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...noon, students walking from one end of Ohiri field to the other were pulled in all directions. The Black Students Association had one of the most visible booths at the tailgate, blasting rap and hip-hop through huge amplifiers just past the food lines by the entrance...
...perfect world, he's probably right. But in this world, it's not as easy as that. I'm not a rap-music person, but my grandkids listen to it, and they seem to have turned out pretty good...
BILL COSBY SAYS RAP AND FOUL LANGUAGE ARE HARMING TODAY'S BLACK YOUTH. DO YOU AGREE...
...2002’s The Eminem Show, Marshall Mathers backed himself into a corner, exhausting the cache of material about his family, his past and his celebrity, and leaving himself with precious little to work with. The 8 Mile stuff was amazing because he suddenly had a story to rap about, and his recent diss tracks against Murder Inc. and Benzino were great for the same reason. Now, with Encore, he’s all alone again, and at times, he sounds like he’s trying to squeeze blood out of rocks, reaching desperately for inspiration...
There are of course notable exceptions: Kanye West has brought God back to mainstream rap (“Well if this take away from my spins / which will probably take away from my ends / then I hope it take away from my sins” is his approach to the popular/religious music divide) while good singer-songwriters like Joseph Arthur and Pedro the Lion have been doing the same in indie music. If the folk and emo sensibilities of rap and indie-pop make these genres friendlier to religion than usual, these genres also tend to be more self-conscious...