Word: hops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mary J. Blige is looking as fine as she wants to be. The "queen of hip-hop soul" isn't known for upscale glamour; she earned her rep for her edge, her streetiness, her willingness to keep it real. On the cover photo of her 1992 debut album What's the 411?, her face is shrouded in shadow, gangsta-girl tough. Blige, back then, was all about combat boots and leather jackets; she could drink with the best of them, curse with the worst of them. But at a recent photo shoot in a studio in New York City, Blige...
...shows that Blige deserves a place among pop's premiere female vocalists--Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton. Blige's previous CDs had some charming cuts, including the bighearted Real Love and her show-stopping remake of I'm Goin' Down. Those albums, however, were tailored for hip-hop audiences; Share My World, seems designed to appeal to lovers of the Wu-Tang Clan and Lisa Stansfield alike. The first song, I Can Love You, draws its melody in part from Lil' Kim's crass but compelling song Queen Bitch, but Blige, employing nimble vocals...
Next Saturday, the club will host a hip-hop conference boasting such groups as Digable Planets, Supernatural, Naughty by Nature, Zulu Nation, Souls of Mischief and Mic Geronimo and the rapper Bahamadia, Fraser said...
...Saturday morning portion will include three panel discussions on "rap, reality and social responsibility" and a concert will follow in the evening, Fraser said. The conference will also focus on the connection between hip-hop music, black power and social responsibility, she said...
...issued a statement in response to the fifth circuit's holding in Hop-wood v. Texas, a federal appeals case which undermined affirmative action in that state's admissions policies. In the past few months, he has addressed the Massachusetts Historical Society, Princeton University and the American Council on Education on the subject of diversity