discussion will fall into the could-a-monkey-and-a-typewriter-reproduce-Shakespeare trap, that the author will try to quantify artistic expression into a set of scientific facts and data. But Sacks is not interested in reducing musical creativity to the firing of neurons or the flowing of hormones. He has a deep sense of respect for the unique possibilities of artistic expression and claims, quoting Schopenhauer’s assertion that...
...Carnival Jam” may actually sample the music of every continent, and that includes Antarctica. Which brings us to Jean’s obsession with collaborators. Anytime an album is as chock-full of guest appearances as this one, you start to wonder about the strength of the artist behind the album. Wyclef’s always been big on collaboration, but this album takes that impulse to extremes. Often, the biggest stars do the least for the songs. Serj Tankian of System of a Down opens up “Riot” with angsty screams...