Word: rapping
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...timing is right, as movies from M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening to Pixar's Wall-E rap viewers' wasteful ways while selling huge tubs of popcorn. But Planet Green's ecotainment is also a study in what kind of Hollywood activism works and what's just noise pollution...
...song with this woman singing the chorus. Then Axl and the guitars break in, hard. It's catchy and rocking and modern sounding, and his voice sounds all over the place, in an impressive way. The chorus is from the woman, and there are some sound effects - like a rap song. And there are two short guitar solos, either from Slash, Buckethead or Bumblefoot - the first of which has a silly, fun Eddie Van Halen quality. All I get from the lyrics is that, apparently, Axl is upset about the way an ex treated him. She, apparently, is "crazy...
...this year's event, although Eavis is confident they will sell. The sluggish sales have provoked much deliberation, but some festival traditionalists attribute this to the choice of Jay-Z as the headliner. One initial comment on the nme.com Website described the decision as a "disaster," while another said, "rap is the pop music of the twenty-first century, but Glastonbury has always tried to stay away from silly mainstream garbage ... no Led Zep and a rubbish headliner instead, this is a double blow." But most posts on this and other forums have been positive, one describing it as "History...
...Rap hitting rock terrain also caused a stink in the states recently. Hip-hop star Kanye West riled Bonaroo festival-goers when his 2:45 a.m. performance was delayed to 4:25 am. Kanye ragged against the criticism, writing on his blog, "This is the maddest I ever will be." Jay-Z responded in his spat in more measured terms, describing the Glastonbury controversy as "ridiculous" on BBC Radio 1's Rap Show. "It's 2008, what is that about? That's such old-school thinking," he said...
...Iran's godfather of pop, producer Mohsen Rajabpour, has no patience for musicians' complaints about permits. "If you try hard, you'll get a permit. Give me another year and I'll produce a rap album," he says self-assuredly, adding that the reason rock and rap haven't been officially successful is because Iranians prefer pop music. "Iranians are instinctively drawn to emotionality in music," he says, leaning back in the executive armchair of his slick black-walled record company...