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Jacob A. Rubin ’03 raps as MC Absurd in the Witness Protection Program (WPP), a hip-hop band that has opened for Blackalicious and Jurassic 5. Over the past four years, he has written pieces for FM including “Absurdity in Annenberg,” the story of a day spent in the freshman dining hall. This week Rubin brings his FM reporter’s eye to the story of life as a rapper. WPP recently played two shows in New York City. The first, at Arlene’s Grocery (10/4), broke...
...convoy system: Pete’s riding with Northeastern senior Ben Peterson a.k.a. Benny Blanco from the ’Burbs (MC), Berklee College of Music junior Dave Sherman a.k.a. Lethal D (bass) and Luke W. M. White ’03 a.k.a. Fat Luke (percussion). In the other car are Nicholas J. Britell ’03 a.k.a. Dr. ATM (keyboards), Cameron D.E. Kirby ’03 a.k.a. Covex (turntables), Daniel Z. Levine ’03 (manager) and Alan J. Wilkis ’03 a.k.a. Black Orpheus (guitar [he’s Caucasian...
...very carefully selected MCs: Jakki has a very capable, if not entirely unpredictable battle-rhyme on “F. H. H.” (discreet for “Fuck Hip Hop,” surprisingly). But it is on “June” with MC Copywrite that RJD2 demonstrates that not only can he back a dextrous rapper, he can steal the show back again. The dense, shifting atmospherics range from mournful guitar noodlings to the everpresent bass/high-hat tussle that comes forcefully to the fore on “The Chicken-Bone Circuit...
...spheres of influence. They might also antagonize Islamic fundamentalists in the oil-rich region. U.S. troops know the risk, and patrol the 16 villages within three miles of the base, trying to make friends with the locals and listening for any signs of trouble. Rumseld spent Saturday aboard an MC-130 special-operations plane, hopping around U.S. bases in Afghanistan and meeting with Afghan leaders and the U.S. troops there to defend them...
...Viva Knievel” is breathtaking and breathless, riding a fat, reptilian bass. The Baldwins show they’re down with scratching’s hip hop origins with the only-slightly-contrived sounding “Urban Tumbleweed,” with guest MC Barron Ricks. Female guest vocalists also give the album a couple of more radio-friendly tracks. The woozy, shuffling “Dream Girl,” featuring Cibo Matto’s Miho Hatori, is appropriately odd, but it is “Deep Down” that seduces with its lush vocals...