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Bun B Talks longevity, working with the next generation of rappers, and the meaning of being a 'Trill O.G.'
Pop & HissEarlier this week, “Trill O.G.,” Bun B’s third solo album, received a perfect five-mic rating from long-running hip-hop publication The Source. Though the magazine’s influence is far removed from the era when Eminem proclaimed it “the only... -
Live review: K'Naan at the House of Blues
Pop & HissHe comes off more as congenial master of ceremonies than attention-demanding rapper. K’Naan took advantage of an enraptured audience Wednesday night at the House of Blues to perform a director’s cut of his song “Take a Minute,” one of many...... -
Cypress Hill and Guerilla Union announce the return of the Cypress Hill Smokeout
Pop & HissWith a marijuana legalization bill on the ballot in November, it's only fitting that Cypress Hill and Guerilla Union would partner with marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access for this year's Cypress Hill Smokeout. Slated to cloud San... -
SXSW Day 2: Bootlegging and Blog-Rap at the Nah Right and Smoking Section Showcase
Pop & HissOnce largely catering to the beards, blazers and glasses indie set, South by Southwest in the last several years has expanded its parameters to become one of the preeminent testing grounds for emerging hip-hop talent. Out of the myriad showcases...... -
K'naan: The MC from the nastiest 'hood of them all
Turn It UpGangsta rappers have been known to boast about how mean their hometown streets are, but none of them comes from a more violent ‘hood than K'naan. Born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, K’naan grew up in Mogadishu, Somalia, amid one...... -
Ian "Eyekon" Mattingly
Sun StaffHometown: Baltimore Current members: Eyekon Founded in: 2003 Style: Underground hip-hop with a little bit of conscious flavor Influenced by: A Tribe Called Quest, Rakim, Notorious B.I.G, Nas Notable: At the Sonar show Saturday, Eyekon will play songs...Tags: Rakim
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Amid the rappers, it's Green day at the Shrine
![Watching <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-recordrack27-2008may27%2C0%2C6727428%2Cfull.story"> Al Green</a> sing live should be on any list of "Things to Do Before You Die." So it was understandable that at the rehearsals the day before <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2008/06/bet-awards-grad.html">Tuesday night’s BET Awards</a>, pre-show buzz revolved not around much-anticipated performances from ballyhooed superstars like Lil Wayne, Usher, <a href="http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/people/kanye-west"> Kanye West</a> and Rihanna, but rather on the 62-year old soul legend, whose creative prime was once thought to have ended with Watergate.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-06/40379908-25160916.jpg "Watching <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-recordrack27-2008may27%2C0%2C6727428%2Cfull.story\"> Al Green</a> sing live should be on any list of \"Things to Do Before You Die.\" So it was understandable that at the rehearsals the day before <a href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2008/06/bet-awards-grad.html\">Tuesday night’s BET Awards</a>, pre-show buzz revolved not around much-anticipated performances from ballyhooed superstars like Lil Wayne, Usher, <a href=\"http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/people/kanye-west\"> Kanye West</a> and Rihanna, but rather on the 62-year old soul legend, whose creative prime was once thought to have ended with Watergate.")
Special to The TimesWatching Al Green sing live should be on any list of "Things to Do Before You Die." So it was understandable that at the rehearsals the day before Tuesday night’s BET Awards, pre-show buzz revolved not around much-anticipated performances from...Tags: Rihanna, John Legend, Music Industry, Usher, Apple iPod
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Live: The Cool Kids
Special to The TimesThe iced-out money mongering that ushered a new school of rap into vogue around the turn of this century has had an adverse effect on the tried-and-true taxonomy -- two MCs and one DJ -- that reigned for much of hip-hop's golden age. Think about it -- two...Tags: Rakim, Run-D.M.C. (music group)
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CD review: Nas' "Untitled"
Special to The TimesNas 'Untitled' (Def Jam) * * WHEN Nas dropped "Illmatic" in 1994, the 20-year-old seemed preternaturally wise, an old soul sketching the crack- and gun-infested inferno raging outside his project walls. Fourteen years later that precocity has morphed...Tags: Busta Rhymes, New York City, Barack Obama, Heavy Engineering, Death
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R.I.P.? Not rapper B.I.G.
Special to The Times"Hold Ya Head," a new song pairing Notorious B.I.G., who was shot to death in 1997, and reggae icon Bob Marley, who died in 1981, is the latest beyond-the-grave collaboration to push the limits of musical repurposing. The track electronically unites two...Tags: Sean John Combs, Murder, Philosophy, Eminem, Nat King Cole
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Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson and the style that lasts: R&B
![LOOKING classic-casual in a summer blazer, gray fedora and matching silk scarf, Ne-Yo leaned over his laptop in a West Hollywood recording studio one mid- August afternoon, playing selections from "Year of the Gentleman," his third solo album, out Sept. 16. "The thing that sticks out on this record is the drama," said the 25-year-old singer-songwriter and soul ace as he pushed a button and the swirling ballad "Lie to Me" blasted out of the room's stereo system. "You can almost see it."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-09/42093721-05122445.jpg "LOOKING classic-casual in a summer blazer, gray fedora and matching silk scarf, Ne-Yo leaned over his laptop in a West Hollywood recording studio one mid- August afternoon, playing selections from "Year of the Gentleman,\" his third solo album, out Sept. 16. \"The thing that sticks out on this record is the drama,\" said the 25-year-old singer-songwriter and soul ace as he pushed a button and the swirling ballad \"Lie to Me\" blasted out of the room's stereo system. \"You can almost see it.\"")
Times Pop Music CriticLOOKING classic-casual in a summer blazer, gray fedora and matching silk scarf, Ne-Yo leaned over his laptop in a West Hollywood recording studio one mid- August afternoon, playing selections from "Year of the Gentleman," his third solo album, out Sept....Tags: George Clinton, John Legend, Ne-Yo, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse
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Back to Bjrn Borg: Fila revives its signature 1970s tennis styles
![WHEN IT comes to sportswear logos, Fila's rounded "F" is only slightly less iconic than Adidas' triple stripes and the Nike swoosh. The '70s tennis star Björn Borg grand-slammed his way into sports history wearing the F-crest on his chest, and less than a decade later the logo resurfaced as an urban status symbol for New York's burgeoning hip-hop scene (there was even a group called the Fila Fresh Crew).](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-09/42138461-04174021.jpg "WHEN IT comes to sportswear logos, Fila's rounded "F\" is only slightly less iconic than Adidas' triple stripes and the Nike swoosh. The '70s tennis star Björn Borg grand-slammed his way into sports history wearing the F-crest on his chest, and less than a decade later the logo resurfaced as an urban status symbol for New York's burgeoning hip-hop scene (there was even a group called the Fila Fresh Crew).")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWHEN IT comes to sportswear logos, Fila's rounded "F" is only slightly less iconic than Adidas' triple stripes and the Nike swoosh. The '70s tennis star Bjrn Borg grand-slammed his way into sports history wearing the F-crest on his chest, and less than a...Tags: Serena Williams, Book, Fashion Shows, Armed Forces, Los Angeles Times
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