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Fortunately, there is empirical data to refute the Williams-as-idiot thesis. The Neptunes (Williams and partner Chad Hugo) are responsible for nine Top 10 hits over the past two years and countless Top 10 rap tracks. No one in hip-hop has as diverse or as deep a songwriting portfolio, and artists from Nelly (Hot in Herre) to Britney Spears (I'm a Slave 4 U) regularly fork over six figures for a Neptunes melody. Williams and Hugo are also members of N.E.R.D., a rock/hip-hop band whose debut album, In Search of ... , was one of the best-reviewed records...
...Venice to see it. The city-state's government has yet to approve the film for general theatrical release; according to a source familiar with the negotiations, censors have asked Tan to replace or cut five minutes from the film, including scenes in which the characters rap the names of Singaporean gangs. Tan is currently appealing the cuts, citing not just artistic integrity but the fact that his producers, the independent company Zhao Wei Films, don't have the funds to reshoot new footage?assuming they could reassemble his delinquent cast, a number of whom have been jailed or gone...
...moments of cloying mawkishness. One character lets his friend stay over after he's been kicked out of his parents' house, and they sleep innocently with arms wrapped around each other in a bed surrounded by pornographic pinups. The kids of 15 pose as hard guys, wear tattoos and rap the names of gangs like a protection mantra, but Tan shows them for what they are: young kids with frail bodies, who have no one but each other...
...gruff emcee from Roxbury, MA recently made a comeback with his 2001 album The Truth Hurts. He knows how to package a bumping, catchy song, but don’t be fooled by the bouncy rhythms—Ed O.G. can still wrangle rhymes and create rap that’s real. His lyrics evade mainstream hip-hop’s party mentality, dealing with self-image and everyday decisions. In the DJ Premier-produced “Sayin’ Somethin’,” Ed O.G. raps: “If the opportunity presents itself / I might...
...parent raising two children, I find it absurd that the Catholic Church will protect and hide child molesters, and the public upholds gangster rap as a freedom but will waste millions of dollars fighting against a union of two adults. The father of the two children I am raising has not filed taxes since 1997 and owes over $20,000 in child support and does nothing to assist in raising his three children, two of which were conceived out of wedlock by two different mothers. Nevertheless, I am the immoral one. Did Christ want Churches to build multimillion-dollar facilities...