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...blog Stuff White People Like tells us that Caucasians (ahem) like the depiction of inner-city Baltimore on “The Wire” because of its authenticity. And that reasoning also explains why white people have always had a soft spot for hip-hop/jazz/funk collective the Roots and why they’ll probably like their latest, “Rising Down.” The group’s music is “authentic;” it depicts the grim realities of inner-city life. Or so white people will tell you. But then...
...what their style is, how they like to put pieces together,” Nationals routines pack the punch of three discrete styles—jazz, pom, and hip-hop—in under two minutes. Yet the judging rubrics don’t leave a lot of room for individual interpretation: movement must be hard-hitting and in unison all of the time. “Even jazz and hip-hop are reduced to such a tight-looking form of dance that everything looks like pom,” Malin S. von Euler-Hogan ’10 says...
...heavily reported, she collaborated with today’s top hip-pop hitmakers: Pharrell, Justin Timberlake, Nate Danja Hills, and, of course, Timbaland. “Beat Goes On,” the most retro of the set, even features a Kanye cameo. Why is she working with these guys? She’s never dabbled with hip-hop production before, and what’s more, she’s rarely been one to collaborate with other artists...
...What is hip-hop's greatest strength and greatest weakness?It's greatest strength is its ability to inspire young people. Its greatest weakness is the fact that people don't understand their voices. They have powerful voices but many who could be inspired don't understand their voices. The poets have always been misunderstood. They say things about struggle and poverty and people think its somehow attacking them. They make calls for help and people kind of miss that...
...competitors. “It takes a lot to just get up there and let somebody throw insults at you,” he said. “You never know what you’re going to get with a freestyle competition, but this was real respectful to hip-hop.” Event organizer Virginia E. Anderson ’08 said she aimed to display some of the wide variety of artists at Harvard. “We’re trying to show that Harvard students don’t just sit around and do problem...