Word: rapping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...depressing as it is to admit, it is a sad fact of life that gangsta rap just isn't what it used to be. Gone are the glory days of Dr Dre's The Chronic, Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle and 2Pac's All Eyez On Me in which rap was a fearless institution that was invigorating because of its intelligent presentation and smart, pulsing sounds...
With 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. six feet under, Dr. Dre and Wu-Tang Clan brazenly shifting towards hip-hop sounds and stars like Snoop Dogg content to churn out uninspired drivel like "Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told," gangster rap is in danger of becoming little more than innocuous dance music...
Which is a damn shame, because rap has always made the musical world far more interesting, not only through its sharp, well engineered sounds, but also by the way it has always thumbed its nose at the conventional standards of society. While the ideas that gangsta rap preaches, such as cop killing, are far from condonable, they are presented with such obvious showmanship that ultimately the music is simply a harmless, creative outlet. Although gangsta rap is clearly fading, there are still several bright spots remaining, one being the West Coast trio of Cypress Hill...
Cypress Hill has always been an odd rap group, since they've been more inclined to croon about the legalization of marijuana than street violence or gang warfare; but over the last decade they've been one of the industry's most reliable assets. Their fourth album, Cypress Hill IV, is a sleekly polished and satisfying blend of the upbeat, flavorful tempos of their smash second album, Black Sunday, and the solemn, brooding tones of their third offering, Cypress Hill III (Temples of Boom...
...tone of the hearings rather than the body of evidence. The Democrats want them to be about sex and Starr. The Republicans want them to be about abusing the law and the power of the presidency, which is why chief G.O.P. counsel David Schippers last week recalibrated Starr's rap sheet against Clinton so that the focus is on charges like obstruction of justice, witness tampering and, grandest of all, conspiracy. Between now and Nov. 3, with lawmakers out campaigning, the committee's staff members will function as quietly as possible as they prepare for postelection hearings. Witness lists will...