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...legend 50 Cent have ever been less innovative. Indeed, 50 has gained enormous and well-deserved fame by creating the archetypal song for many of hip-hop’s most fundamental clichés—in his 2003 masterpiece “Get Rich or Die Tryin??” alone, 50 brought the dance floor bump-n-grind to its apotheosis with “In Da Club,” painted the precise portrait of one of rap’s cardinal tropes with “P.I.M.P.,” and refined...

Author: By Alex E. Traub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 50 Cent | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...cook us a rap on the spot? R: I can’t really get my energy levels together right now because I’m in a different zone right now. I’m tryin?? to get out of traffic. I’m in a traffic jam right now...I’m going to my DJ’s house right now, going to listen to some more beats and all that, though, but I promise I catch you another time. Just trying to get through this...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Raekwon of The Wu-Tang Clan | 3/30/2008 | See Source »

...bold, too cold, like wet salami.” (From “We Takin’ Over (Remix)”) PPCE: “Scream,” Stephen King, and Prince. Because I’m fairly literal. 2. “I’m tryin?? to be polite / But you bitches in my hair like the fuckin’ po-lice” (From “Gossip”) PPCE: “The Wire.” Because both Weezy and the HBO drama are morally ambiguous, are the best...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jake G. Cohen | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...near-angry, almost disgusted tone. It’s packed with jumbled, biting pronouns that can’t help but amuse: “I know what you did to me and I know what we did / And who did what to who and who the hell you tryin?? to kid.” The anguished “Where Is My Love?” again reflects the recent sorrow of Williams’ life. Her grainy, Southern voice breaks at times, becoming scratchy and torn in a cry of despair, only made more powerful...

Author: By Nan N. Ransohoff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lucinda Williams - "West" (Lost Highway Records) | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...Away” continues to favor toughness over fun. “If you ain’t man enough to make shit clear / guaranteed you’ll get blown away,” Akon sings, but then he steps back from his tough realism: “Tryin?? to hold on a couple more years / tryin?? not to get blown away.” What starts out as steely-eyed fatalism turns into helpless desperation, a sentiment that gets echoed later on “Gangsta Bop.” Singing over a laid...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NEW MUSIC: Akon, "Konvicted" | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

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