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This Saturday, the Asian American Dance Troupe celebrates the diversity of Asian culture with its annual collective show, Eastbound. From Korean hip-hop to imperial dance and interpretations of children’s books, Eastbound will feature a diverse array of vibrant performances. AADT co-captain, Jieliang Hao ’11, discusses the development of AADT and how this year’s show reflects the mission of this organization. The Harvard Crimson (THC): What makes this year’s Eastbound performance so special? Jieliang Hao (JH): Every year we improve a lot based on past years. This...
...must, “eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.” Similarly, we must stamp out the belief that a woman who is layered, and can react to her environment without fundamentally changing herself, is somehow abnormal or unacceptable. Hip-hop, perhaps even more than other styles of music, is certainly not immune to this particular kind of slander.Ms. Knowles a leader in a musical genre that either by effect or cause has traded many of its original political and social intentions for success and acceptance. How many mainstream hip...
...Yardfest on April 19, the College Events Board announced last night. The Grammy nominee will be followed by New York City electronic music group Ratatat, comprising Mike Stroud on guitar and Evan Mast on synthesizer. The group is known for its original instrumental compositions in addition to its sampled hip-hop remixes. “We have never had a big electronic band come to Yardfest in the past, so it’s something new,” said CEB Chair Kevin M. Mee ’10. Bareilles, a California native and UCLA graduate, is best known...
...throb of European techno music or, worse, the deafening bass of the latest hip-hop beats, laden with profane and misogynistic lyrics, issue out from iPod speakers unimaginatively arranged in the corner. The guests, deprived of any seating and crowded in such numbers as the suite common room cannot comfortably accommodate, avoid futile attempts at conversation above the musical ruckus and instead, gyrating and flailing, awkwardly imitate the choreographic styles fashionable on MTV. And alcohol, the great midwife of this mise en scène, oversees the proceedings, ashamed and self-deprecating, peering out from plastic handles before being consumed...
Last year, pop-rock artist Gavin Degraw and hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan performed on the steps of Memorial Church to a crowd of over...