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...their aspirations run contrary to the Harvard stereotype, they say that their background gives them a certain savvy. “Harvard certainly helps you walk into a situation with more confidence,” says Jonathan R. Ardrey ’05, executive producer and overseer for Harvard hip hop act Tha League. Regardless, as members of both Tha League and Chester French, another up-and-coming Harvard rock act, will tell you, the Mass. Ave. road to success is riddled with potholes, clumsy pedestrians, and rotary circles. FM spent its week hanging pit with Harvard students who want...
...guitar —began with a jazzy sound because of their background and training. But they soon began hunting for the sound that would make them unique—and hopefully famous. Wallach explains that the group tried different musical styles, including a fusion of jazz and hip hop, before settling on their current (and, he says, permanent) sound. Wallach’s discovery of lost 1950’s recordings of British soul—what Wallach terms an “organic rock precursor to the Beatles”—inspired the band?...
...addition to experimenting with different musical styles, they also toyed with a few self-consciously hip names, including Mungo Park and The Sunday Clientele, before finally settling on Chester French. The name pays homage to sculptor Daniel Chester French, famous for the Lincoln Memorial and the John Harvard statue. They settled on the name while eating in Annenberg Dining Hall...
...describes as the “most controversial [of the group]—the perfect cross between black consciousness and black comedy.” Similarly, Deleon uses a self-described “illogical style” with which he intends to push the boundaries of accepted hip hop conventions...
...that transcends his own political fortunes. In fact, we strongly encourage all politicians, from across the political spectrum, to genuinely reach out to youth voters. President George W. Bush himself can likely benefit from attempts to enliven young voters. Although the Republicans have had a tradition of less-than-hip candidates who seemed out of sync with youth culture—from the vivacious Bob Dole to the studious Alan Keyes—Bush should follow Kerry’s lead and attempt to energize young voters...