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Yesterday | Times-Picayune

Honoring a Hip-Hop Pioneer

Hundreds, if not thousands, of hip-hop artists have sampled James Brown. Legendary DJ Afrika Bambaataa -- also known as the Godfather of Hip-Hop, Master of Records and founder of the Universal Zulu Nation -- actually worked with him.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, James Brown, Dance

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Associated Content

The History of Hip-Hop

Hip-Hop emerged from the ghettos of New York City in the early 70s. Tracing its roots in the African American and Latino culture of the city's impoverished neighborhoods, hip hop was a cultural fact that encompassed a whole range of stereotypes and role models mainly associated to the black civil rights.

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Related Topix: Dance

Tue Jun 02, 2009

Music-News.com

Kelly Rowland joins Wireless 2009

The line up for Wireless 2009 sponsored by Barclaycard just keeps getting hotter as it's announced that London's very own Alesha Dixon and stateside superstar Kelly Rowland join Sunday's bill alongside headliner Kanye West.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Kanye West, Hip-Hop, Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force, Dance, Basement Jaxx

Tue May 26, 2009

Detroit News

Surging crowds groove through Movement's final day

Tatiana Nikolich cheered and grooved throughout much of this year's Movement festival, but the blistering set from electro music legend Afrika Bambaataa left her beaming and breathless.

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Related Topix: Dance, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Madison Heights, MI, Bugz in the Attic

Wed May 13, 2009

GroundReport.com

Black Eyed Peas: Hip Hop or not Hip Hop?

Do you know why I like the Black Eyed Peas? Because Will. I AM, Taboo Apl.de.ap and Fergie do no care what Hip Hop purists and radio thinks about them? Yesterday, B.E.P. performed the electro flavored Boom Boom Pow on Ellen's show.

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Related Topix: The Black Eyed Peas, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Iam, Rap, Dance, Mantronix, Kanye West

Thu Apr 30, 2009

LA Weekly

Post-Coachella Recovery at Shadowscene, Linda Perry's Evening With Women

THE DING BAT SHOW Lina Lecaro For many, the big Coachella comedown of last week wasn't about rest but rather a hair-of-the-dog, headfirst dive back into L.A.'s club and music cesspools.

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Related Topix: Coachella, CA, Dance, Gay/Lesbian, Music, Entertainment

Wed Apr 29, 2009

The Washington Post

Nightlife Agenda

They've had several huge U.K. top-10 hits remixing Beyonce, Shakira and Kelly Rowland, but the Freemasons have never performed in the U.S. -- until this weekend.

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Related Topix: Dance, Olympia Metro

Thu Feb 26, 2009

Chicago Reader Online

Steinski

People who attended the much-blogged-about Chicago Journalism Town Hall , as well as people who are interested in the history of DJing, will be interested to know that legendary DJ and producer William Stein, ...

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Related Topix: Dance, Cut Chemist, Hip-Hop

Thu Feb 05, 2009

The Age

DC sound a capital plan

Wide-ranging crew Fort Knox Five draw deeply from their home town, Andrew Drever reports.

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Related Topix: Dance, Pop/Rock, Thunderball

Notes from a Different Kitchen

Video: Beat This: A Hip-Hop History

"The blog your favorite blogger reads...." Thursday, February 05, 2009 " Beat This: A Hip-Hop History is a 'seminal' 1984 documentary film about hip hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Dance, DJ Kool, Hip-Hop, Jay

Thu Jan 15, 2009

The GW Hatchet

The audacity of funk

Didn't score a ticket to GW's inaugural ball? Spend the evening with the Fort Knox Five and hip-hop legend Afrika Bambaataa.

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Related Topix: Dance, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hip-Hop, A Tribe Called Quest, Funk, Funkadelic

Mon Jan 12, 2009

Undercover

Beastie Boys Classic Turns 20

On January 27 this year, the 20th anniversary album will be released. a Paula s Boutiquea was produced by the Dust Brothers and recorded in Los Angeles and New York.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, The Beastie Boys, New York, Funk, Average White Band, Dance, Short, Music!, Superfly, Crime Movies, Drama, Action

Thu Dec 25, 2008

New York City's Hometown Newspaper - ...

Sirius XM addresses its slipped disco

Sirius XM has restored the Strobe and Backspin channels that did not originally survive consolidation after the merger of Sirius and XM.

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Related Topix: Media, Radio, Television, Sirius Satellite Radio, Monie Love, Dance, Hip-Hop, Entertainment

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