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Q-Tip exulting in his sound returning to radio
It's like he never left. The music of Q-Tip (New York native Jonathan Davis), and the cool-flow style he created with A Tribe Called Quest in the early '90s is back in vogue. Tribe and its rhythmically agile, verbally dexterous sound was drowned out...Tags: Muhammad Ali, Country Music, House of Blues Chicago, Bob Dylan, Mos Def
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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: Los Angeles, Drug Trafficking, Back Packs, Method Man, Mos Def
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Movie review: 'Rock the Bells'
Tribune staff reporter3 stars (out of four) "Making-of" films have a glorious history of heroic impediments to be overcome: the boat in "Burden of Dreams," Marlon Brando in "Hearts of Darkness" and in "Rock the Bells," a recalcitrant Bastard. "Bells," a documentary opening...Tags: RZA, Redman, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gene Siskel
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Mark Ronson
Metromix StaffALBUM: "Version" (RCA) Backstory: This is the moment Mark Ronson has been prepping for for years. After the DJ/NYC socialite's underrated 2003 debut album "Here Comes The Fuzz" went unnoticed by most (even with cameos from the likes of Jack White and...Tags: Ghostface Killah, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, Paul Smith, Amy Winehouse
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Feed your iPod
JUNE 5 The Long Blondes, "Someone to Drive You Home" The Long Blondes are British. They also have mad style, great songs and a singer (the effortlessly fresh Kate Jackson) with enough flair to command the top spot of last year's NME magazine "Cool List."...Tags: Kanye West, Music, Justin Timberlake, New York, Mandy Moore
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'Rock the Bells'
Special to The TimesOne of the most surprisingly tense experiences at the movies so far this year is "Rock the Bells," a documentary about a promoter's attempt to reunite rap superstars the Wu-Tang Clan for a July 2004 San Bernardino festival. Chang Weisberg hustles to...Tags: RZA, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California), Local Authority, Movies, Festive Event
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Pan's intriguing labyrinth
Special to The TimesNext week the 15th annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival gets underway and, with reliable breadth, it features more than 140 films reflecting a wide range of styles, subjects, genres and viewpoints regarding the experience of Africans and the African...Tags: United Nations, Massacres, Refugee, Gang Activity, Quincy Jones
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Caution: Contents are extremely hot
Metromix.comYou've been waiting for summer for nine months now, and you can barely stand another second of suspense. But these much anticipated picks have yet to make their summertime debuts-which just means they'll be absolutely sweltering once they do ignite. Get...Tags: Kanye West, Personal Service, New York, Chicago River
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Backstage confidential
If you want to hear true awards show dish, ask the stage managers.
They're not in the public eye, their credits go by quickly on-screen, and they're only on camera when things go wrong. But these crucial crew members — a handful of them on...Tags: Billy Crystal, Bob Hope, Janet Jackson, Robin Williams, Dorothy Lamour
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Bringing music to the masses
When Matthew Perpetua launched Fluxblog in 2002, he unwittingly inspired a movement. Posting MP3s on www.fluxblog.org by bands that have a difficult – or near impossible -- time getting attention from radio stations and record labels, along with bootleg...Tags: Queens (New York City), Leonard Cohen, Radio Industry, Kentucky, Popular Music
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There's been good news and bad news in music
Winter - especially the post-holiday period - is a relatively quiet time for the music world. Hot new CD releases are few, major concert tours are fewer. For the most part, it's time to recharge those batteries - or recover from the Christmas bacchanal....Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hurricane Damage, Johnny Cash, Television
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Staten Island has its own home-grown rappers
Staff WriterHIP-HOP 'HOOD A look at the neighborhoods that have influenced hip-hop In 1986, when Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew came to the Park Hill section of Staten Island, it was a big deal for the borough's hip-hop fans. New York's smallest borough didn'...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Doug E Fresh, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, RZA
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