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...think it’s kind of funny because I’m not really that smart,” he says flatly. “When people peg me as an intellectual rapper, I think that’s hilarious. When I think about it, Tupac was the king of ‘emo rap’—so if people want to put me in the same category as Tupac, I’m honored...
...Sipping a virgin piNa colada while sitting in the off-white pleather booths of a small Hong Kong wine bar with a few friends, Chen converses on topics ranging from designer Paul Frank's latest clothing line to rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg. She isn't apologetic about her absence of developed talent or the free pass she has received. "Connections. Timing. Luck. That's all this industry is," she says. At this stage of her career she approaches her job as she would a business venture. She attends weekly strategy sessions at Century Elements and continually suggests ways to increase...
...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 the club’s attendance record. The second, at the legendary CBGB’s (10/17) is chronicled below...
...hail Def Jux, saviors of American hip hop. Not only have they produced a brace of rappers outrageously talented enough to redeem a near-moribund genre—in RJD2, they have proved that they don’t even need a rapper to do it. The beats and cuts on RJD2’s debut solo album, Deadringer, are as fresh as they come, neither burdened with artistic pretension nor simply catering to the dance floor...
...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...