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...last year, when the spring concert spotlighted a washed up band reminiscent of our middle school years, Yardfest 2008 invites students to spend the night—not afternoon—swaying to both Gavin DeGraw’s sensitive crooning and Wu-Tang Clan’s lyrical hip hop. The sheer caliber of artists, relative to last year’s, is evidence that the new CEB has made extra efforts to ensure a good show. Moreover, the combined ticket of DeGraw and Wu-Tang Clan appeals to the wide swath of musical tastes found at Harvard...
...Wallach says. “But that’s all within the past four months or five months so it’s all happened very quickly. The way it is now, there are certain circles where people know who we are. Like, if I go into a hip sneaker store, someone will say something...
...He’s done all the girls and parties and whatever. And what he told us was fuck stylists, fuck being in the scene, paparazzi shit, and all the trendy L.A. stuff. Don’t be on a scene. Don’t be worried about being hip. Just work on your own shit...
Wallach laughs at my reaction when I tell him the pictures are somewhat tragically hip...
...desperation don’t convey a political message, then nothing can. Contrary to the commonly held belief that rap is nothing more than an avenue for gangsters to obtain wealth and status, Marcus Reeves provides the necessary reminder in “Somebody Scream!” that hip-hop is much more: a potent political force that releases the latent energies of black poverty, violence, and frustration. Reeves, a film and music critic who has worked for The Source magazine, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times, sees hip-hop as filling the void left by the collapse...