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    Articles by Joe Schloss
    Televise this
    Televise this
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The inventor of a famous phrase, Gil Scott-Heron perseveres through four decades of revolutions.

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    Hip-hop's Internet problem
    Hip-hop’s Internet problem
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    In street culture’s transition to the Web, a lot gets lost in translation.

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    The joke’s on us
    The joke’s on us
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The outrageous humor—and the sheer outrage—of Eminem.

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    The Roots are on Fire
    The Roots are on Fire
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Philadelphia’s finest embrace history, but they don’t repeat it.

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    Spreading the word
    Spreading the word
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    An enthusiastic crowd embraces ‘All-City’ hip-hop.

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    The anti-Backstreet Boy? Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
    What I learned from Nusrat
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The late Qawwali singer forwarded the notion of music as international language.

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    Mad assets
    Mad assets
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Source of Labor gladly share their wealth of knowledge—musical and otherwise.

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    The ragtime threat
    The ragtime threat
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A century before Littleton, social critics blamed a popular music form for inciting violence.

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    Dee-Dee Fair Trade Activist by Deborah Lawrence
    Art for protest’s sake
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The Battle in Seattle lives on at the intersection of politics and art.

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    Seattle MC and graffiti artist Specs feels hip-hop's comic book connection.
    Super-rappin’
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    How comic book heroes laid the groundwork for hip-hop’s colorful MCs and high-flyin’ crews.

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    DJ composers: E-Rok (right) and the Spinnovators.
    Spin doctors
    By Joe Schloss • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Seattle DJ crew the Spinnovators treat turntablism as serious business.

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