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...along who want ownership of their own culture, who want something different from the people who came before them," says Goldberg, who in the past managed Bonnie Raitt and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain. "So this group is going for a female-leaning, optimistic music, in contrast to the grunge, gangsta-rap chapter that is waning...
Double albums in hip-hop tend to be as unnecessarily tedious as two-part sitcom episodes and director's-cut home videos. Even the late rap superstars Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. released disappointing double CDs that were heavy on gangsta attitude and light on well-crafted songs. Last week the hard-core rap group Wu-Tang Clan came out with theirs, Wu-Tang Forever (Loud/RCA). Given the fact that the group's last album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) had been lauded in hip-hop circles for its labyrinthine lyrics and creatively jagged production...
...leaner, more tuneful and more positive--the first song, Wu-Revolution, challenges listeners to strive for success. Says Wu-Tang member RZA: "The way we looked at it is, we came from hell, and we're on the way to heaven--and you're hearing that transformation." Also, gangsta attitude isn't the only thing that sells: the recent chart success of such Christian acts as God's Property and Bob Carlisle demonstrates that religiously oriented inspirational pop has a market...
...less. I think I will also speak out about my franchise when Bill Parcells is coming in to be the new coach--he won't cut my ass in an instant.' Seriously, does anyone know what this kid got on the Wunderlick exam? I can't wait for this gangsta's next book where his forward says, I would like to thank my idol--Michael Irvin--for telling me when it is appropriate to smoke crack and where the best prosti--errrrrr--self-employed models can be found.' Economics concentrators rule, pre-meds suck...
Other featured speakers include Michael Eric Dyson, a University of North Carolina professor and author of the recently-released Between God and Gangsta Rap, and Dream Hampton, editor-in-chief of the magazine Rap Pages...