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Audience members were pleased with the event, which had a wide range ofperformances, from hip-hop and reggae music, toballet dancing and a performance by the KoreanAssociation drum troupe. Some said they felt itwas a great opportunity for people to expressthemselves...
Following the announcement of their disbanding, A Tribe Called Quest released their final album, entitled The Love Movement. People's Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm, which forged jazz and hip-hop in a new and magnetic way, was Tribe's 1990 debut. Their new album seeks to simplify and speak on real life issues of love and relationships...
ATCQ have always sought, with remarkable success, to avoid mainstream trends, and they will leave the hip-hop world without one of its greatest creative forces. Yet their breakup may indeed be timely as their latest efforts seem to fall short of their past for which they may best be recognized and remembered...
...opens with a skit in which the gospel singer-choir leader is put on trial for blending the secular and the sacred. Unlike most skits on music albums, this one hits home: Franklin has proved himself to be a threat to musical orthodoxy. His blend of gospel, funk and hip-hop is ingenious and unique; and in pop music it's certainly harder to advocate positive religious values than it is to be Marilyn Manson. On this album Franklin has refined his sound further; his melodies are stronger, the vocal arrangements more graceful. Hard, beat-driven songs like Revolution pound...
Driving out of South Orange, it's hard not to think of Hill's odd craving metaphorically. It's a creative time in hip-hop history, a pregnant time; there's a hunger for music that is out of the ordinary, that breaks boundaries. You think of a line from one of Hill's songs: "I treat this like my thesis/ Well-written topic/ Broken down into pieces." You slip Miseducation into your CD player. "Now some might mistake this for just a simple song...