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Muhammad said he sees hip-hop as havingsocietal, economic and public policy aspects--andthat A Movement for Change wants to run tenhip-hop candidates for office...
CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY and DAVID THIGPEN are indispensable in keeping colleagues and readers plugged into musical trends and personalities. This week they turn their attention to hip-hop. Farley says hip-hop is what you turn on "to feel the beat of the time." As a measure of the genre's success, he points out that singer Lauryn Hill, whom he profiles in this issue, received more Grammy nominations this year than any other female artist. While Hill is lauded for her musical talent, producer Sean ("Puffy") Combs is known for his business savvy. "He's one of the most...
...Most likely, to the rough-hewn beat of rap. Just as F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in the jazz age, just as Dylan and Jimi Hendrix were among the rulers of the age of rock, it could be argued that we are living in the age of hip-hop. "Rock is old," says Russell Simmons, head of the hip-hop label Def Jam, which took in nearly $200 million in 1998. "It's old people's s____. The creative people who are great, who are talking about youth culture in a way that makes sense, happen to be rappers...
...country. Rap sales increased a stunning 31% from 1997 to 1998, in contrast to 2% gains for country, 6% for rock and 9% for the music industry overall. Boasts rapper Jay-Z, whose current album, Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life (Def Jam), has sold more than 3 million copies: "Hip-hop is the rebellious voice of the youth. It's what people want to hear...
Even if you're not into rap, hip-hop is all around you. It pulses from the films you watch (Seen a Will Smith movie lately?), the books you read (even Tom Wolfe peels off a few raps in his best-selling new novel), the fashion you wear (Tommy Hilfiger, FUBU). Some definitions are in order: rap is a form of rhythmic speaking in rhyme; hip-hop refers to the backing music for rap, which is often composed of a collage of excerpts, or "samples," from other songs; hip-hop also refers to the culture of rap. The two terms...