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...feels the connection between wheels and independence more strongly than teenagers, which is probably why Pimp My Ride became an overnight hit for MTV. With rapper Xzibit as host, it's a kind of hip-hop Queen for a Day. It takes young drivers' beat-up jalopies and turns them into rap-video dreams, rolling Xanadus with DVD players, video-game machines and the mandatory spinning-wheel rims. The show owes everything to the materialistic side of hip-hop culture, but Xzibit says that Pimp's fantasies are at least more accessible than the million-dollar house tours...
When asked about the potential effect hip-hop can have on society, Gab mentioned that “music has always had that role, especially hip-hop. Look back to the early 90s when you had popular rap artists like Public Enemy and N.W.A. pushing these really political messages.” He went on to claim that in today’s more materially-oriented scene, “the youth look to rappers” and often try to follow their example, giving the artists a responsibility to send the right signals to young...
Madvillainy is like Pharcyde’s Bizzare Ride, meeting Spider Man and His Amazing Friends somewhere around Q-Tip’s house and, though it sometimes is too creative for danceable hip-hop, it works on many levels...
...organizers decided at the outset that they would bring a hip-hop performer to campus, hoping to bring a group more attuned to the campus zeitgeist...
...limited our options to only hip-hop and rap groups because we really feel that this is the genre of music that is relevant for today’s student body,” Haan says. “We think someone like Busta Rhymes has a really wide appeal to a large part of the student body...