| Rhymefest Talks Hip-Hop with Tory Party Leader By Chris Richburg Date: 10/19/2006 2:45 pm | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:04:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | Chicago lyricist Rhymefest found common ground Thursday (Oct. 19) while acting as a goodwill Hip-Hop ambassador during his overseas visit with Tory Party leader David Cameron. In addition to discussing Cameron's concerns over violent rap lyrics, the London Metro Times reports that Rhymefest treated the British politician to a performance in his House of Commons office and even invited him to venture with him to a nightclub. Although the pair was in unison about not banning Hip-Hop, they also felt that rappers have a responsibility to portray the positive side of life in their music. "David told me what his issues were and I told him what my issues were with what could be perceived in what he was saying and we came to what I believe was an understanding," said the Grammy-winning rapper, who made no apology for using violent imagery in his lyrics to reflect the reality of Chicago street life.... | |
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| | | Hip-hop with brains, heart, passion | | Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 1:20:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | Whenever the Roots put out a new album, we are reminded yet again of everything that's wrong with hip-hop. The main problem being that almost none of it is even remotely in the same league as the Roots. For the latest evidence, look no further than the title of their eighth excellent album. Game Theory takes its name from a branch of higher mathematics that analyzes strategy and decision-making in relation to conflict -- and can be applied to everything from sports to economics to warfare (or even ghetto hustling, in the case of this disc's title track). But a brainiac handle is hardly the only entry in their playbook. You've also got their stellar musicianship and funky grooves, anchored by the head-nodding backbeats of MVP ?uestlove. You've got trippy production. You've got razor-sharp, topical rhymes such as "Send our troops to get my paper/ Tell 'em to stay away from them skyscrapers." You've got frontman Black Thought delivering the rhymes.... | |
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| | | 50 Cent brands himself the 'George Bush' of hip-hop! | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 7:09:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | Washington, Sep 1 (ANI): Calling themselves similar on unpopular grounds, rapper 50 Cent has described himself as the 'George W Bush of hip-hop'. The 'In Da Club' star has said that unlike most of the people he is a huge fan of Bush, who he calls his 'homeboy'. "You wanna know something? I actually like Bush. In some ways, I'm the George W Bush of hip-hop - nobody likes me, but I'm still gonna run it for the next four years," Contactmusic quoted him, as saying. "I don't need that kind of pressure. All I need is a sequel to my video game and a new hit single," he added. (ANI) .... | |
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| | | Hip-hop gives 'Peace' a chance | | Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 1:04:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | When Antonio Ennis pulled his controversial ``Stop Snitchin' " T-shirts off the shelves of his Dorchester store in December and started making ``Start Peace" T-shirts, he didn't stop there. The hip-hop artist joined with three other local artists in December to form 4 Peace. Yesterday, Ennis, Wyatt Jackson, Edo.G, and Deric Quest, all from Roxbury and Dorchester, filmed part of the music video for their first single ``Start Peace" at Suffolk County House of Correction. Eleven inmates in beige and blue jumpsuits served as extras, sitting at tables playing card games and dominoes and peering out from locked cell doors. ``If we, start peace, right here, right now, we can teach the world just how, possibilities up in the clouds," the group rapped as prisoners flashed peace signs while dancing on a corridor overlooking the cafeteria ``We're all affected by the violence that's out here," Edo.G said.... | |
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| | | Hip-hop's impact on youth is topic | | Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 3:04:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | Freedom from Bondage Ministries and local pastors have teamed up to host the second part of The Truth Behind Hip Hop Youth Symposium at 5 p.m. Aug. 5 at the Bryan Civic Auditorium, 800 S. Coulter Drive. G. Craige Lewis, a Dallas-based speaker, will share his thoughts on hip-hop's destructive impact on children and adolescents. "Kids make these singers their idols and start to act out what they see in the videos," said Freedom from Bondage Ministries founder Tanisha Hall. "That's when you start seeing them having problems in school or at home. [Hip-hop stars] are not the role models the kids need." For more information, visit www.exministries.com or www.freedomfrombondage.org. .... | |
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