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Rap Music

Eminem, Misogyny, and the Sounds of Silence

Jackson Katz | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Homophobia, Misogyny, Music Critics, Rape, Eminem, Domestic Violence, Congo, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Jackson Katz

The evidence of our culture's unwillingness to address the reality and ubiquity of men's violence against women is not merely contained in the lyrics on Eminem's new album.

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Journey Of A Marshall Mathers Fan

Jake Arky | Posted 05.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Marshall Mathers, Fans, Relapse, Eminem, Rap Music, Home News
Jake Arky

I'm not an Eminem fan--really, I'm not. I just own all of his albums, have tracked his career from the beginning, and have been anxiously waiting his ...

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Mat Kearney & The Future of Rock

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sugar Hill Gang, Eminem, Girl America, Mat Kearney, The Beatles, Aerosmith, President Kennedy, Run DMC, Rock, Hip-Hop, Keane, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Mark Joseph

Some Americans remember where they were when President Kennedy was shot, while others remember the first time they saw the Beatles. I remember the fir...

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Heineken Is Just Our Friend (VIDEO)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Biz Markie, Commercials, Songs, Hip Hop, Rap, Advertising, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Beer, Heineken, Biz-Markie-Politics, Hip-Hop, TV Advertising, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Have you seen this new Heineken commercial, "Let a Stranger Drive You Home?" Last week, it shot Biz Markie's 1990 hit "Just a Friend" onto the iTunes bestsellers list.

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A Letter to the President, From Hip-Hop

Matthew Cooper | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay-Z, Hip Hop, Obama Hip-Hop, Barack Obama, President Obama, Rap Music, Politics News
Matthew Cooper

You once said, "Hip-Hop is not just a mirror of what is, it should also be a reflection of what can be." I can work with my people to clean up our act, but you have to understand that poverty still exists in America.

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Genre Bending: How Hip Hop Became Kind of hip Pop

Daniel Werman | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nas, Neptunes, Hip Hop, Kanye West, Rap, Sampling, The Retro Kids, Lil Wayne, Music Sampling, Dj Shadow, The Cool Kids, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Daniel Werman

While sampling's presence may have made hip hop into the form that many of us miss dearly, its absence could actually start to foster a broad sound that we may soon grow to know and love.

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Obama Changes The Rap Game

Daniel Riggs | Posted 01.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Songs, Hip Hop, American Muslims, Muslims, Independent Music, Rappers, Music, Hip-Hop, Obama Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Hiphop, Entertainment News
Daniel Riggs

Hip-hop music has always acted as a sort of watchdog for political movement. Lyrics range from anti-American to revolutionary to ideas that encourage listeners to simply stay aware.

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Notorious: The Biggie Biopic is Great But it Still Doesn't Answer, "Who Shot Ya?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 01.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Youth, California, Mtv, New York City, The Notorious B.I.G., Rappers, Film, Biggie Smalls, Hip-Hop, Rap Music, Hollywood, Suge Knight, Entertainment News
Raymond Leon Roker

Notorious is the first biopic of a hip-hop personality. Think about that as both an awesome milestone, as well as a sad testament for hip-hop.

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A Modern Classic: Jawz of Life's First Breath, A Christian Rapper Who's a Proud Father

Alex Remington | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jawz of Life, Atlanta, Rap Music, Rap, Jawz of Life First Breath, Christian Rap, Music, Hip-Hop, Mainstream Rap, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

The album isn't overly pious, but Jawz's faith is apparent in the absence of the macho bull and gangsta pretension of other mainstream rap.

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Ferenc Szasz: Rap Music Originated In Medieval Scottish Pubs

Daily Telegraph | Simon Johnson | Posted 12.28.2008 | Home

Read More: American Professor Rap Music, Scotland Pubs Rap Music, Ferenc Szasz Rap Music, Ferenc Szasz, Rap Music, Home News

Rap music originated in the medieval taverns of Scotland rather than the mean streets of the Bronx and Brooklyn, an American academic has claimed. ...

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The Great Hip-Hop Debate: 10 Policy Tackling Rap Videos

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Eminem, Jay-Z, Presidential Debates, Family Values, Hip-Hop, Music, 2008 Election, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Raymond Leon Roker

In celebration of the third and final Presidential Debate, URB.com put together the 10 best rap songs where candidates truly debate the issues. Most of these nominees just happen to rap.

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Snoop Dogg, Tupac, and Dr. Dre's Former Label Auctioned

AP | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rap Music, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auct...

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50 Cent: The New Linda Tripp?

Paul Nair | Posted 06.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Young Buck, The Game, Beef, Tupac Shakur, Notorious b.i.g, Confrontation, 50 Cent, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Paul Nair

When does the fantasy world of rap music end and real life begin? Is it acceptable to bring a human being's obviously honest distress into a world of pseudo-tough-guy confrontation?

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This Week in Rap Music: Stop Being So White

Kevin Allocca | Posted 03.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Game Jail, The Game Face Tattoo, Bow Wow 21, Lil Wayne Condoms, Reasons to Wear Condoms, Lil' Wayne Strapped, Bow Wow Birthday, Rihanna Umbrella Concerts, 236.Com, Rap Music, Strapped Condoms, Entertainment News
Kevin Allocca

Stop bringing umbrellas to Rihanna concerts. No one can see and it's soooo white that you're embarrassing me.

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This Week in Rap Music: Def Jam President

Kevin Allocca | Posted 01.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Def Jam Records, 236.Com, Jermaine Dupri, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Kevin Allocca

We've been spending so much time lately on the U.S. Presidential race (snooze) that I kind of wish the search for the new Def Jam president were as public. That would be soo ill.

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