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At a time when hip-hop artists and fans are infatuated with the idea of gangsterism, three bands that came to the Palladium on New Year's Eve confronted the trend by being as real as their so-called gangsta counterparts.
The music of A Tribe Called Quest has been through a metamorphosis, the trio's sultry, jazz-inflected hip-hop completely changed to a raucous variation on their own musical theme. On a bill that included the rap groups De La Soul and Souls of Mischief, A Tribe Called Quest easily dominated.
almost 33 years ago
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Hip-hop's battle-ready swagger is thrilling and joyous. What sits behind it is more complex.
over 4 years ago
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Her moody, enigmatic music made her a megastar. Can she learn to live with success?
over 3 years ago
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Biggie. Tupac. DMX. We pay tribute to 63 stars who died too young.
about 3 years ago
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Her renowned shape was sculpted for public consumption, but she ultimately reclaimed it for herself.
almost 3 years ago
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When more people are watching the Hallmark Channel than CNN, you know we’ve reached a new level of interpersonal isolation.
over 2 years ago
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Looking back on my life as a woman in the music industry, I’m unsettled by the inescapable sexism perpetrated by Sean Combs and others.
about 2 years ago
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The birth of a pioneering Black dance company comes alive in Karen Valby’s “The Swans of Harlem.”
almost 2 years ago
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She was a musical virtuoso who never quite got her due.
almost 2 years ago
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With Tony! Toni! Toné!, his songs captured the mood of how people lived and died in Oakland.
10 months ago
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In “The Flower Bearers,” Rachel Eliza Griffiths addresses her starry, tragedy-marred marriage but also a life steeped in art, poetry and deep friendships.
9 months ago
