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...special. “When I read the script, I just liked the script. I thought it was an interesting story—the little train that could. I was attracted to the fact that it was about the spoken word. Dominant aspects of our culture now are hip hop, rap, and poetry.” He goes on to praise the script, which he read for the first time over three years ago, for containing the three basic elements that every great movie requires: “It made you laugh, it made you cry, and it made...
...Hannah Montana: “Nobody’s Perfect”. This song contains many different flavors: pop chords in the chorus, synth riffs, classical strings, and hip-hop vocals in the intro [“everybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days”], rock guitar in the verse, and a charming vocal performance...
...dies. Where’s the justice in that? At least he could have showed some consideration for Bun B and made some real money before mysteriously dying in bed. There it is, folks. Tip your 40s for one more year gone, and for the death of both hip-hop and one of its most ridiculous characters. Pimp C is free for good this time, and if you’re still asking why hip-hop is dead, NaS has the answer: “There’s a pretty good chance your lame ass, corny...
...Cambridge this January as a tenured professor. FM chatted with Morgan by phone about Ebonics, sexual innuendo, and the future of Hiphop. 1.Fifteen Minutes: You’ve been called the “hip-hop” professor. Harvard isn’t exactly the heart of hip-hop. Why study hip-hop here? Marcyliena Morgan: What happens with hip-hop is that someone will think about it from their own personal involvement instead of as a topic of study with many different disciplinary areas. Someone might think about their childhood experiences or their experiences in clubs...
...Indeed, the whole event has been dubbed a diplomatic vanity trip and an environmental extravagance because, after the signing, the leaders (many of whom only spent only a few hours in the city) will then hop on planes - with their huge entourages and other hangers-on like the media - to meet the next day in Brussels for their regular December E.U. summit...