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		<title>Barack Obama: Born in the Trap?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever heard of the Trap?  Well, it should actually be &#8220;The Trap.&#8221; &#160; Ever heard of The Trap?  Probably first coming to public consciousness by way of T.I.&#8217;s 2003 album Trap Musick (a total guess), The Trap is related, however ostensibly, to The Struggle, though it lacks the political overtones.  You could potentially define The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Horrorcore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Horrorcore The second wave of horrorcore is over, and it has been for about a decade.  Originating in the early 90s, the (fairly well-defined) first wave of horrorcore included every third song from The Geto Boys, Gravediggaz, and NOT BONE THUGS-AND-HARMONY STOP INCLUDING THEM.  The second wave, lasting from 1998 to somewhere in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Critique of Talib Kweli&#8217;s 100 Greatest Rap Songs List: Part 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Final and DONE! &#160; 30. “Juicy” by The Notorious B.I.G. &#8220;Juicy&#8221; The Argument For: Not much.  “Juicy” is just one of the 10 greatest hip-hop songs ever made. Other than that, it doesn’t have much going for it. The Argument Against: Do you get the “Rappin’ Duke” reference?  No, you don’t. I didn’t either, until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Critique of Talib Kweli&#8217;s 100 Greatest Rap Songs List: Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[50. “Runnin’” by Pharcyde &#8220;Runnin&#8217;&#8221; The Argument For: “Alternative hip-hop” is not my specialty.  By “alternative,” I mean bands like Pharcyde, Hieroglyphics, Juarassic 5, The Roots, and to a lesser extent ones like ATCQ, Brand Nubian, and De La Soul.  Oh, and Del.  Anyway, my point is that it’s not my thing and I don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Critique of Talib Kweli&#8217;s Greatest Rap Songs List: Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey I picked this back up again!  Another round of 20. &#160; 60. “Sound of the Police” by KRS-One &#8220;Sound of the Police&#8221; The Argument For: There are some who contend that KRS-One is one of the five greatest rappers of all time based on his critical involvement in the classic Boogie Down Productions album(s) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Critique of Talib Kweli&#8217;s 100 Greatest Rap Songs List: Part 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[And we’re back! &#160; 80. “Lose Yourself” by Eminem Lose Yourself The Argument For: As an Eminem junkie, I can tell you that this song is the culmination of his abilities as a lyricist and quite possibly the very best Eminem song ever.  It also won an Oscar.  So it has a lot going for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Critique of Talib Kweli&#8217;s 100 Greatest Rap Songs List: Part 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you may have heard that Talib Kweli was recently asked to name his top 100 hip-hop songs by Rolling Stone, presumably so that they can put out their own list of the top 100 hip-hop songs that, if their list of 100 singers is any indication, will probably be terrible and leave out 2pac [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Smith&#8217;s Forgotten Homophobia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; by Zack Rearick &#160; As a rapper, Will Smith (aka The Fresh Prince)&#8217;s greatest legacy is his squeaky-cleanness. Smith&#8217;s mini-beef with Eminem (which “culminated” in his response track, “Mr. Nice Guy”) was indicative of Smith&#8217;s perception in the modern rap world. When Em said “Will Smith ain&#8217;t gotta cuss in his rap&#8217;s to sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justin Bieber&#8217;s &#8220;Otis&#8221; Freestyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Zack Rearick &#160; That Canadian pop superstar Justin Bieber has been trying to break into the rap game says a lot about how hip hop works in this newest decade. J-Biebs has kicked flows on legitimate venues like Hot 97&#8242;s Morrning Show and Power 106, and the fact that he&#8217;s able to do so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard: Still No Son to His Aesthetic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Zack Rearick &#160; &#160; From the beginning, the three pillars of rap-music-subject-material have been the following: getting money, getting women, and keeping it real. Naturally, when talking about an art form which has as diverse a history as rap, one must recognize that three subjects have been approached from a million different angles. When [...]]]></description>
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