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...Scottsdale, Arizona: Imperial Protective services Tactically trained retired police and ex-military, they specialize in executive and corporate security-but no gangsta rappers, please. From $75-$100 an hour, depending on the risk...
...Britain as emo was in the US. Americans don’t produce enough earnest strummings locally, so they import it from across the pond to meet the limited demand. What America does produce in abundance doesn’t often make for good export, though. Much less than gangsta rap, the American fetish for jam-bands does not travel well—perhaps the gloomy British weather is less conducive to day-long festivals and hour-long solos than Vermont or Colorado. No moe., no Phish, no String Cheese Incident—Britons like their rock music in manageable...
...ordinary partner might well give Andre a one-way ticket to All Souls. But despite his gangsta image, Big Boi is remarkably patient and empathetic. In the old married couple that is OutKast, Andre may compromise his airy musical vision, but it is Big Boi who makes sacrifices on the ground. Speakerboxxx was completed in December, but Big Boi refused to release it until Andre finished The Love Below. For the past several years, Big Boi has spent hours each day supervising OutKast's business interests, allowing Andre the freedom to take yoga and saxophone lessons. All the while...
Although this glitch generated no small annoyance, I decided to try my luck again. This time, the download was successful, and I was soon getting my gangsta on with Fifty. But not on my MP3 player, because the files would play only on a few select brands of portable players. Tough luck, Philips. Add to this the fact that the number of burns per song is generally limited to about three, whereas one can burn bootlegged MP3s endlessly, and the option of downloading legally becomes even less tempting...
This Friday, with the release of From Justin to Kelly, a teen musical starring the winner and runner-up of the first Idol, Fox is testing--at a relatively cautious $12 million budget--how much we have overestimated the transmogrification of teenagers from wholesome to gangsta. If American Idol's staggering ratings prove that large swaths of teens just want to have fun, then a new market opens up. Britney may have to buy a whole shirt...