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Other panelists included Daren Graves, a professor of education at Simmons College. Brooklyn hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, a main draw for the event, could not attend the panel due to a personal emergency...
...same way that American rappers react to urban poverty and strife, the Palestinians react to the poverty in the Palestinian territories in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. DAM's signature tune "Meen Irhabi" ("Who's The Terrorist"), sparks the same sentiments as songs by Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Other artists like Gaza's Palestinian Rappers and Egypt's Arabian Knightz help bolster the popularity of the music...
...immediately after the Prophet Muhammad died without naming a successor as leader of the new Muslim flock. Some of his followers believed the role of Caliph, or viceroy of God, should be passed down Muhammad's bloodline, starting with his cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abi Talib. But the majority backed the Prophet's friend Abu Bakr, who duly became Caliph. Ali would eventually become the fourth Caliph before being murdered in A.D. 661 by a heretic near Kufa, now in Iraq. The succession was once again disputed, and this time it led to a formal split...
...stars, no hooks—just three and a half minutes of Chris Bridges doing some world-class MCing. “Ultimate Satisfaction,” featuring Field Mob, is probably worth hearing at least once or twice. “Runaway Love,” featuring a Talib Kweli-esque wimp-rap beat and an especially nondescript Mary J. Blige, features some poignant (and, more importantly, listenable) storytelling. “Slap” is on the David Banner blues-rap tip, and it’s about time more popular rappers started ripping him off?...
Dilated Peoples 20/20 (Capitol) “Conscious” rappers can never have too many roof parties, nor do they ever tire of strolling down the block on a cloudy day. Just watch music videos by Black Star, Talib Kweli, or Nas—when he wanted his underground credibility back. Dilated Peoples have held to the b-boy aesthetic in the past, but watch the fancy video for their new single, “Back Again,” carefully. Those props did not pay for themselves. There is money in the underground, and “20/20...