Word: guru
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...light of its cultural-iconic status, the Fairey campaign has been read by some as a manifestation of media guru Marshall McLuhan's notorious judgment that "[a]dvertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century"--that art, in other words, is neither political nor representational so much as transactional and economic...
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Albums like Guru's Jazzmatazz Streetsoul make it hard to cram music into genres like hip-hop or blues or jazz or rock. The album announces its intentions right from the intro to the first track: "This joint here is one of the hottest blends of hip-hop, soul, R&B and jazz ever, defining a whole new style of music...
From this statement alone, you might think Guru, the vocal half of the hip-hop group Gang Starr, is overly arrogant regarding his third Jazzmatazz project. But the music that follows the man's initial words more than backs him up. Guru has collaborated with some phenomenal and diverse artists in order to create this fusion of hip-hop and other genres. Erykah Badu's soulful voice laughs and dances around Guru's rap in the jazzy song "Plenty." In contrast, "Lift Your Fist" with the Roots is Philly hip-hop with an attitude. All in all, you will find...
...white noise, a hum of verbs and volubility, to which I pay little attention while working or reading. But radio also provides entertainment and information, and I know the difference. So as a culture critic who can appreciate a spellbinding showman, whatever he's peddling, I introduced conservative chat guru Rush Limbaugh to TIME's readers back in 1991. In the next few years I wrote two other appreciative stories about the man with "talent on loan from...