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Drew HinshawFeatures PoliticsOut of Africa: Barack Obama in Pan-African Music[9.May.08] :. While Barack Obama's candidacy has sparked new political interest within the United States, perhaps the best indication of his foreign policy advantage may be found in the music praising Obama coming from other countries around the world.  MusicSoulja Boy: In Loco Parentis[2.Apr.08] :. As the genre collects some long-term history, hip-hop is starting to suffer from an age-confusion issue, embodied nowhere better than in the self-made teen sensation Soulja Boy.  MusicDeadly Packaging: The Cover Art of No Limit Records[14.Nov.07] :. If any one visual movement did justice to the absurd, untenable profitability of that dot-com windfall, it was the striking art of No Limit Records, the apex and nadir of commercial hip-hop thuggery. Reviews MusicVarious Artists: 10 Years of Bling[3.Jul.08] :. Somewhere in the world of Platonic Ideals, there's a fantastic Cash Money retrospective -- this just isn't it.  MusicLil' Wayne: Tha Carter III[20.Jun.08] :. Taken as conceptually provocative, anti-rational art, this is a monumental album full of powerful, self-defeating statements that obliterate rap's internal logic without offering too much more than indifferent bong logic in return. Featured Article MusicKingston Trio: Once Upon a Time[19.May.08] :. Sun-bleached Californians who didn't have an Appalachian thought banging around their cube-shaped heads, they made good on the Hollywood Appropriation Myth, and rode Other People's Music up the escalator, towards the bank.  MusicVarious Artists: The Rough Guide to Klezmer Revival[13.May.08] :. Fun, fast, seemingly flippant. What could it mean?  MusicThe Dream: Love/Hate[8.Apr.08] :. Somewhere in the runaway life cycle of capitalism, empathy becomes the great need of the hour, and with that in mind, The-Dream has something few hitmakers can claim: a wide-angle lens. Music Snoop Dogg: Ego Trippin'Featured Article MusicTimes New Viking: Rip It Off[15.Feb.08] :. A glowing example of how joyous and inclusive a theoretically repellent noise rock sound can be. Music Kanye West: Alter EgoMusic Jack Peñate: MatinéeMusic Ofori Amponsah: Odwo |
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