“Other People’s Property” is a very good book that is at its best when its author acts like a DJ. But don’t get it twisted: [Jason] Tanz sees hip-hop as text more than as sonic phenomenon or, for that matter, stone groove. “Other People’s Property” is made up of nine journalistic pieces, each a mix of reportage and personal reflection about race and the industry of hip-hop. It’s freaky, equally in love with Western philosophers such as Jean Baudrillard and the classic albums from hip-hop’s golden era. In a very hip-hop effort to get his shine on, the author mashes up his prose, cutting in and out of reportage and confessional styles.
This cutting edge documentary not only unmasks the faces of seven individuals addicted to graffiti, but it exposes their thoughts, feelings, faults and fears — an avenue unrivaled by any graff film to date[…]”Graffiti is like the United Nations. There is a representative from all corners of the earth. Black, white and the many shades in between, man or woman.”
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is calling for today’s rap superstars to stop fighting after incidents over the weekend (27-28 August 05) marred the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in Miami, Florida.
A group of New York hipsters are generating criticism from countless internet bloggers for holding monthly “kill whitey” parties in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Organizers of the Magic Marketplace denied that The Game was ejected out of the famed Las Vegas fashion convention, but charged the rap star was denied entrance because his security carried concealed handguns.
Durham mayoral candidate Jackie Wagstaff donned bright-orange Chuck Taylor shoes and large gold earrings to announce her “hip-hop agenda” for City Hall. Mrs. Wagstaff said she would use “gangsta” culture and rap music to appeal to disaffected youth, luring them away from crime with the offer of free studio time to record songs. T-shirt giveaways would serve as another enticement.
The new SL-DZ1200 CD Turntable by Technics transplants the DNA of the World renowned SL turntables into a CD player. The development mission, now achieved, was to allow DJs to make a perfectly smooth transition from vinyl to todays musical media without disturbing the DJing technique.
While Sean ‘’Diddy” Combs was hosting MTV’s soporific Video Music Awards in Miami Sunday, Marion ‘’Suge” Knight was in a nearby hospital recovering from a gunshot wound sustained at a pre-awards party shortly after midnight Saturday.
Hip-hop music executive Marion “Suge” Knight was shot early Sunday morning at a hotel in Miami Beach, where partygoers were celebrating MTV’s Video Music Awards, according to several witnesses and police.
