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...distribute media before it is com-mercially distributed, a huge problem for the music industry.“[Pre-release] piracy is a really big deal,” Samuel D. G. Jacoby ’08, who is also a Crimson editor and one of the heads of WHRB??s Hip-Hop department, writes in an e-mail. “You’ll find copies of major releases floating around [on the web] sometimes months in advance.”Under FECA, Thomas and Bowser could face up to eleven years each in prison.This increasing...
...warmth, blazers are more prevalent than wife-beaters. Wordy, intellectual rhymes from underground hip-hopper Busdriver pipe through the speakers before the show. A freshman proctor has come to watch the battle. Nonetheless, anticipation is still high. The show was coordinated by The Darker Side (TDS)—WHRB??s hip-hop program. Before the show, Sam D. G. Jacoby ’08, co-director of TDS, bounces around giddily. “We started planning it a couple of weeks ago. Originally what we wanted was to let people know what an amazing resource...
Hang Liu ’09 knows how to break it down. The Holworthy frosh left WHRB??s freestyle rap battle last Friday with something every rapper wants to take home to his crib: victory. With the vocal support of some friends and his proctor, Liu overcame three challengers and an at-times hostile crowd in head-to-head dis dishes on a large makeshift stage in Massive Records on Mass. Ave. But despite his lyric-spitting prowess, the NYC native isn’t all about battling. “I like much more just writing...
...competing without an alias, who came out on top. The contestants went head to head in three rounds of competition. The final round featured two 45-second battles between Mikal N. Floyd-Pruitt ’06 and Liu, with Liu wowing the three-member judging panel. WHRB??s hip-hop department, “The Darker Side,” led by Samuel D.G. Jacoby ’08 and Darius P. Felton ’08, judged the show. Liu won a $50 gift certificate to Massive Records and air-time on WHRB, where he already...
...department of Harvard’s radio station, WHRB, in conjunction with Massive Records, is hosting its first ever hip-hop battle for students and locals to compete for a cash prize and airtime to showcase the night’s best acts. The record store and WHRB??s “The Darker Side,” say that they hope that the event will bring greater attention to Boston’s thriving hip-hop scene which they say has gone relatively unnoticed by most Harvard students. “Boston has a vibrant...