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...death of Shakur, who sold more than 10 million albums, constitutes a defining nightmare for a gangsta-rap world whose paranoid royalty seem increasingly compelled to live out the grotesque violence that fills its art. Many initially connected the murder to the rapper's vocal participation in an ugly feud between his California record label, Death Row, and its East Coast competitor, Bad Boy. It was Death Row president Marion ("Suge") Knight who was driving his black BMW after the Tyson fight, with Shakur standing up through the sun roof. Four men rolled up in a white Cadillac, fired about...
...significantly less layered sound on the new album than Tricky has in the past, the result is no less rich or rewarding. As well as being a fine vocalist, Tricky remains an innovative producer and an enthusiastic sampler, but not an overly promiscuous one. Funk riffs give "Bubbles," a vocal collaboration between Tricky and Hall, the kind of inimitable musical flavor that makes an album great. Samplings of DAS EFX on "Keep Your Mouth Shut" as well as Bird's rap "Children's Story" pay homage to a few of trip-hop's influences, though none comes as close...
...both the students and the administration. PBHA scored a victory with the creation of a board of trustees comprised of administrators, PBHA students leaders, community members and alumni. The board includes non-student voting members, meaning that administrators will not be able to avoid thorny issues by waiting for vocal PBHA leaders to graduate...
After arriving in the United States in 1968, Marshall's criticism of the racial inequities and repressive police brutality of apartheid South Africa grew increasingly vocal, making a return to her homeland impossible...
...rally in Chicago last week for the nation's two teachers' unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, the scene appeared straight out of one of those old melodramas with vocal audience participation. The guest speaker, Vice President Al Gore, had only to mention the villains--Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich, "the Ginsu gang," who "tried to chop, slice and dice all those things that are important to us"--and hisses filled the air. The heroes, too, were just as easy to identify. "We love all our teachers," Gore told the pumped-up, cheering crowd...