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Aspiring Harvard MCs looking for “massive” exposure will lyrically spar with fellow Cantabrigians this Friday night. The hip-hop department of Harvard’s radio station, WHRB, in conjunction with Massive Records, is hosting its first ever hip-hop battle for students and locals to compete for a cash prize and airtime to showcase the night’s best acts. The record store and WHRB’s “The Darker Side,” say that they hope that the event will bring greater attention to Boston?...
...feuding parties aren’t Nas and Benzino.Barry Burns, the guitarist for Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, called recent BRIT Award winners James Blunt and Coldplay’s Chris Martin a “twat” and a “fuckface,” respectively. MCs have been capped for much less.But given all the 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...
...known, consisted of eight Harvard, Berklee, and Northeastern students—two MCs and a six-piece live band. Alan J. Wilkis ’04, former guitarist for the band, characterized their sound as “Bob Dylan meets...
Legend is talking about a rap world where the scales are tipping towards the self-made artist. More and more, big-name labels have been desperate to sign MCs with already-established, self-produced bodies of work. Take, for example, 50 Cent—his tracks were making waves on homemade “mixtape” CD-Rs for years before he got a major-label deal...
...performed with members of acclaimed DJ group The X-ecutioners, and he’s worked alongside major-label superstars The Roots and Gang Starr. Since coming to Harvard, he’s DJ-ed dozens of area parties and performs with Awkward Landing, a trio of Boston MCs...