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...claim outright: “Next time you mention Pac, Biggie, and Jay-Z / Don’t forget Weezy Baby!” Has Wayne accomplished enough in his career to be associated with legends? Depends on who you ask. Some say that Wayne raps too much about trivial and cliche rap stuff (guns, women, money, bling). Others will say that the only thing that matters is ambition and technique, both of which Wayne has in spades. Whether that debate will be solved on radio stations, in dorm room debates, or on the streets, one thing is for certain...

Author: By Alec E Jones, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lil Wayne | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

...being a player in the presidential campaign. We're the moderator--for better or for worse. The candidates talk to the public through the media, and the public talks to the candidates through our polls. The 24/7 news cycle--cable television, the Internet, the blogosphere--has the effect of trivializing big stories and making big stories out of trivial ones. It's disingenuous to say we're just the messenger, because we're often the message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting It Straight | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...Western media obsessed with drawing parallels) as the "Chinese Enya" when her debut album Sister Drum was released by Warner Music in 1995. But interestingly, neither she nor Sa have presented themselves as mainstream Chinese. "To a Western ear, mainstream Chinese pop is too sweet - it sounds trivial," explains Baranovitch. "Minority artists offer something different and refreshing. There's a sense of primitiveness, spirituality and exoticism - it sells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way of Sa | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...focus on the trivial and superficial while the nation remains at war and teeters on the edge of an economic recession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...them; in May, officers voted to lobby the government for the right to strike, an entitlement they lost in 1919. They also complain that targets set by politicians encourage a statistics-driven culture in which minor offenses are followed up to inflate detection rates. Every incident, no matter how trivial, enmeshes cops in red tape when they could be out on the beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case for Scotland Yard | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

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