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NSFW: 10 Pop Culture References From The LA Riots

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 04.26.2012

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The death of Latasha Harlins and the beating of Rodney King not only prompted the cataclysmic Los Angeles Riots, but they also influenced artists to s...

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Ice Cube On '21 Jump Street' And The Fight Between George Clooney and David O. Russell

The Huffington Post | Mike Ryan | Posted 05.06.2012

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When I was a freshman in high school, I begged my parents to buy me N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton." At the time, the only other rap album I owned wa...

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"Who Got the Camera?": Hip-Hop's Quest for Social Justice

Mark Anthony Neal | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Let's Get Free, Film the Police, Nwa, Black Panther Party, Pharoahe Monch, Paul Butler, Simon Glik, Fuck the Police, Aiyana Stanley Jones, B Dolen, Ice Cube, Clap, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News
Mark Anthony Neal

In an era marked by the increased presence of law enforcement in Black communities, young Black men were particularly susceptible to blatant forms of police brutality. As such, so-called "gangsta rap "was likely the most organic documentation of police brutality in Black communities.

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Rapper Is Playing His Dad In The N.W.A. Biopic 'Straight Outta Compton'

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 11.29.2011

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Ever since Ice Cube's announcement back in 2009 that he'd be producing an NWA biopic, "Straight Outta Compton," there's been little to go on save an i...

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For Your Viewing And Listening Pleasure: 10 Inspired Book And Album Pairings

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Edith Wharton, High Fidelity, Kanye West, The Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel, Naked Lunch, Nwa, LCD Soundsystem, The Velvet Underground, Book and Album Pairings, Books News

Combining your appreciation of different media can be tricky: You probably shouldn’t be watching a movie on your iPhone as you stroll through an art...

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WATCH: The Shock Poetry Of OFWGKTA LA's Newest Hip-Hop Spectacle

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ofwgkta, Video, Rap, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, Geto Boys, Poetry Magazine, Nwa, Gravediggaz, Books News

The Poetry Foundation: Odd Futurism The shock poetry of LA's newest hip-hop spectacle. BY BETHLEHEM SHOALS Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFW...

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WATCH: Ireland Bailout Gets Skewered By Taiwanese Animators

Posted 05.25.2011

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It was inevitable, but the massive bailout of Ireland has finally got the Taiwainese animation treatment. Ireland, once heralded as a model of grow...

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'Cracked Actor': An Angry Yet Forgiving Playlist for Mel Gibson

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Wild

In the spirit of brotherhood, here's my angry but forgiving playlist for a cracked actor who apparently has some passions in this life that aren't particularly Christ-like. Please know that I'm praying for you, Mel -- in Yiddish.

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Tribeca Interview: Ice Cube's Straight Outta LA

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sports, Compton, Hip Hop, Nwa, Espn, Rap, Welcome Back Kotter, Raiders, Ice Cube, Straight Outta LA, Music, Tribeca Film Festival, New York News
Cynthia Ellis

Ice Cube's new documentary is about the how having the Raiders in LA unified the city, and the genesis of Ice Cube's rap group N.W.A.

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It's Time for a DJ Intervention (VIDEO)

Ali MacLean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dj, Funny or Die, Crystal Method, She Wants Revenge, Twilight, I Tunes, Turntablism, Music, Nwa, Hipsters, The Crystal Method, Parties, Celebrity DJ, Nightclubs, Intervention, DJ Intervention, Beat Junkies, I Pod, Celebrity, Gossip Girl, Video, Comedy News
Ali MacLean

In today's club scene a dilettante hipster can get paid four or five thousand dollars and show up with their iTunes play list. That's fine and all, but there are these people who used to do this for a living. Called DJs.

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Tanya Morgan: Sons Of the Native Tongue

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Timothy Cooper

The hip-hop trio Tanya Morgan, which consist of Brooklyn emcee/producer Von Pea and Cincinnati emcees Donwill and Ilyas, have set out to craft a signature sound of music that stands apart from industry standards.

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New Reissues Prove Kraftwerk Is the Most Important Band Ever

Tim Mohr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yaz, Egyptian Lover, Dr. Dre, Kraftwerk, Techno, Space Disco, Frankie Knuckles, Lil Jon, Chemical Brothers, Astralwerks, Chicago House, Cybotron, Detroit Techno, Music, Electro, Reissue, Acid House, Germany, Planet Rock, Crystal Castles, Autobahn, Tim Mohr, Robots, Trans Europe Express, Berlin, Afrika Bambaataa, Donna Summers, Italo Disco, Modernism, Glass Candy, Krautrock, Italians Do It Better, Supernature, Dirty Disco, Heartsrevolution, I Feel Love, Daft Punk, Dusseldorf, Fatboy Slim, Silver Apples, Crunk, House, Yazoo, Peaches, Punk, Moog, Machine Music, Nwa, Neon Workout, Cerrone, Heartbreak, Ramones, Synth, Perrey-Kingsley, Lfo, Lmfao, Lo-Fi, Animal Collective, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Electroclash, Entertainment News
Tim Mohr

The birthplace of all that's cool and modern in music wasn't Memphis, Liverpool or the South Bronx. It was Dusseldorf, Germany, where Kraftwerk invented the future we are now living.

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Dog Days of Summer Playlist: Volume 2

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, Ian Hunter, Declan O'Rourke, Lupe Fiasco & Jill Scott, The B-52's, Prince, Squeeze, Salt-N-Pepa, Iron & Wine, Benji Hughes, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Smashing Pumpkins, Music, Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder, N.W.A, Fleet Foxes, Julie Doiron, Fleetwood Mac, Empire of the Sun, David Bowie, A Tribe Called Quest, Billy Idol, Muse, Martha Wainwright, Mary J. Blige, Elmer Bernstein, Danielle Evin, Bob Dylan, Big Mama Thornton, Lykke Li, Andrew Bird, Golden Earring, mp3s, Diana Ross, Emmylou Harris, The Ventures, Artie Shaw, Skip James, Gillian Welch, Richard Swift, Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey, Phil Ramone, Nina Simone, Pink Floyd, Alice Coltrane, Diana Krall, Jeff Buckley, Seals & Crofts, Pixies, James Taylor, Dog Ears, The Wallflowers, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week's column features music by the B-52's, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley, The Wallflowers and Pink Floyd.

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