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Poet, rapper and actor Saul Williams recited poetry and discussed the state of the hip-hop music industry before a crowd that filled Longfellow Hall last night...
...told the audience that his poetry was primarily inspired by the hip-hop music movement...
...What made me first put my pen to paper was hip-hop," he said. "I started taking a dictionary, finding words I didn't know and putting it in raps...
...consider it one of the better songs of the year." Not surprising, as the song centers around a fictionalized assassination of a certain iron-fisted, tight-lipped future Senate candidate. Screwball is part of the Queensbridge Housing Projects' (not to be confused with Queens) hip-hop legacy, which includes standouts like Mobb Deep and Nas. Its four members pull no punches lyrically, but the hard-knockin' beats and surprisingly melodic riffs are like spoonfuls of sugar that help the violent gangsta-speak go down, while guest stars like Prodigy and Biz Markie add street credibility and variety. "The Heat...
Alternative music is dying. The vibrancy that marked the Nirvana of our middle-school years has turned into the recent commercial failure of bands like Bush. Alternative rock is now the domain of the hackneyed melding of hip-hop and rock. That is why Machina, the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins release, is so important: no less than these poster boys for traditional alternative rock could resurrect thoughtful angst from its midget-infested Kid Rock death spiral. In the meantime, the 1991-1998 compilation showcases the legacy the Pumpkins have left. The pretentiousness of Billy Corgan aside, songs like "Disarm" and "Tonight...