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Haziq Ali Is On the Move
With a style termed “Champion-Sound” or “U-can-do-it-music” [Haziq Ali] is also the world’s foremost motivational music maker and public speaker.
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Nas and Damian Marley: Distant Relatives
With Marley tampering down Nas’ tendency towards self-obsession, and Nas giving Marley’s island-tinged sound a hip-hop edge, Distant Relatives proves that great music can still be made about important issues.
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Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture
“Will we, at long last, allow ourselves to abandon the instinct to self-sabotage and the narcissistic glorification of our own failure?”
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Justin Bieber nominated for “Best New Artist” BET Award
Justin Bieber, age 16, will compete in the best new artist category and was nominated for the awards alongside such prominent black performers as rapper Jay-Z, who led the field with five nominations, and his wife Beyonce, who scored four
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Hip Hop will be the voice of the 2010 World Cup
Wavin Flag by Somalian born Hip Hop artist K’naan is the rousing Soccer Anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
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The ALT: Janelle Monae and Big Boi’s “Tightrope” single
Janalle Monae and Big Boi strum the ukulele and groove out on Monae’s new single “Tightrope”
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The ALT: FKi Mixtape Blue Steel Mixtape
Today’s Mixtape for those who are about to go crazy from the Snow Bukkake of 2010
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THE ALT: Sex On A Sunday
On this Super Bowl Sunday I am happier than usual to come upon Greedmont Park’s blog and find and advert for Mach 5’s “Sex On A Sunday” LP.