Word: hip-hop
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...both to the ground, grabbing instead a microphone and starting to rap. His implicit statement: yes, berets and French bread define one part of my heritage, but don't think that you completely "understand" my sense of identity or me. Rather, he chose to show us the influence that hip-hop music and culture have had on his identity. If other performers were attempting to make similar theoretical maneuvers, the show didn't provide us with enough context to understand them...
...realism, Street Kingdom can be a dramatic subway safari. Shuttling between Manhattan and Brooklyn, Century is an enthusiastic guide to polyglot and polychrome New York City. When outlaw and author first met nearly seven years ago at a lower Manhattan nightclub, K was trying to make it as a hip-hop lyricist and performer. He had the look (270 lbs. of muscular intimidation draped in clothing loose enough to conceal an arsenal) and a showman's instincts. In the book his stage name is American Dread, suggesting both the nation's historical fear of black uprisings and Jamaica's popular...
...like Hole that self-destruct after a few days, teasing listeners to buy the whole CD. In the physical world, because of promotion and production costs, musicians release songs in bunches, and fans often have to wait years between CDs. Online, a number of acts, including rockers Todd Rundgren, hip-hop stars Beastie Boys and the hard-rock band Creed, have been making new material available on their websites one song at a time. Creed's offering of a downloadable acoustic version of its song My Own Prison is free; the band's compensation comes in the form of publicity...
Andrea Bocelli: Whoever that is. Next? Dixie Chicks: They might rival the Backstreet Boys for sheer hottiness, but this ain't no Country Music Awards. Lauryn Hill: Aren't we all a little tired of this kind of revolutionary blending of rap, hip-hop and R&B? Give me that sweet Backstreet bubblegum anytime. Natalie Imbruglia: Maybe if she put on a little makeup, she'd be cute enough to be a serious contender. And that last name...
HRDC uses the week-long auditions to compile cast lists for its spring plays, which include Shakespeare's "Richard III" and a hip-hop musical called "King Kong: The Musical." One of the two productions to be held this spring on the Loeb Mainstage will be a dance production called Perpetual Motion, a move away from HRDC's norm...