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Articles by Jon Caramanica
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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Paradise garage
Paradise garage
By Jon Caramanica • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Wyclef got ridden pretty hard in these pages last time around, but it’s not all rage and conflict on The…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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