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When pop performers draw on a wide range of genres in a single album, the result can be hors d'oeuvre music: varied and savory, but perhaps not as satisfying as a main course. Singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, on her hook-laden debut album, Whoa, Nelly! (DreamWorks), borrows from a...
Furtado's CD is a rich source of innovative rhythms and original musical ideas. One of the best songs,...On the Radio, is a hip-hoppy declaration of independence in which Furtado dedicates herself not just to climbing the charts but also to charting her own course. Another song, Legend...
Blend the bass line from Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" and underground rap and you have the Roots' "Work," a track guaranteed to earn respect from the hip-hop world. Meanwhile, St. Louis rapper Nelly continues his assault on the rap world with "Icey," a smooth, melodic piece about the...
Scientists fear the Yanomami controversy could tarnish the reputation of anthropological research at a time when indigenous peoples are asserting their rights to restrict foreign scholars. But whatever the sins of past decades, the real issue is not the squabbles of academics. It is how to help save the Amazon...
That said, hip-hop has always been Black America's CNN. That has never changed. CNN shows all kinds of news, not just "positive" stuff, and that is the same for hip-hop. And hip-hop has never stopped bearing witness. Listen, for example, to Nelly's album very closely...