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Mark de Clive-Lowe - Tide's Arising
Mark de Clive-Lowe is that kid at the party who’s just too damn cool for the room — he’s got twice as much style as you and only has to try half as hard. You don’t know him, and you don’t like him. Then, at a certain point, you look over and realize he’s drinking the same beer you are. Suddenly he must not be that bad.
... (read more)Allfrumtha I - Larger Than Life
Back for the third time, rhyming duo Binky Mac and Squeak Ru are ready for the big time. With their latest accomplishment Larger Than Life, they attempt to become the next OutKast with their audacious and experimental instrumentation. However, this newfound bravery can prove to be either an immense success or a complete failure.
... (read more)DVD Review: Three 6 Mafia Presents: Choices II: The Set Up
In the bonus features section of Choices II, members of Three 6 Mafia, Juicy J and DJ Paul, explain their motivation to make movies. “We make films ‘cause a lot of guys we know in the hood be hustlin’ too much to go to the movies. They really just don’t feel like spending the seven or eight bucks,” DJ Paul says. After watching this low budget, badly produced movie, those same guys might be wishing they had saved their mone... (read more)
DVD Review: Freestyle - The Art of Rhyme
As hip hop culture and music moved into the mainstream in the late eighties, many of the critics pegged the movement as a phase or a novelty. Now that we’re in the 21st century and the interest in hip hop’s pivotal role in modern music has been continuously on the rise for several years now, still, much of the public sees hip hop only in the shadow of the marketing and clichés that classifies the movement as aggressive and exclusionary. ... (read more)
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Roses y Handcuffs
It gets quiet. Then he says, "you heard Ye's "Street Lights" yet?" In between those six words, lingers a heavier question then what's being breathed o (read more) -
The Nappy Diatribe
The last few days, watching the liberal blogosphere act like a bunch of whining malcontents as they clumsily hyperventilate over Obama picking Hillary (read more) -
Invite Only
THE SPOT: 74 Leonard Street between Broadway and Church, Nov 24, 2008. It's raining but we must press on because this is, in fact, is a VIBE event and (read more) -
zentronix d+h
We now have some idea of how hip-hop may have impacted the presidential election. According to stats from CIRCLE, those under the age of 45 delivered (read more)
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Will Smith
Government Name: Willard Christopher Smith Jr.
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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