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...There are a few universal laws in hip-hop. If you put Nate Dogg on your hook, you’re guaranteed a hit. LL Cool J will never go away. And when a new trend emerges in hip-hop, Jermaine Dupri will always rip it off egregiously. This last rule applies to Dem Franchize Boyz, an Atlanta-based group that represents Mr. Dupri’s latest business interest...
...album, but if you’re a straight male, you’ll probably want to avoid buying it in your local record shop—the clerks will make fun of you. Better to steal it from your little sister’s collection. Or you can rip my copy—I feel your pain...
...It’s nothing new—one part “Lose Control,” one part “Lose My Breath,” and one part “Tricky.” LL and Jermaine engage in rhyme-scheme and sound-scape rip-off so blatant that it simultaneously makes the listener forget the former’s significant contributions to hip-hop while somehow also eclipsing the mountain of crap that the latter has produced. Poor J-Lo is stuck in the middle (literally—the video splits LL?...
...OLYMPICS IT AIN'T--although it does have former decathlete Bruce Jenner. But Fox's rip-off of Dancing with the Stars far outdoes its ballroom model. The irresistible cornpone of a celebrity skate-off, it turns out, is not that different from the irresistible cornpone of a legitimate skating match. But there are also earnest moments, as when NFL on Fox weather babe Jillian Barberie, pictured--the competition's ringer--revealed that she has dreamed of spangle-costumed skating glory since she was a girl. Plus, we got to see Full House's Dave Coulier skate in a dress...
...three minutes to play in last Saturday’s loss at Cornell and Harvard leading 70-67, senior center Brian Cusworth misfired on a shot near the basket. Fighting for the offensive rebound, Cusworth reached over the back of Big Red forward Andrew Naeve in an attempt to rip the ball away, a violation that got Cusworth whistled for his fifth personal foul and prematurely ended his night. The play was a classic example of a foul borne completely of frustration, and it summed up the way Cusworth’s season has gone since he returned from...