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XXL’s Senior Class 10 For 2009

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:42:51 GMT

XXL made a lotta noise when they started publishing their annual Freshmen 10 issue. Readers have since tuned in to gauge how the selected few have lived up to their hype, to see which of them would, could live up to the expectations.
Source: XXL

Phife Dawg “Pease Porridge 09″

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:42:38 GMT

It’s been nine years since A Tribe Called Quest disbanded after the release of their fifth album, I still ain't over this shit. And it's been 12 years. Shame on you Gregory and D Barnes!
Source: XXL

Robert Glasper Wants Jazz to Matter

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:25:24 GMT

Think about jazz. Close your eyes, and the images, they're all in black and white. Miles, Monk, Bird, 'Trane. Great, but dead. Robert Glasper argues for living color. The pianist plays jazz in the present tense, which means hip-hop in the vocabulary.
Source: Esquire

Q-Tip: Kamaal the Abstract (Review)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:07:13 GMT

The first song on is titled “Feelin’”. That seems about right. So much of what A Tribe Called Quest was up to in their 10-year career was trying to capture a feeling, a vibe.
Source: PopMatters

Sinead O'Conner, Ali Shaheed, Mary J. Combat Sexual Exploitation/Human Trafficking

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:19:16 GMT

A Tribe Called Quest member/producer DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad has teamed with Mary J. Blige, Sinead O’Conner and new singer Martha B. to raise awareness about American girls who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Source: All HipHop

Music: Nashville or Bust:Week 23: George Strait, The Exception

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:18:24 GMT

A.V. Club head writer and hip-hop writer Nathan Rabin recently decided to spend a year or two immersing himself in the canon of country music, a genre he knew little about, but was keen to explore.
Source: The A.V. Club

Music: Review:Wale: Attention Deficit

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:11:39 GMT

Underground hip-hop reveres A Tribe Called Quest, but in a post-Kanye West world, there’s no longer any shame in both blowing up and going pop. Take Washington D.C.’s Wale, for example.
Source: The A.V. Club

'In the Heights' a musical for the multicultural era

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:44:04 GMT

Lin-Manuel Miranda grew up on the northern tip of Manhattan listening to Broadway show tunes that his Puerto Rican parents loved (think “Man of La Mancha”) and hip-hop CDs that he ripped off from his older sister.
Source: AccessAtlanta

"Jazz (We've Got)"-Kev Choice Ensemble w/ Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:25:31 GMT