Word: spoken-word
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West said that Summers insulted his scholarship in a private meeting by attacking both his recording of a spoken-word CD and his political activism...
...jealous of Barack Obama: he's a great public speaker, so handsome that after every public event long lines of mostly women rush to get a picture with him, and counts Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Warren Buffett among his admirers. And he just won a spoken-word Grammy for for the audio version of his memoir, "Dreams from My Father." But here's the killer: He doesn't really gain weight. People who've met with him note he's endlessly snacking on nuts or whatever is at hand, and yet his 6'2'' frame remains...
Levi attempts authenticity by hanging with Carl, a spoken-word genius straight from the city’s depths, and a gang of angry Haitians who sell knock-off Prada and CD’s, three for $10. Returning to Wellington, he sees the school: “The pristine white spires of the college seemed to him like the watchtowers of a prison to which he was returning.” Levi tries to escape, but Smith fails to specify where, and if, he finds a better home...
Most of the crowd were familiar only with the hits, so it was unlikely that they even knew that the song was a slightly obscure, decade-old track called “Beercan”. Much less that the proper answer to that spoken-word question, presented in the middle of the first verse, is “Pretty good...
...their careers to play in his backing bands, inspiring them with his dedication and music. (Elton John, born Reginald Dwight, even chose his surname in honor of Baldry.) He recorded more than 40 albums and also had a successful voiceover career, receiving a 1998 Grammy Award nomination for best spoken-word album for children with The Original Story of Winnie-the-Pooh...