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Aesop’s obscurity may have a lot to do the mainstream attention he’s starting to get. In the oft-predictable world of mainstream hip-hop, Aesop is a definite wild card. And while he says he doesn’t force obscurity, he does try to avoid sounding like anyone else, of which he seems quite proud...
...influential rapper Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down in his GMC Suburban, and Sean “Puffy” Combs stood atop the bloated corpse to propagate his own mediocre hip-hop lite to the world. And in the past year, The Who have completed one of their most successful tours ever after billing it a “tribute” to recently deceased bassist John Entwistle...
...cross. But regardless of Combs’ personal stake in his exploitation of Biggie’s death, it was an exploitation that produced positive consequences. The East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry and its participants suddenly came into the national spotlight, out of the manipulative hands of hip-hop rags that had helped fan the flames of enmity. Subsequently, the media began singling out individual rapper rivalries rather than reporting the more destructive regional disputes...
...understand Peaches musically is really not difficult. She takes bits and pieces from rock, electronica and hip-hop, and mixes them with a brazen, no-holds-barred sexuality. The result is song titles like “I Don’t Give A” and “Shake Yer Dix,” and lyrics to match. The trouble is, the music is all style over substance—many of the short songs on Fatherfucker are built up over remarkably simple, monotonous electro beats. The most successful electronic song is “The Inch...
...lineup of artists who are taking hip-hop in new directions, Scott Herren would look somewhat out of place...