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Some believe that Black Thought, ?uestlove and their gang represent “real” hip-hop that stretches back to, well, their roots. This camp points to the old-school, I’m-the-best-on-the-mic lyrics of Black Thought, and the influence of jazz, deep soul, and even blues on their live-instrument grooves, which they use instead of studio-crafted beats...
While Black Thought is an accomplished rapper, but he has little personality, edge, or sense of humor, and his lyrics often stall at old-school clichés. He is simply good at rapping, that?...
...head-twisting, double-time yet lyrically substantial spitting that makes the Twistas and Drag-Ons of mainstream hip-hop so redundant.But Kweli can’t always pull it off. One of the most interesting things about Black Star was that he and Mos took the aesthetic of old-school rap and made it sound fresh and new. Not so on this album’s ill-fated “reunion” cut “Supreme Supreme,” which only succeeds in reminding the listener that the members of the once “best...
...only the rules of dating were as simple today. If we only had to worry about ground phone lines and real answering machines. (Wait, what is an answering machine?) The advent of cell phones, however, has completely overhauled old-school dating etiquette, which has been further complicated by the rise of e-mail, texting, and facebook messaging. Not only must we recycle bulky pagers, but twentieth-century mating rituals are also begging for a make-over...
...student social space. The new library administration building across from Felipe’s should serve as a glaring reminder of that, as should the current “renovation” of the old Pudding building on 12 Holyoke St. Going co-ed is another option frequently touted, but this suggestion doesn’t recognize that final clubs are ultimately controlled by old-school graduate trustees, nor does it address questions of social elitism. Second of all, and more importantly, none of these objections is persuasive enough to convince me that I should leave an organization I care...