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...RAPS, SO HIS DEBUT GOT FILED under hip-hop by default. But this Chicago-born Jay-Z protg?? relies on orchestral swells far more than beats, and his subjects range from an indictment of rap fantasies ("Now come on everybody, let's make cocaine cool/ We need a few more half-naked women up in the pool") to a gentle skateboard romance as innocent and sincere as Annette Funicello...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Best Albums | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

Like so many other famous professors, Jeezy’s mostly inaccessible. But when he does open up, on the album’s eclectic second half, the results are fascinating. “Bury Me A G?? has Jeezy rapping about getting shot over a Kanye-inspired track provided by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. It’s “Through The Wire” with even more bombast and even less verisimillitude (the unpunctured Jeezy’s no 50 Cent...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD OF THE WEEK: Young Jeezy | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...resist: 5. Every moment with Mr. T (“Rocky III”)—If you really don’t know why this made the list, you need to go watch yourself some “A-Team.” 4. Protég??-turned-no-good-punk Tommy Gunn comes between Rocky and his son; Rock kicks Gunn’s ass in parking lot (“Rocky V”)—Rocky is a family man, and if you don’t believe me, you can try talking...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Five 'Best' Moments in the Rocky Series | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...ruthlessness of Abu Deraa--and perhaps his growing fame on the Shi'ite street--has caused even al-Sadr to distance himself from his former protg??. Last month al-Sadr put Abu Deraa on a list of people no longer part of the Mahdi Army. U.S. officials began to describe Abu Deraa as a "rogue militia leader" and a "free agent" no longer in al-Sadr's control. But some of al-Sadr's associates continue to praise Abu Deraa. Falah Shansal, a member of parliament from the al-Sadr bloc, told TIME last week that Abu Deraa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Face of Iraq's Brutality | 11/28/2006 | See Source »

...easy to say, 'Go Benedict! Hit the Muslims!'" says Gibson. "But that's not who he is. He is not a Crusader." Shortly before Regensburg, Benedict had endured Western criticism for repeatedly demanding a cease-fire after Israel's invasion of Lebanon. Angelo Cardinal Scola, a protg?? of the Pope's who edits Oasis, a Church quarterly on dialogue with Islam, says the fact "that radical Islam can turn to violence does not mean we must respond with a crusade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Passion of the Pope | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

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