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...stage Jones is a gifted impersonator, shape-shifting from one character to the next. Her work is flavored with hip-hop, but she enjoys throwing curves: she ends her show speaking in a British accent that leaves the audience wondering whether she's from Brixton or Brooklyn. She was actually born in Baltimore, and started participating in poetry slams at New York City's Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Her poems became monologues, and they in turn became Surface Transit, which Jones has been honing since 1998, and will start performing in June at New York City...
...born in Washington but grew up in various towns in Maryland, was just 18 when her first album, Mya, was released. After the modest success of that album, a follow-up single, Ghetto Supastar (on which she performed alongside Pras of the hip-hop group the Fugees), from the sound track to the Warren Beatty movie Bulworth, landed her in near constant rotation...
...woman coming face to face with romantic entanglements. But, let's face it, the lyrics aren't really what matter here. What's important is that many of the tracks on this album manage that rare thing: to combine captivating beats with hummable melodies. This is hip-hop soul with plenty of pop appeal...
...including breakdancers Tri Phuong '02 and Chhay Chhun '02, the sometimes bewildered and bewildering stand-up comic Anwar Floyd Pruitt '00 and a number of stand-out freestylers including Kellogg himself. Kellogg called the essence of the show "a hip hop aesthetic, which is fundamentally improvisational. It's a hip-hop aesthetic multiplied into three dimensions. This is actually the most positive thing I've done at Harvard. I think eclecticism has virtues I never realized and, with a little inspiration, can go a long way. All Harvard needs (and I think it has) is people thinking...
...Boston Hall of Fame Award, shared bumping beats and inspiring words with the audience. Guru, the rhyming side of the duo, said, "I left Boston with a duffel bag and a dream and somehow did something big." He also attempted to bridge the obvious and awkward gap between hip-hop artists on stage and the pop/rock fans that dominated the audience by giving a "Big-up to Godsmack -- I like your stuff." Not so much that they didn't bolt from the auditorium shortly after receiving their awards, thus missing the opportunity to watch Godsmack (recipient...