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As American As It Gets (motel de moka)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:49:01 GMT

... of one of the very first gangsta rap albums, Criminal Minded. This kicked it all off for Biggie, 2Pac, and Jay-Z in the 90s. Public Enemy, Eric B. and Rakim, and EPMD all speak for themselves as defiant, rebellious hip hop acts of the 80s. Each respective album is an absolute classic. The Beastie Boys album “Paul’s Boutique” would be illegal nowadays, as the prescence of over a hundred unlicensed...

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How We Met: Jim McCarthy & Jah Wobble (The Independent)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Jim McCarthy, 52, is a comic-book artist and author. He worked on 2000 AD for 10 years and has published graphic biographies of Eminem, Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur and the Sex Pistols. He lives in Sussex

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Eminem helping children pick up books

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:46:59 GMT

... of the other pupils. The winner was Naim Ismail, aged 11. His rap was entitled Muhammad Ali.The Tupac fan said: "I had not really been to the library before. The sessions were really good. We were discussing what we reading and it was great having a boys' only bookshelf."The project was difficult but very enjoyable. Through this I enjoy studying poems and examining the language used. Tupac

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CHEADLE & POITIER NAMED AMONG THE KINGS OF COOL (PR-Inside.com Entertainment News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:54:15 GMT

DON CHEADLE, SIDNEY POITIER, LENNY KRAVITZ and DENZEL WASHINGTON have joined U.S. presidential hopeful BARACK OBAMA on a new list of the coolest African-Americans.Music producer Quincy Jones, Richard Roundtree, Sammy Davis Jr., Jay-Z, Prince, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson also make Ebony magazine’s new 25 Coolest Brothers of All Time list.Late icons Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac...

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DASH: ‘DEATH ROW ISN’T DEAD’ (PR-Inside.com Entertainment News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:27:15 GMT

... future of the label’s back catalogue, which includes the recordings of stars including the late Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.But Dash insists the Death Row name will live on.He tells WENN, "(They will) make some money with it! It’s the very beginning.It’s gonna get even bigger and better."

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A look at past rescue missions (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:24:00 GMT

... storm Japanese ambassador's mansion and rescue 71 hostages held four months by leftist rebel group Tupac Amaru, killing all 14 rebel captors. One captive, Supreme Court Justice Carlos Giusti, and two soldiers also die. Twenty-five hostages injured.- June 17, 1995: Russian troops storm hospital in Budyonnovsk, firing rockets, machine guns and grenades that kill 100 of 2,000 hostages held...

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Interview: Method Man Of The Wackness (Cinema Blend Feeds)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:10:34 GMT

Method Man plays a pretty small role in the movie The Wackness, but at the time the movie is set, 1994, he was anything but minor. Part of the Wu-Tang Clan, which was just reaching fame in the early 90s, Method Man was the only artist to collaborate with both Tupac and Notorious B.I.G., two of the most influential rap artists at the time. Suffice it to say that you would not have found Method...

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[Amusing] Robber takes money from man at gunpoint and then proceeds to "hug it out" (Fark.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:48:39 GMT

I had a similar thing happen to me at a bar once. I was talking to a girl who was engaged but fun to talk to and we got along alright. I was never anywhere near flirting, and her fiance was in Alaska, FFS. Anyway, I go to get us another round and some pasty-ass Tupac wannabe and his friend come up to me at the bar and start talking trash because the guy thought he was getting somewhere with...

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Why should the high school classroom be Eurocentric? (BlogHer)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:03:00 GMT

... District, having her students read the poetry of Langston Hughes, and quoting the late rapper Tupac Shakur. A Rose is A Rose explains why all students should read about Malcolm X : i'm NOT a big fan of tupac's. ok, i'm NOT a fan at all. in any way shape or form. however, i think it's important all students should learn about malcolm x AND hear/read the words of langston hughes....

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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Groove Collective at Sullivan Hall July 17 (All About Jazz)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:06:38 GMT

"Impressive" does not adequately describe Groove Collective's accolades. They have toured Japan with BB King, Europe with Fred Wesley, Canada with the Dave Matthews Band, and recorded with Grammy winning Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez. The have backed the likes of Tupac Shakur (voted #2 all time live Hip Hop performance on MTV), Morcheeba, Don Cherry, Pharcyde and Natalie Merchant, and shared...

