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...Puffy") Combs, head of Bad Boy Records and the hottest producer in hip-hop, went into what he calls a deep depression after his friend and chief collaborator, gangsta rapper Biggie Smalls, was gunned down outside a Los Angeles party. Coming hard after the slaying of rival rap star Tupac Shakur, who had been feuding with Bad Boy, the killing sparked speculation that the two incidents could be linked. Now Combs, 26, has re-emerged with his first solo album, No Way Out. It's an uneven work--the piano-driven Do You Know? flashes with brilliance, the dour Young...
After the premature deaths of Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, pop music seemed to take a step back. Hey, it's only rock 'n' roll--Does everyone have to be so uptight, so self-destructive...
Double albums in hip-hop tend to be as unnecessarily tedious as two-part sitcom episodes and director's-cut home videos. Even the late rap superstars Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. released disappointing double CDs that were heavy on gangsta attitude and light on well-crafted songs. Last week the hard-core rap group Wu-Tang Clan came out with theirs, Wu-Tang Forever (Loud/RCA). Given the fact that the group's last album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) had been lauded in hip-hop circles for its labyrinthine lyrics and creatively jagged production...
...congratulations to President Fujimori for having the courage and tenacity to refuse to capitulate to the terrorist demands that he release Tupac Amaru prisoners in exchange for the hostages [WORLD, May 5]. The loss of innocent life was unfortunate, but taking no Tupac Amaru prisoners clearly means there is less motivation for future terrorists to attempt another exchange for jailed comrades. Fujimori has made Peru a safer, saner country. BURT M. RICHMOND Chicago
...Whether Tupac Amaru, which has been operating since 1982, is destroyed is less certain. Fujimori has made the claim before, and was proved wrong by the seizure of the embassy residence in December. Now he is not so cocksure. "They are not necessarily eliminated," he says. "There are other terrorists out there, and we're going to keep a more careful eye on them." If they can, those guerrillas will try to show they are still in business with another attack. "Sure, this is a serious defeat," says the Tupac Amaru's European spokeswoman Norma Velazco...