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...debut I Phantom is a momentous occasion. Having spent years building up a following in his native Boston releasing raw singles and playing awe-inspiring live shows, Lif was becoming increasingly hot property and was snatched up by the powerhouse underground label Definitive Jux. He released an EP on Def Jux this summer entitled Emergency Rations, an angry firestorm of an album that included on its lead single the lyrics “Headlines: Bush steals the presidency” and “Planes hit the towers and the Pentagon / Killing those the government wasn’t dependent...
...when you consider the recent developments in the career of MARIAH CAREY. Dropped from the Virgin record label four months ago because of poor sales, the singer was sent away with a $28 million parting gift. Now her failure is paying off again. She has just signed with Island Def Jam Records, a division of Universal Music Group, for a three-album deal worth more than $20 million. The pact will allow Carey to have her own label and explore opportunities in film and television...
...primetime exposé on hip hop music last month, it was tempting to lose faith in the mainstream media all over again. True to the sensationalist American “news,” the show blasted mainstream hip hop’s depravity, even admonishing Russell Simmons (Def Jam’s founder) in a comically stern interview for promoting hip hop music in spite of poor literacy levels among black children...
...Goldberg (B) def. Choo...
DOUBLES: 1. Arlak-Beck (B) def. Bergman-Lingman (H) 8-6. 2. Martire-Hyotte (H) def. Wong-Zeff (B) 8-4. 3. Broughton-McGinty (H) def. Meath-Casey (B) 8-0. SINGLES: 1. Lingman (H) def. Beck (B) 6-0, 6-1. 2. Martire (H) def. Marianella (B) 6-1, 6-1. 3. Broughton (H) def. Arlak (B) 6-0, 7-5. 4. Naqushbandi (H) def. Meath (B) 6-3, 6-1. 5. McGinty (H) def. Wong (B) 6-2, 6-1. 6. Timoney (H) def. Casey...