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...your freak on. Liz M. Santoro ’01 is now teaching a fresh and funky hip-hop class at the Dance Complex in Central Square...
...crowd at Santoro’s class is hardly professional. Many of the hip-hop attendees are area college kids looking to pick up some new moves. In fact, the class has recently been dominated by Harvard students, historically known for their hip-hoppin, ass-shakin’ abilities. Ryan G. White ’04 and Rory S. Donald ’04 are taking a proactive stance to ameliorate their lack of rhythm and admit that they come to Santoro’s class to learn steps they can bust out at parties. “Dancing...
...managed to worsen my expectations. These guys exemplified purist hip-hop’s worst qualities—a formulaic, unexciting musical aesthetic of mediocre loops and scratches, paired with uncharismatic M.C.s who, with their “clever” yet predictable punchline lyrics, ended up saying as little as any “thug kna’a mean?” gangsta rapper. Occasionally taking breaks from their set for some rather awkward sketches, lame jokes and clichéd sermons on the real meaning of hip-hop, the trio demonstrated that hip-hop isn?...
...lyrics read "I was out to enjoy the sights/ There was the Bowery ablaze with lights/ I had one of the devil?s own nights/ I?ll never go there anymore." Although written more than 100 years ago, the lyrics seem as tough and experienced as a lot of hip-hop songs today. One of the best songs of this first sort is "Autumn in New York," a standard that has been performed by Billie Holiday, among others. The lyrics capture the gritty romance of Manhattan life: "Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds in canyons of steel/ They're making...
...very much, but it doesn’t quite fit in. Ozo at times run the risk of reducing themselves to a well-chosen sample on their own album, a peculiar fate for a band of eight talented members. “Vocal Artillery” is a great hip-hop track, but one could be forgiven for thinking that it was a different band—the growly muted-trumpet line just doesn’t really suffice to put Ozo’s mark on the song. Perhaps the various rappers that show up on Embrace just can?...