Word: charismas
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Among people who enjoy rap and classic literature it's de rigueur to compare P. Diddy to Jay Gatsby. Both are shadily operating New Yorkers short on charisma and long on cash and shallow dreams. Both also know how to throw a party, and We Invented the Remix is one extravagant hip-hop do. The guest list is perfectly balanced--Ghostface Killah and Black Rob growl for hard-core fans; Mary J. Blige and Ashanti sing soft hooks for the ladies--and shows off Diddy's ability to turn any source material into a danceable groove. He still...
...sign that he's preparing the ground for a rapprochement between his successors and the old enemy. Castro's own idea of his succession involves handing over the commander-in-chief job to his brother Raul, who currently heads up the military. But Fidel is not expecting the charisma-challenged Raul to be the same sort of personality-cult leader as himself, and has already transferred much of the day-to-day running of government into the hands of a younger generation of leaders such as National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon, Council of Ministers Secretary Carlos Lage, and Foreign Minister...
...still a feared man, he has clearly been eclipsed by Qusay, 36. Qusay, say observers in Baghdad and Washington, is a force to be reckoned with. Sober, hardworking and deferential to his father, he is considered as cruel and ruthless as Saddam, though lacking his father's charisma. He never appears in public, but his accumulating strength is evident. He has been "elected" to a leading position in the Baath Party...
Seeking to explain the result, some critics have charged that Jospin simply lacked charisma and that his distant, professorial manner alienated too many potential voters. Others have pointed out that the left-wing vote was split by a proliferation of small, competing parties whose very success robbed the Socialist party of the votes it needed to finish in second place. Still others have suggested that a sense of complacency had developed within France’s two main parties and that they were upstaged by a crafty campaign from Le Pen’s National Front. None of these views...
...lyrics are as central to his music as Bob Dylan’s. A bona fide emcee, J-Live grips the mic with the fire of a hungry artist and the self-assuredness of a professional. He flows like liquid, but his voice resonates with urgency and charisma. His songs are rife with lyrical invention: “One For The Griot” seems like a typical storytelling rap until someone in the studio complains about the violent ending, prompting him to rewind—twice—to come up with a better conclusion...