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...attitude and drama. The rebels not only won the medals, but they were also winning fans. Some ski races were poorly attended, but the boarders rocked the hill. "Seeing the half-pipe guys and girls throw down the way that they did," says Wescott, borrowing his verbs from hip-hop, "and then for us to come up here and make history with the first snowboard cross--snowboarding is really becoming the heart and soul of the Olympic games...
This tiny London 19-year-old was personally signed by Jay-Z, and it's easy to imagine the chips on their respective shoulders getting along great. Lady Sov turns disses from boys (The Battle) and slights from hip-hop stars (Random) who couldn't have known she existed when she wrote them into combustible energy that flows perfectly over tracks that owe more to house music than...
...humvee's armored shell to sniper bullets and shrapnel from roadside bombs. As the convoy rolls down the back roads, Swenson and the guys in her humvee keep up an easy, comradely banter, joking about the Iraqi kids they see along their patrol: one boy moves like a hip-hop dancer, another like a ninja fighter. Swenson says, "What I'll remember isn't threatening Iraqis with my machine gun but seeing the children wave as we go by," and then adds that "sometimes they do throw rocks." And so she remains vigilant. The roads are peppered with hidden land...
...Rarely do you get an incredibly sexy female vocalist rolling over a innovative hip-hop beat. While the entire album moves me as such, this was the track that turned me first got me hooked...
...distance. But in this case, it didn’t take long for me to warm up to the music. Despite the low-to-the-ground implications of the genre’s name, this “grime”— a genre rooted in hip-hop and electronica that developed in London—can absolutely soar with a fun, funky fluidity. Just listen to opener “Get Set” by Low Deep, a messy mixture of cheap synthesizer drones, retarded drum machines, and the best dance party you’ve ever...