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...into the ARCO Forum Friday for a panel discussion on the appropriation of black music by popular culture. The event, which kicked off the weekend-long sixth annual Black Arts Festival (BAF), focused on a discussion of who “owns” jazz, rock and roll and hip-hop...
...star of Deep Water Slang, Vol. 2, the new album from Oakland hip-hop duo Zion I, is producer Amp Live. Amp juggles diverse textures, tempos and musical idioms, lacing the album with complex yet infectious beats. Though MC Zion’s nasal staccato and superior rhythmic sensibility are well suited for these rich backdrops, it’s ultimately the music—not the words—that fuel this lush and energizing record...
Deep Water is a rare achievement in underground hip-hop, at once accessible and cutting-edge—and if there is any justice in the world, it will bring Zion I, and especially Amp Live, loads of recognition...
...going out every night. Since his move to J, Davis has begun relying more on a team of five A.-and-R. executives--Keith Naftaly, a former radio programmer; Peter Edge, who found Alicia Keys and Dido; James Diener, the rock guy; Trevor Jerideau, a hip-hop specialist; and Larry Jackson, a 21-year-old prodigy--to do his legwork...
Enter Ali G, a tracksuit-wearing "hip-hop journalist" and the alter ego of British comic Sacha Baron Cohen. Da Ali G Show (HBO, Friday nights, 12:30 a.m. E.T.) is a little like This Is Spinal Tap, if the doltish rockers were asking the questions. In one of a series of artfully staged (but real) newsmaker interviews, Ali asks former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros BoutrosGhali: "Which is the funniest language? It's French, innit?" When he asks a panel of religious leaders, "Isn't God just an overhyped David Blaine?" you swear one of the panelists, a Dick Cheney...