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Jones reiterated the theme of integrity, particularly with regard to questions about the Hip-Hop world. He feels that all artists “are just vehicles for God to come through, and when you only talk about the Benjamins, God will not be on your side.” He had a similar answer to people looking for keys to their own artistic growth. “As Coltrane said, ‘It’s all out there.’ You just have to have the divinity to be able to claim...
Perhaps because of Jones’ strong appreciation for the talent of contemporary rappers, he vehemently denies the rumors of Hip-Hop’s impending and inevitable demise. After one particularly declaratory comment, Jones responded, “Hip-Hop is dead? That’s what Michael [Jackson] told me in 1987. It’s not true, you just have to change. I’ve seen 60 years of groups go by and it’s all adding up to something more...
Perhaps the ultimate appeal of Scott Herren’s music is how he always gets things wrong. Not purposely irreverent or consciously malfunctioning, his work simply sounds half-executed with an air of open experimentation. Under his Prefuse 73 alias, he chops Hip-Hop beats in a manner more akin to Mille Plateaux glitch artists like Farben and Vladislav Delay than to DJ Premier. But in doing so, he cuts off their potential to groove, making his compositions as involuted and intricate as the best of Warp’s back catalogue...
...killing his adversaries, juggling his lovers, and planning his daughter’s bat mitzvah, Feldman is about to bank out on his biggest deal yet with an undetectable strain of coke. With the help of Hutch’s street-smart, illicit informant Huggy Bear (aptly played by Hip-Hop and rap star Snoop Dogg), Starsky and Hutch go to all lengths—ludicrous disguises aplenty—to catch the crook. In the process the police partners develop their distinctively lasting dynamic, an enduring icon of 1970’s disco era television...
Okusanya leans back in his desk chair in his garret-like single, littered with cast-off clothes and books, explaining how Harvard’s environment was the key to unlocking his love of hip-hop dance. Being at Harvard “definitely, definitely encouraged my creativity,” he says, citing the broad range of talent as part of his inspiration. “There is a certain motivational drive that people have here that forces them to be really good, if not great, at whatever they have to do—it’s just...