http://dir.salon.com/topics/hip_hop/?source=rss&aim=hip_hop en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/01/16/notorious/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/01/16/notorious/index.html?source=rss Slain rapper Biggie Smalls was larger-than-life, but this biopic finds a satisfying groove by staying pleasantly unflashy. By Sarah Hepola Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/12/23/worst_lyrics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/12/23/worst_lyrics/index.html?source=rss The most jaw-droppingly bad lyrics of 2008. By Simon Reynolds Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/11/29/kanye_gnr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/11/29/kanye_gnr/index.html?source=rss Axl Rose and Kanye West dropped their larger-than-life albums this week. And one of them lives up to the hype. By Louis Bayard Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/13/scarface/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/13/scarface/index.html?source=rss De Palma's '80s cult classic is trash, many scoff. But the lowdown, seedy movie with Al Pacino as a Cuban thug influenced pop culture from gangsta rap to "Miami Vice." By Jeff Chang Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/26/korean_hiphop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/26/korean_hiphop/index.html?source=rss Forget the Bronx and South Central. If you want to find the best hip-hop dancers in the world look farther east, to South Korea. By Jess Harvell Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/06/19/lil_wayne/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/06/19/lil_wayne/index.html?source=rss He insists he's "the best rapper alive" -- and many agree. But can his smash-hit new album really redeem a flagging genre? By Judy Berman and Charly Wilder Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2008/06/05/music_festivals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2008/06/05/music_festivals/index.html?source=rss Radiohead! Kanye! My Bloody Valentine! Dylan! Here's what to catch -- and what to skip -- on the festival circuit this summer. By James Hannaham Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/2008/05/14/rap_supreme/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/2008/05/14/rap_supreme/index.html?source=rss Want to watch tough female rappers shake their booties in a lesbian bar? VH1's "Miss Rap Supreme" proves no one is immune to reality TV's degradations. By Paul Kix Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2008/05/12/uncool_hiphop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2008/05/12/uncool_hiphop/index.html?source=rss It's a sad day when a farm boy from Iowa can say that about a musical genre he once loved. When will the awful dance crazes end? By Miles Marshall Lewis Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/04/03/gnarls_barkley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/04/03/gnarls_barkley/index.html?source=rss Are Gnarls Barkley's wacky costumes and goofy antics just a smoke screen for the massively successful duo's angst? By Bomani Jones Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2007/11/06/jay_z/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2007/11/06/jay_z/index.html?source=rss The hip-hop icon's inspired new release, "American Gangster," is his best album in years -- and the best rap album of 2007. By Page Rockwell Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/02/malaysia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/02/malaysia/index.html?source=rss The singer fights for her right to bare skin onstage by moving a planned tour date to Indonesia. By Mark Anthony Neal Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/04/25/asim/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/04/25/asim/index.html?source=rss Author Jabari Asim talks about the history of the loaded term, when its use is valid and why Don Imus' firing was justified. By Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/16/ags/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/16/ags/index.html?source=rss Have some young lesbians taken a cue from mainstream rap on how to treat women? By Bill Sasser Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/06/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/06/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss With much of New Orleans still uninhabitable, drug dealers are deluging neighborhoods. Violent crime is surging -- and so is anxiety about the city's recovery. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/20/magnetic_north/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/20/magnetic_north/index.html?source=rss Magnetic North: Staying conscious enough just to hit replay By Adrienne So Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/20/hip_hop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/20/hip_hop/index.html?source=rss While some fans abandon the genre, a few organizations hope to help women change the culture from within. By Sarah Goldstein Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/16/hip_hop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/16/hip_hop/index.html?source=rss Women in hip-hop remain largely silent about domestic violence. By Mark Hatch-Miller Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/20/gueraseva/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/20/gueraseva/index.html?source=rss Def Jam went from a dorm room to a music empire. Its famous founders are gone -- is the label still good? By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/01/27/rize/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/01/27/rize/index.html?source=rss David LaChapelle explains why he turned his high-fashion lens to a new, anti-bling street art, and why he thinks it's the next big thing. By Thomas Bartlett Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/12/14/pimps_hos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/12/14/pimps_hos/index.html?source=rss The year's biggest pop stars dropped the skanky booty-shaking, and -- like much of the country -- chose a conservative path. By Scott Thill Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/11/30/margins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/11/30/margins/index.html?source=rss The latest indie-publishing news: Don DeLillo, imprisoned in Texas! Ben Watts' soopa-bad hip-hop photography, Laura Flanders on how Bush bamboozled women, and Ralph Nader just called to say he loves you. By Peter L'Official Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/10/13/hiphop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/10/13/hiphop/index.html?source=rss Does hip-hop journalism live up to the music's most vibrant promise -- or just rehash its crass, Benjamin-istic cliches? A new anthology makes the case for hip-hop writing. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/23/gop_rap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/23/gop_rap/index.html?source=rss Rush Limbaugh and other angry conservatives mock John Kerry and the Dems for hanging with hip-hop stars. But they're dissing a key (and mostly white) bloc of youth voters. By Scott Thill Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/18/poetry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/18/poetry/index.html?source=rss Is hip-hop saving poetry -- or trashing it? Beneath the feel-good rhetoric of "Def Poetry Jam" and the "spoken-word revolution" is a battle over the future of literature's oldest form.