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    Articles by Jon Caramanica
    Kids come first: OutKast and others rap responsibly.
    Fathers figure
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    This can’t be said of many things in hip-hop, but it was Ed O.G. who started it all. Well, he…

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    Gettin' It on the Streets
    Gettin’ It on the Streets
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Certain things are meant to be bought on the street. It’s clear, for example, that the trade in certain mind-altering…

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    Masked avenger
    Masked avenger
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895) We wear the mask that grins and lies It hides our…

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    Lil' Bow Wow
    Baby Ballers
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    What’s a soon-to-be-forgotten don to do as his star fades and his gold teeth lose their luster? If you’re Master…

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    Housed: Van Helden and Romanthony.
    House is not a home
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Armand Van Helden just wants to be loved, though it’s a personal pathology he may well not be in touch…

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    Missy: Getting her freak on.
    Slack Jobbing, Volume 3
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    This week I continue my quest to sift through the white noise and bring you the gems you so richly…

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    Hostage: Janet's forced to reinvent herself every few years.
    I’m sorry, Miss Jackson
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Last month, MTV bestowed the latest in a series of increasingly bombastic tributes upon one of its leading lights, Miss…

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    Did the Grammys get it—gasp—right?
    Did the Grammys get it—gasp—right?
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Though it wasn’t in the televised part of the show last Wednesday, Eminem’s winning two rap Grammy awards certainly qualifies…

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    Acey: Bragging in triple-time.
    Acey’s evo- (or is it devo-?) lution
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Aceyalone was just a scant 15 years old when he composed the following rhyme, which would soon appear as the…

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    When Marshall comes out to play, he brings his toy gun.
    The End of Eminem
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Can Marshall come out and play? On his new album, Em just wants to be unremarkable.

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    Uncivil war
    Uncivil war
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    For a moment—nothing. Earlier this spring, just after “Back That Azz Up” had finally waned from radio playlists, we had…

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    Nineteen-year-old Alicia Keys is confidently post-hop.
    Keysnotes
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    ALICIA KEYS Songs in A Minor (J Records) On “Girlfriend,” Alicia Keys’ debut single, Ol’ Dirty Bastard is growling in…

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    Now they got him in a cell: X-Raided.
    Jailhouse rap
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Anerae Brown is one of hip-hop’s least-known, most unlikely prolific MCs. Since 1992, Brown—whose nom de rap is X-Raided (or,…

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    Biz Markie: More than a decade later, he's still got what we need.
    Past masters
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The kids nowadays, they’ve got no sense of history. If it didn’t happen in their lifetime, well then, it didn’t…

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    Blind faith—Quasimoto's backdoor truth
    Blind faith—Quasimoto’s backdoor truth
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    It was strangely dark last night—black-gray, thick, billowy. The kind of weather that heralds a redemptive rainstorm, a fresh summer…

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    Badu hair day: Erykah's a head above Sade.
    Still waters
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The gift of some singers has very little to do with songwriting, vocal tone, or ability to perform glottal histrionics…

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    Who was that masked man?
    Who was that masked man?
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Blame rappers’ alter egos for all those one-dimensional records.

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    Stic and M1 slowly ensnare the listener in a truth tale that undermines industry myths.
    Equipped for warfare
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    REVOLUTION IS A COMMODITY these days—the capitalist system works at such an accelerated pace that voices of dissent find themselves…

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    Ruff Daddy
    Ruff Daddy
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    P. DIDDY & THE BAD BOY FAMILY The Saga Continues . . . (Bad Boy) Hey, Sean Combs! Less than…

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    Deadwronged
    Deadwronged
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Fallen icons Bob Marley and Notorious B.I.G. get worked over.

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    Word Power
    Word Power
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Since the mid-’80s, Divine Styler’s been on a wild ride that epitomizes, perhaps more than the experiences of any artist,…

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    Aaliyah: forever a mystery.
    Cry Again
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    No one truly knew Aaliyah Dana Houghton. Just 22 years old, she’d already lived a life most veteran entertainers would…

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    All about Eve: She's a Ruff Ryder.
    Big pimpin’
    By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Before the Cash Money Millionaires even enter Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum, host T.K. Kirkland, raunchy comedian about town, is setting…

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