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...same turn as popular rock and country. “Take Back the Music,” a hip-hop songwriting contest sponsored by Essence Magazine and the Berklee College of Music, is emblematic of the voices currently challenging artists and consumers to re-think the elements that define rap music, opposing not only its occasionally misogynistic messages, but the major-label influence on the its image...
...fanatics—flock to it out of simple glee or hipster irony. Like a hypnotic pendulum lulling away the vulgarities of everyday stress, the tire swing beckons us to Yardfest in a more complex way than the food monopoly and in a more subtle way than the rap stars. One can imagine Yardfest without the dining services’ cornucopia, without the spectacle of saccharine country and ironic rap and perhaps without even the Yard itself. But Yardfest without a tire swing? Impossible—what would go on the posters...
...Tang brings a distinguished rap pedigree to Harvard, boasting several multiplatinum records, including Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, which makes Rolling Stone’s list of the top 500 albums ever produced. Its members have also individually released hits to critical and popular acclaim: Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… and GZA’s Liquid Swords are counted among hip-hop’s all-time classics...
...create monosyllabic rhymes). But where Doug E. Fresh has gained hip-hop status, it seems likely Lil’ Wil may not. In “My Dougie,” Lil’ Wil has successfully accomplished the task of combining all the worst stereotypical aspects of rap videos into one. But it doesn’t stop there—he even pays tribute to the song’s namesake by creating a “My Dougie” dance to go along with the music. Watch out, Soulja Boy! In the video, Lil?...
...Islam-related acronym, every Black Panther name-checked in a Dead Prez song, and every slang term for cocaine seems like not only an executable idea, but a good idea. My love of hip-hop, for better or for worse, became the best class in the world.Of these rap universes, Wu-Tang’s—one part kung-fu, one part Mafia, one part Nation, with a smattering of nerd (“mathemetics,” Greek mythology, comic books) that makes it particularly Harvard appropriate—is for me the most all-encompassing...