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...these opposing viewpoints. It doesn’t get much more cerebral than the shout-out in “Bleeding Brain Grow” on the recent album Paullelujah!, his first LP: “Eve, Mika, RZA, Evil JD, Nasir is Osiris, and J-live, AZ, Rakim, Cormega, Cage, Mr. OC: I’m anomie...
...fairly simple: not enough Eminem. He performs on only five of the album's 16 songs, and in one he is part of his hard-core junta/spin-off group D12. The rest of the album is filled out with solid tracks from the likes of Jay-Z, Nas and Rakim, but since their rhymes lack the confessional roar of Eminem's, the middle of the album sags. In fans' minds, these excess tracks will inevitably be forgotten and 8 Mile will be remembered as an Eminem album (just as Saturday Night Fever is recalled as an album by the Bee Gees...
...contributions were seen as an important part of the war effort; the support of contemporary entertainers may come to be viewed in the same light. So don?t look for pure entertainment to fade away. Though specific artists may become afterthoughts, music will not. Eric B. and Rakim, with their Gulf War song ?Casualties of War? (1992) showed that hip-hop was big enough and smart enough to address topics like international conflict. Hopefully, we?ll see a new generation of artists, challenged by history, rise to the task of writing music that captures the themes...
...live album with a few bonus studio tracks that paid tribute to musical rebels. The extra tracks turned out so well that the band members decided to turn the CD into a collection of cover songs. Renegades includes songs by the hip-hop duo Eric B. and Rakim (Microphone Fiend), punk pioneers MC5 (Kick Out the Jams) and even folk rocker Bob Dylan (Maggie's Farm). Rage's versions radically transform the originals, altering the melodies and providing fresh rhythmic fire. Paying homage to rebel heroes, Rage has confirmed its place among them...
...breathtaking journey. The exhibit charts the story of hip-hop's evolution from a party culture into a massive music phenomenon, starting when Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" went all the way to No. 1 hard on the heels of "Rapper's Delight." Acts such as Eric B. and Rakim took the art of rhyming to a new level of profundity, their trickster lyrical gymnastics cutting up and reordering the world, while others, such as Public Enemy, used the format as a platform for social criticism and a revival of the nationalist politics of Malcolm X. De La Soul...