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...learned to lay these tracks, one over the other, seamlessly during his performances. Demonstrating, he began with the instrumental of Le Tigre’s funky “Dyke March 2001,” put on the vocals to rap quartet Spank Rock’s tellingly-titled “Coke & Wet,” moved to the vocals from Trina and Lil’ Wayne single, “Don’t Trip,” and finally changed from the Le Tigre instrumentals to a Neptunes beat. Through all of this, an unsuspecting audience would...
When Jean took the stage for the afternoon show, he showed off his crimson Harvard sweatshirt and then performed a rap that incorporated multiple languages as well as his own Haitian background...
...Wyclef Jean’s opening rap with its use of different languages exemplified what Cultural Rhythms is—the bringing together and celebration of different backgrounds,” said Kevin X. Liu ’11, the co-director of the afternoon show...
...Cuba is full of different styles and different ways to perform music; it has always been like this. Now it is rap, hip hop, reggaeton... I admire everything that is done with the heart and with quality and feeling. It is true that I belong to another older generation, but “today” belongs to young people, and now is their moment. The best example is the pianist on tour with me, Roberto Fonseca. He loves jazz, [and] he is a virtuous man. We have to help new generations...
...have our coats on and we’re outside, in a parking lot, on the cement. A block away there’s a circle of heads passing cigarettes around and nodding. Dave begins to beatbox. Rubin begins to rap. The rest of us are dancing. I’m beatboxing. Rubin is good, actually. He was always a performer, even in basketball. Here, Rubin is in his element...