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Ice-T gets back to hip-hop roots in ‘The Art of Rap’
Pop & HissIn the new film ‘Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap,’ Ice-T reels in artists like Dr. Dre, Kanye West and Eminem to tell the story of hip-hop’s gritty beginnings.... -
Chuck Brown dies: King of D.C. go-go music, influential sample source
Pop & HissChuck Brown, the "king of go-go music," has died in Washington D.C. The musician, whose work with big band funk in the 1970s and '80s was influential both as a bandleader and as inspiration on early electronic dance music. Times pop music critic Randall... -
Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers among Rock Hall inductees
Pop & HissOthers to be inducted include the Beastie Boys, Donovan, Laura Nyro, the Small Faces and Don Kirshner. Among those that didn't make the cut: the Cure, Donna Summer. Three musical iron fists meet a pair of velvet gloves as Guns...... -
Remembering Jimmy Castor, the funk legend behind 'Troglodyte'
Pop & HissRemembering Jimmy Castor, who died on Monday. His funk music in the 1970s was odd and inspired, and hip hop and electronic dance music producers sampled it generously.... -
Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers among Rock Hall nominees
Pop & HissRock Hall of Fame's 2012 induction nominees include Guns N' Roses, the Beastie Boys and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rock Hall's Inductee announcement is expected in December.... -
A poet with soul: The ballads of Gil Scott-Heron
Pop & HissThe late Gil Scott-Heron was many things -- poet, activist, icon, cipher -- but it’s easy to forget: He could sing, too. Following his passing on May 27, a parade of accolades have lauded his achievements as a cultural figure,...... -
Live review: Rock the Bells still tolls for 1993
Pop & HissOld schoolâs in session as Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest party likes itâs 1993 at San Bernardinoâs hip-hop hoedown. For a large swath of its audience, hip-hopâs center of gravity will always stay moored in 1993...... -
Mary Anne Hobbs broadcasts final BBC Radio 1 show with guest mix from Kode9 and Burial
Pop & HissIn the early hours Thursday (last night if you're on Pacific time), Mary Anne Hobbs broadcast the final show of her 14-year career with BBC Radio 1. Aided by special guests Hyperdub artists and dubstep breakout stars Kode9 and Burial,...... -
Dave Tompkins reads from 'How to Wreck a Nice Beach' tonight at Skylight Books
Pop & HissAt its most elemental, the vocoder is an instrument of deception. A mode for veiled communication -- slang in binary code. The U.S and Russian militaries used it to compress and encrypt speech to elude enemy interception, but it soon...... -
Def Jam Rapstar developer hopes game will change perceptions of hip-hop
Pop & HissJamie King didnât think selling a hip-hop slanted video game would prove to be as tough as it was. As one of the co-founders of Rockstar Games, King turned titles such as Grand Theft Auto and Midnight Club into classics...... -
Album review: Talib Kweli's 'Gutter Rainbows'
Pop & HissOne of rapâs oldest truisms is that great albums are the results of one producer with one rapper. Whether itâs Guru and Premier, Rakim and Eric B. or Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, all but the most versatile rhymers usually...... -
Album review: Rakim's 'The Seventh Seal'
Pop & HissIt's been a long decade since Rakim's last album, a period in which the New York native's hometown lost its role as hip-hop's locus to the South, the Midwest and the decentralizing tendencies of the Internet. It's been an even......
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