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...Eyedea and DJ Abilities have garnered praise for technical prowess as well as for their song-oriented approach to the mostly battle-driven scene of underground hip-hop. They perform at the Middle East in support of their new album E&A with Illogic, & DJ Przm and Los Nativos. 18+, $12 advance, $14 at door. Middle East downstairs...
...iAudio U2 is one of the only flash players with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and comes in a jazzy red ($149 for 256 MB) and cool blue ($199 for 512 MB). And the upcoming Rocbox ($160 for 256 MB) from Roc Digital, a new company formed by hip-hop and fashion mogul Damon Dash, will come in a limited-edition pink tone when it goes on sale this month in the U.S. at CompUSA and Macy's. With so many styles to choose from, flash-based MP3 players are looking as fashionable as iPods...
...finally come, and the music stops. I’m sad because I haven’t seen all my friends. Notable absences have included, but are not limited to, The Surprise (the shy person in section who morphs into a total party animal), The Alternative (turns every hip-hop song into a Nirvana-esque mosh-pit) and The Guy Who Jokes About Doing Hard Drugs In The Bathroom. Oh well. Saturday is another night. I’m going to Tommy’s now. What? It’s closed...
Referring to a question on cultural memory, West claimed the market today “distorts historical consciousness” by forever repeating the present. West, who has also released two hip-hop CDs, said that the music provided a more authentic form of memory and praised such stars as Kanye West and Snoop Dogg during his speech...
...rival in a hip-hop battle show on BET told JIN to "leave rap alone and keep making fortune cookies." But last week the Miami-born son of Chinese immigrants became the first Asian-American rapper to release an album on a major label. On The Rest Is History, Jin plays off his roots in a way that has sparked controversy among Asian Americans. He calls himself "the original Chinky-eye M.C." and raps about labor abuses ("The sneakers on your feet cost 100 a pop/ My people get 15 a day in sweatshops") and interracial dating...