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...This was a really important moment in the last 25 years, because suddenly imagination was the only obstacle to overcome. Anyone could play those four chords. That's why hip-hop has taken off, because you don't have to be a virtuoso, you just have to have great taste. You have to be able to hear it more than you have to be able to play it. Suddenly, the grasp becomes more important than the reach. Suddenly, a bunch of kids from the north side of Dublin who would never have had a chance to get on the musical...
...release, Without You I’m Nothing, Black Market Music is much more musically complex. The album has a definite alternative flavour, with heavier use of guitars with little respite. However, the band does experiment considerably, deviating from their previous songs with female-backing vocals, and even one hip-hop track. The major innovation, though, is a transfer of emphasis from the melody to the music, with many songs consisting of one or two lines of text repeated over and over...
...Philadelphia 76ers star guard and hopeful hip-hop artist ALLEN IVERSON leads the league in steals per game, but it seems he had some Sixers competition. Last week it was revealed that John Croce, the 76ers' strength-and-conditioning coach and younger brother of team co-owner Pat Croce, had resigned from the team in January after a locker-room videotape showed him executing a dunk in Iverson's pants pockets for spare cash. (Iverson was not in the pants at the time.) Video cameras had been installed after players complained of missing cash. "I felt sick, physically sick," said...
...cult of Shakur consists of much more than imaginary sightings. It has quickly become a commercially potent multimedia phenomenon spinning off millions of dollars and working its way into the cultural mainstream along paths not usually traveled by hip-hop artists. Last week Shakur's new double CD, Until the End of Time (Amaru/Death Row), debuted at the top of the charts. It is his fifth posthumous recording, and the second to hit No. 1. Meanwhile, the New York Theatre Workshop--whose past hits include Rent--has just unveiled a play about him that could spark even more interest...
...Some artists say hip-hop is not a viable art form...