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Opening Doorsnew

Mr. Lif says the music and concepts on his group's first album are significantly toned down from the fiery politics of his solo LPs.
Orlando Weekly  |  Makkada B. Selah  |  11-11-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: and, dj, The Perceptionists, Akrobatik, Black Dialogue, Bostonian, Fakts, fellow, One

Making Kanye West Seem Quaintnew

P.O.S. knows how to catch you off-guard. You never know if he'll be swinging his ass off Twista fast, speaking asymmetrically in asides, jarring you with things said under his breath, or teasing you with long silences.
Orlando Weekly  |  Makkada B. Selah  |  10-21-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: President George W. Bush, P.O.S., rapper, Audition

Don't Give a Damnnew

Hip-hop personas of pimps, drug dealers and thugs have become the modern-day blackface, MC Big Pooh says.
Orlando Weekly  |  Makkada B. Selah  |  10-03-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Brother, The Minstrel Show, MC, Phonte

The Dis-Meisternew

Vast Aire's latest LP, made in collaboration with DJ Mighty Mi, finds the charismatic MC spanning decades in minutes, assuming the voice of a series of anonymous personas: from a jobless jazz-era drummer to a Vietnam draft-dodger.
Orlando Weekly  |  Makkada B. Selah  |  06-28-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: hip-hop, rap, Cannibal Ox, The Workover, Vast Aire

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