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Davis builds his songs like any rock or rap producer. He starts with a drumbeat or bass line, adds piano or guitar to carry the melody, sprinkles in a few odd elements--a triangle, a cello, an organ--to make things interesting, and finishes the whole thing off with vocals. But before he begins, he has to comb through old vinyl bins for raw materials. "In the most passive way," says Davis, "what I put out depends on what comes...
Nellyville (Nelly's ever-so-humble nickname for St. Louis, Mo.) provides little reason to think its creator is up to any more than that. Songs like Pimp Juice aren't about pimping; they just invoke the trope because, sadly, that's how lazy mainstream rap has got in 2002. Actually, the message of Pimp Juice is uplifting--"Your pimp juice is anything that attracts the opposite sex/It could be money, fame or straight intellect"--as long as you don't mind being compared to a flesh peddler. Ah, well. Sensitive types won't take much comfort from...
Padilla went on to rack up a grim but not exceptional rap sheet of adult crimes--ranging from assault to unlawful carrying of weapons to the attempted theft of a doughnut. Almost every incident includes a charge of resisting arrest or fleeing the scene. He swiped at cops with knives, fists and feet, according to court documents. In between bookings, he worked as a dishwasher or in the laundry of Chicago hotels and restaurants. In October 1991, after he and his family had moved to South Florida, he was arrested for firing his .38-cal. revolver at another driver during...
...leadership...were not folks interested in what was good for the membership,” says PSLM member Benjamin L. McKean ’02. “It appears they were much more interested in collecting dues and all the things that give labor unions a bad rap...
...Winners EMINEM Vulgar rap artist's album debuts at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts despite marketing snafu. Word-of-mouth works if the language is foul enough LING ZHUO First-ever Miss China named second runner-up in Miss Universe pageant, then attacks Miss Taiwan for claiming to be an "independent woman" KIM DAE JUNG, JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Beleaguered leaders of Korea and Japan hold hands during World Cup ceremonies. Crowd loves it. Candlelight dinner is scheduled Losers LANCE BASS Russians say they're not sure 'N Syncer is fit to be next space tourist. Music world disagrees...