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...problem listeners might find with Brave and Crazy is that many of the songs sound alike, and virtually all have similar lyrics. Typical is "No Souvenirs," the first cut of the album that allows Etheridge's voice to range from melodic ballad to a bluesy rap: like most of the rest of the album, however, it follows a standard pattern of alternating a slow, mournful verse with a fast, angry refrain...
...obvious that we don't have the best reputation on campus, but I feel it's a bad rap," says Andrew J. Hodgman '90, club president. "Our parties run along the lines of some of the other clubs here," he says, adding he felt that Pi Eta was singled out because many of its 43 members are varsity athletes...
...would never root for the Dallas Cowboys, although I will continue to support their cheerleaders. The Chicago Bears lost their chance when they filmed that Super Bowl Shuffle rap video. The Steelers have a quarterback named Bubby, which sounds a lot like what my great-aunt calls me while condescendingly pinching my cheek. Joe Gibbs is an evangelist, or so I understand. Guess that eliminates the Redskins. Their nickname is offensive to Native Americans anyway...
...Rap also has a problem with the deejays. "The Top 40 stations won't play it," says Rudman, even though some rap (by Tone Loc, Run-D.M.C., L.L. Cool J and the all-white Beastie Boys, among others) has busted through onto the upper regions of the pop charts. Not all the young action is rap, though. Ziggy Marley, one of Bob's band of children, has got the gift and, to go with it, a light way with carrying a heavy torch. On One Bright Day, the new album he made with the Melody Makers (his younger brother...
Marley likes rap ("Yeah, mon. It's cool") but swears allegiance to reggae. Rap has proved to be a fertile source of inspiration for the ravishing Nenah Cherry, whose hit single Buffalo Stance dressed street sound up in supper-club clothes without sacrificing funk. Bobby Brown, the soul flash of the moment, made an album that sold more than 4 million copies and spawned three hit singles, marrying the sensuality of Marvin Gaye to the unearthly musical surprises of Prince...