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Within seconds of beginning our interview by phone, Def Jux rapper Murs has interrupted my questions to ask where I’m from (I have an accent). When I tell him, he says he’s surprised I even listen to hip-hop. “Hip-hop’s not that important—it’s just entertainment.” I tell him Tupac’s face is one of the more common images on T-shirts and walls in Africa (where I’m from) and he seems to accept...
...Stephen Stills—they just don’t realize it. His riffs play over and over again on “classic rock” stations, but his name rings bells only when grouped with those of David Crosby, Graham Nash and sometimes Neil Young. And while listeners may whistle the tune from “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” the smash single Stills penned, they don’t realize that they’re singing the catch phrases of radical politics. Take another listen: after seven-odd minutes of folky guitar licks, pitch...
Using music as a kind of window on the soul, Stills began to breathe liberal fire. What kind of music does he think President Bush listens to after a hard day in the situation room? “I don’t think he does,” Stills declared. “I think it’s apparent that he doesn’t—at least, not voluntarily. He may listen to hymns in church.” A few wry seconds later, he is quipping that Bush “probably thought The Beatles...
...other hand, recently professed his fascination with hip-hop music (“There’s a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it,” Kerry told an MTV reporter in March, “and I think you’d better listen to it pretty carefully, ’cause it’s important”), and is known to have played bass with prep-school surf band The Electras. Last year, the Washington Post reported that Kerry was taking classical guitar lessons and slipping in a bit of those same...
...hairstyle, a body type, even sunglasses to create a special look. When you launch your friends list, you can view news headlines, sports updates, stock prices or your calendar in the same window. You can also easily access games directly in Yahoo Messenger. And if you like to listen to music while you chat, just log on to Yahoo's Launchcast online radio service. With a single click, you can broadcast the channel to your friends so they can tune in as well. --By Anita Hamilton