Word: funk
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...Above may be his magnum opus. It is a consummate progression of the Native Tongues movement (led by De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest) that was eclipsed in the early ’90s by gangsta rap. The album oozes with the legacies of jazz, funk and soul. Like Common’s Like Water For Chocolate or The Roots’ Things Fall Apart, it consciously positions hip hop as the latest development in a long line of soulful black music. But unlike the former, Above never lapses into sleep-inducing self-indulgence. Unlike the latter...
...band played R&B as well as soul, replete with saxaphone, trumpet and guitar accompaniment. Sounding like a mix between Bob Marley and the P-Funk Allstars, Soul Fège had seemed a likely choice to go on to Springfest...
...world, success follows success, nothing stands between you and your dreams. Other weeks, you will be going on your merry way, when all of a sudden, you seem to have angered the gods. Misfortune piles upon misfortune, until you are in such a funk that you just want to throw up your hands at the supernatural forces opposing...
...better hitting day, the Crimson might have rendered the incident a non-issue with a clutch two-out hit. But on a day when Crimson went 1-for-9 with two outs, freshman catcher Schuyler Mann was helpless to snap Harvard out of its funk. He lined out to third, leaving Hendricks on second...
...pretentious name?L'estranger Literary Salon is Luang Prabang's coolest bar, perched on the second floor of a gorgeous teakwood shophouse overlooking the Nam Khan river in Thanon Kingkitsalat. Paper lanterns cast a gentle glow over cushions scattered invitingly about the polished wooden floor, as a mix of funk and trip-hoppy sounds filter from the speakers. Marvel at the collection of old National Geographics lining the upstairs walls or browse in the secondhand bookshop downstairs...