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Prophets, Not Profitsnew
The Watts Prophets' often harsh message still resonates for hip-hop heads nearly forty years later.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-23-2006 |
Music
The Price Is Variablenew
Would you pay as much for a good record as you would for a fine bottle of vino?
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Dahlen |
01-23-2006 |
Music
The Rise of Reggaetonnew
Make way for reggaeton, the latest Latin musical style to sweep the world and just maybe the one with the most promise of finding a permanent, prominent place in global popular culture.
Boston Phoenix |
Wayne Marshall |
01-19-2006 |
Music
The Godfathernew
James Brown is the godfather of many things, including, but not limited, to soul.
Tags: James Brown
Evil, Done Doggy-Stylenew
What could Fidel Castro and Pol Pot have learned from Snoop Dogg?
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Tags: Snoop Dogg
Bunnyface Killahsnew
A veteran Liverpudlian rock band and a kung-fu-obsessed Staten Island MC have more in common than you think.
Houston Press |
Brian McManus |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Eight-Bit Symphoniesnew
Musicians are finally discovering the best music of the 1980s -- Nintendo songs.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Unlikely Requiemnew
After a death in the family, the road to recovery is lined with transcendent rock and roll.
Dead Like Menew
How do you survive 11 straight hours of the Grateful Dead?
Cleveland Scene |
Dan Strachota |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Tags: The Grateful Dead
Mozart an Idiot!new
An Orange County lawsuit says two-year-old wrote many of Michael Jackson's hits.
Live To Tellnew
Traditional thinking goes that young artists are supposed to forget the past while older ones such as Madonna are seemingly bound by it, and once they venture outside of their fans' comfort zones, they plummet into obscurity.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
01-10-2006 |
Music
Bugged Outnew
Last month it was revealed that Sony Music BMG had been covertly installing spyware on its CDs in order to combat music piracy -- here are some of the anti-piracy ideas they rejected.
Weather or Notnew
In 2005, South Florida music was a little bit of paradise and a little bit of purgatory.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-10-2006 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Live After Deathnew
The posthumous projects that keep on coming out beg the question: Is Tupac overrated?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Music
Tags: Tupac Shakur