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Lix dot Kong (The Hip-Hop Cosign)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:27:08 GMT

... and listened to the music of mentors LL Cool J, Ice Cube, NWA, Snoop and Tha Dogg Pound, DJ Quik, Tupac, Biggie, Brotha Lynch Hung, Lil Wayne, Juvenile, BG, Soulja Slim, C- Murda, and Master P. Now the artist known as Lix dot Kong, is evolving into a full-time entrepreneur with internet and legal endeavors under his umbrella. Aspiring MC’s and hip hop entrepreneurs can learn a few things...

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2pac, Various Artists, - Feel The Mood (DatPiff)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:23:00 GMT

Listen to and download Feel The Mood

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Martin Pro at Radio 1's Massive Weekend (LSI Online News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

... Alternative with XL Video supplying the LC Panels. The key programmer on Stage Two this year was Tupac Martir who brought an edgy feel to set. He comments: "I had some freedom to play a little more, but at the same time was very careful with the key light. At the end of the day, the show was being shown live in some instances, and if not just being recorded for later use for broadcast.""Since...

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MADONNA SPLITSVILLE RUMORS REP SAYS 'MADONNA AND GUY RITCHIE NOT GETTING DIVORCE BECAUSE OF AN AFFAIR WITH LIL WAYNE' (Binside TV)

programming@binside.tv (http://www.binside.tv) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:10:38 GMT

... Madonna likes to hook up with number #1 artists. Madonna dated Bobby Brown, Michael Jackson and Tupac Shakur. Madonna vs Lil Wayne - Hung Up On Lollipops Madonna vs Lil Wayne - Hung Up On Lollipops In his new tell-all book Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But..., Brown insists that he had been with "half the industry," which included Madonna. He writes, "By the...

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ML Fun Facts! (7/1/08) (Metal Lungies)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:30:51 GMT

Time for more Fun Facts, and, remember, the offer from last month’s installment still stands. 1. Madlib conceived and recorded Quasimoto’s The Unseen during a week-long psilocybin binge.* 2. 2Pac began his career as a roadie and back-up dancer for Digital Underground. 3. While a member of Cash Money Records, Young Buck helped secure cars for Juvenile’s “Ha” [...]

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Dumbs Laws in Michigan (The Club for Growth)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:12:33 GMT

The good folks at the MacKinac Center for Public Policy sent me dozens of dumb bills that were recently proposed in the Michigan Legislature. A special thanks to MacKinac's Ken Braun and Jack McHugh. Here are a few that caught my eye: SB 68 (introduced by Sen. Tupac Hunter) would authorize manicurist training. As MacKinac's Michigan Votes website explains, "Under current law, licensure is required...

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Doesn't He Live Inside All of Us or Some Shit? (Overheard in New York)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Thin hipster : Man, 2pac is so fucking awesome. Thinner hipster : Yeah, I guess. Dead role models don't do much for youth. Thin hipster : What about Jesus, man? Thinner hipster : Forgot about him. Whoops. --D Train Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-06-30

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Jay-z - Stuck In This Life (Feat. Biggie&2Pac) (Today's Blog Music)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

in post Rhythms On The Rebound Part Deux from Souled On (Music, Art, Politics, and Life) .

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“Stranded On Death Row…” (The Smoking Section)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:19:23 GMT

... unreleased recordings, but will still face hurdles as a majority of the assets are from the late Tupac Shakur. They will still need to get clearance from both his estate and Evergreen Copyrights (one of the companies they outbid), as they both hold final approval for any project in which Tupac’s material is involved. This all but ends Suge Knight’s ties to the music industry...

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Israel to Bomb Iran? Don’t Believe the Hype (Rootless Cosmopolitan)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:09:53 GMT

About 13 years ago, while working on a British TV magazine program, I found myself spending a couple of days with Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls/the Notorious B.I.G. (I swear, I still have the tape, but it's analog.) This extended interview took place at the time when Tupac Shakur was yelling from the rooftops that he was going to kill Brooklyn's greatest rapper, and getting...

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