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A White Man’s Look at Race and The Hip-Hop Industry

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Other People's Property
“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.

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A Look Into ‘Infamy’

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Cover of 'Infamy'
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.”

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Snoop Brings Snooper Bowl to Motown

Posted on Friday, September 30, 2005

Detroit’s Pontiac Silverdome is scheduled to hold Snoop Dogg’s Snooper Bowl and a Celebrity Football Game this coming January.
Source: sohh.comClick here to read on . . .

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Slum Village Rides Again with GM deal

Posted on Friday, September 30, 2005

Slum Village is set to follow up last year’s Detroit Deli with a new self-titled disc later this month. They have also recently inked a deal with General Motors to appear in TV commercials for Chevrolet . . . where their first single, “Ez Up,” will be featured in advertisements for Chevrolet. Slum members T-3 […]

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Ubisoft to Publish Breakdancing Video Game for Holiday 2005 - Flow: Urban Dance Uprising

Posted on Friday, September 30, 2005

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that it will publish Flow: Urban Dance Uprising(TM), the first and only breakdancing and hip hop video game. Developed by Artificial Mind and Movement, Flow: Urban Dance Uprising(TM) will be available worldwide for holiday 2005, exclusively for the PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system.
Source: […]

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The Roots Sign with Def Jam

Posted on Friday, September 30, 2005

Okay player, here’s the deal. Illadelph hip-hop giants The Roots have migrated to the home that Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin built. One of many new signees to Def Jam since Jay-Z was named prez, it is a hard-earned achievement from a crew who has been putting in work since 1993’s Organix.
Source: cmj.comClick here […]

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Tupac’s Screenplay to be Made into Film

Posted on Friday, September 30, 2005

In March, Insomnia Media Group will begin production on the film “Live 2 Tell,” a newly-acquired script written in 1995 by the late Tupac Shakur.
Source: eurweb.comClick here to read on . . .

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Canadian Filmakers are 4REAL About Hip Hop

Posted on Friday, September 30, 2005

When artist manager Sol Guy accompanied Vancouver rap group the Rascalz to Sierra Leone for a War Child/MuchMusic documentary in 2000, he had no idea what an impact it would have on his life. “That trip radically changed the way I look at the world and the course of my life and career,” Guy told […]

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Bone Thugs Rapper Layzie Bone’s Finger Nearly Bitten Off

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005

In one of the more bizarre accounts of artist/fan interactions, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Layzie Bone almost lost a finger on Saturday when an irate fan tried to bite it off during a scuffle.
Source: mtv.comClick here to read on . . .

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