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HU event seeks to harness youth vote
247-7821For Barack Obama, winning the November election will hinge in part on his ability to turn out young people. The campaign has dispatched a number of surrogates, including musicians like Nasir "Nas" Jones to help turn out the youth vote. The rapper came...Tags: Government, Jimmy Carter, Election Day, Music Industry, Bill Clinton
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Back to Björn Borg: Fila revives its signature 1970s tennis styles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWHEN IT comes to sportswear logos, Fila's rounded "F" is only slightly less iconic than Adidas' triple stripes and the Nike swoosh. The '70s tennis star Björn Borg grand-slammed his way into sports history wearing the F-crest on his chest, and less than a...Tags: Defense, Luke Wilson, Nike Incorporated, Tennis, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson and the style that lasts: R&B
Times Pop Music CriticLOOKING classic-casual in a summer blazer, gray fedora and matching silk scarf, Ne-Yo leaned over his laptop in a West Hollywood recording studio one mid- August afternoon, playing selections from "Year of the Gentleman," his third solo album, out Sept....Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, American Idol, OutKast, Rihanna, George Michael
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Snoop passes Aussie sniff test
Australia's cool with Snoop Dogg. The rapper has been granted a visa to enter Australia for a concert tour, now that the immigration department has finished a full character assessment of the entertainer. Australia had earlier expressed concern about...Tags: Music, Prosecution, Movies, Police, Harry Potter
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Nelly and Ne-Yo, and a Judy Collins tribute
*Nelly, Brass Knuckles. First album in four years from St. Louis rapper features collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Usher, Ciara, Rick Ross, Fergie, Chuck D., Akon and Pharrell Williams. *Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman. Third album from R&B hitmaker "(So...Tags: American Idol, Vince Gill, Nelly, Popular Music, Usher
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Fall Rock Concerts: Schedule Of Biggest Shows
Courant Rock CriticConcert schedules ebb and flow, it's true, but there's usually at least one act worth seeing live every week. Some weeks have more to offer than others — there's an awful lot going on Oct. 4-5, for example — but there should be something...Tags: Waterbury, Halloween, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Medical Specialization, Los Angeles
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New CD: The Verve's 'Forth'
The Verve "Forth" (On Your Own/MRI/Red)
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People take drugs for two reasons: because they desire something utterly predictable, or just the opposite. Bands like the Verve, a mainstay of England's psychedelically inclined 1990s rock scene,...Tags: Music, Raekwon, Williamsburg (Virginia), Los Angeles, California
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The week in live music
Special to the Chicago TribuneSATURDAY No genre boasts as many sub-varieties as heavy metal, and in a field already drowning in meta-categorization, Finntroll has developed the wackiest offshoot yet. The Finnish sextet's folk-based humppa metal stems from its homeland's polka...Tags: Music, Volcom Incorporated, Metal and Mineral, Country Music
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Reviews: Bloc Party's 'Intimacy'; the Game's 'L.A.X.'
Bloc Party "Intimacy" (Atlantic Records)
*** Of all the important things that the London post-punk outfit Bloc Party tried to do on its sophomore album, "A Weekend in the City" -- confronting urban malaise, burgeoning sexual identity and the second-...Tags: Music, Raekwon, Williamsburg (Virginia), Los Angeles, California
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Rock the Bells' raucous roar
Special to The TimesYou know a music festival is stacked to the gills with talent when Rakim, considered the father of modern hip-hop lyricism, is stuck playing the 2:30 p.m. slot in the scorching San Bernardino summer sun. But Rock the Bells isn't just any festival, having...Tags: Festive Event, Redman, Academic Progress, Los Angeles, Popular Music
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A review of Rock the Bells in Miami's Bayfront Park
South Florida Sun-SentinelPerforming in Miami on Friday night at Rock the Bells, rapper Q-Tip wore a backpack - "backpack rapper" being a slur that rap's gangstas aim at their higher-minded peers. Q-Tip's campus accessory looked like a joke at his own expense and, at the same...Tags: Redman, Back Packs, Crimes, Los Angeles, Drug Trafficking
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Left speechless?
When a microphone at Fox News Channel caught Rev. Jesse Jackson's cutting under-his-breath remarks about Barack Obama, it turns out that "nuts" was not the reverend's only troubling N-word. Besides whispering to another guest on the set that he would...Tags: Minority Groups, CBS Corp., Los Angeles, Richard Pryor, Cultural Development
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