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...musical styles range from rap to folk rock. When a classmate plays a moody new original at North Star one morning, "it makes me think of some old Bob Dylan stuff," says Jessica Dunston, 16, who is proud of her broad taste in music. "Most of my friends like hip-hop. I like that. I like punk," she says, ticking off a finger. "And heavy metal, speed metal, grunge, Sade, Prince, Jimi Hendrix ..." You get the idea. Like the kids in School of Rock, Wish's students are picking up a passion for music that comes from making their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Real School Of Rock | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Continuing with the dancing motif—but in a modern vein—the Harvard Asian-American Dance Troupe, danced to TATU’s “All the Things She Said,” in a performance that included elements of martial arts, hip-hop and jazz...

Author: By Joseph T. Scarry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Drumming, Dance, Delicacies Showcased in Extravaganza | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...More mature and more sensual" is how Jive Records president Barry Weiss describes Spears' new sound. Her act has indeed come a long way since the days when her best move was skipping around in a skimpy schoolgirl outfit. Her music has evolved (thanks, in part, to techno and hip-hop infusions from Moby, RedZone, Ying Yang Twins and R. Kelly, who collaborated with Spears on some of the songs), and her lyrics are clearly crafted for older ears ("Would you undo my zipper, please"). "I think all my albums have been a little sexy," Spears says, "but with this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Eyes On Britney | 11/16/2003 | See Source »

Although he was raised mainly in Atlanta, where his hip-hop roots go deep, Herren currently lives in his father’s hometown of Barcelona, far from the style and culture wars of the United States...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prefuse 73 Pushes Hip-Hop Bounds | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

Prefuse takes his name from an era of music his alter-ego “holds dear”—the pre-fusion jazz of 1968 to 1973. Also influential for Herren are “80s edit records” and hip-hop, primarily from the years between...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prefuse 73 Pushes Hip-Hop Bounds | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

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