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...loaded with guest stars. Snoop Dogg adds his sly Southern drawl to Conditioner, Nas contributes a few apocalyptic rhymes to Let My Niggas Live, and soulman Isaac Hayes makes an appearance (along with a sample of his 1969 cover version of Walk On By) on I Can't Go to Sleep...
...loaded with guest stars. Snoop Dogg adds his sly southern drawl to "Conditioner," Nas contributes a few apocalyptic rhymes to "Let My Niggas Live," and soulman Isaac Hayes makes an appearance (along with a sample of his 1969 cover version of "Walk On By") on "I Can't Go to Sleep...
...talk about American music without talking about Black people and Black musical forms. And you cannot discuss Black music without taking it account its edginess (think of bluesman Robert Johnson, bebop innovator Charlie Parker, rocker Little Richard, soulman Otis Redding, et al.), its rebelliousness (anyone from Big Mama Thornton to Jimi Hendrix) and the fact that edginess and rebelliousness ultimately appeals to white young people as much as it does to Black young people. That and "white music" suffering slumps from time to time made the white embrace of hip-hop inevitable - has there really been anything interesting happening...
...next few months there will be a flood of neo-soul releases. Maxwell's quietly mesmerizing second CD, Embrya, is out this week; D'Angelo's second release, Voodoo, is due out this fall; and neo-soulman Rachid's assured debut, Prototype, recently arrived in stores. Tony Rich and Des'ree also have CDs due out soon, and Seal--a veteran who could be considered the godfather of neo-soul--is coming out with an album this September. Lastly, Lauryn Hill, a singer-rapper-songwriter with the hip-hop trio the Fugees, is releasing in August her solo debut...
...musicians--Sting, Eric Clapton, Arrested Development--soon followed. Older performers went on Unplugged to revive careers, younger rockers to boost new ones. When Pearl Jam paid a visit in 1992, it was largely unknown; its Unplugged appearance was an important milestone in the band's drive toward megastardom. Aging soulman Rod Stewart's acoustic set spawned an Unplugged album that sold 3 million copies. Coming full circle, folk-rock trailblazer Bob Dylan, who enraged music purists when he plugged in his acoustic guitar 30 years ago, will release an Unplugged CD in April. (In 1993 Dylan released an acoustic...