Word: mc
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...news coverage and corresponding hype—and increased record sales—accompanying even the lamest rap feud, the disinterest with which its rock counterpart is treated is surprising. Sure, talking trash is arguably a constitutive element of rap; its origins can be traced back to the MC “battle” at Bronx block parties and it has recently evolved into recorded “diss tracks.” But many of the same motivations that fuel today’s rap battles are shared by those in the rock world—the stress...
...takesa minute to give in to this bizarre, joyful record because at first it sounds like music from Battle of the Network Stars. The mix of blaring late-'70s soul samples, hand claps and exuberant rhymes by female MC Ninja would be tough to take if there were any winking involved, but such touches as the wistful harmonica on Everyone's a VIP to Someone and the double-Dutch rhythm of We Just Won't Be Defeated betray no other desire than to be the sound track to adventures in your head...
He’s what you might call “street.” Indeed, the 36-year-old Boston MC is so dedicated to his on-stage persona that he doesn’t give out his real name to reporters. In the mid-1980s and early 1990s, he toured under another moniker—A-Train—with now-all-but-forgotten Boston greats like Edo G and The Almighty RSO. Today, he runs a website for local hip-hop artists, and acts as a historian and elder statesman for Boston...
...most important influences on the alternative rock scene. Avalon. 7 p.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. $20. (JDMC)Cage. German-born, Middletown, NY-raised rapper Cage will promote his new Def Jux release “Hell’s Winter” at the Middle East Downstairs. The MC, who spent time in a mental institution prior to his rap career, will be assisted by a slew of rappers, including Camu Tao, Slaine, Awkward Landing, Colony Underground, Al-Jabra, and Soular Winds. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. $15. (JSA)Xmas Rock & Roll Odyssey III. The name doesn?...
...compilation tracks the highlights of their career, it becomes more and more apparent to me that I should love them. They have an MC (formerly two, until Malik B got kicked out for drug-related reasons) with a tight flow, a perfect drummer, a love for jazz, and endless jam-session grooves. Yet I don’t love them. I like them a lot, but there is something that keeps them from reaching the heights of their predecessors...