http://dir.salon.com/topics/rap/?source=rss&aim=rap en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT By Baz Dreisinger Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/03/31/road_to_redemption/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/03/31/road_to_redemption/index.html?source=rss As blockbuster rapper T.I. heads for prison, his reality series prompts the nagging question: Can you really scare kids straight? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/15/bling_babes_and_keynes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/15/bling_babes_and_keynes/index.html?source=rss A rap video to explain why fiscal stimulus doesn't work? Bring it on! By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/sexiest_man_living/2008/11/20/jay_z/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/sexiest_man_living/2008/11/20/jay_z/index.html?source=rss The swaggering MC every woman wants to bang and every man wants to be. By Jess Harvell Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 Bomani Jones Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/07/02/heavy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/07/02/heavy/index.html?source=rss The greatest cop movie soundtrack that never was. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/13/socalled/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/13/socalled/index.html?source=rss Hip-hop, soul and a Jewish cowboy. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/20/ronin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/20/ronin/index.html?source=rss The author of a new biography of Dr. Dre talks about his subject's success. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/18/rap_roundtable/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/18/rap_roundtable/index.html?source=rss Michael Eric Dyson, Margo Jefferson, Greg Tate, Joan Morgan and others weigh in on whether hip-hop is to blame for the culture of Imus. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/17/marsalis_davis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/17/marsalis_davis/index.html?source=rss A smart and timely review of the new Wynton Marsalis album. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 Joe Conason Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/04/13/imus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/04/13/imus/index.html?source=rss Whatever their motives in firing Don Imus, NBC and CBS did the right thing to uphold decency. By Bill Sasser Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 David Puner Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/realitytv/2006/12/05/tempe_streetbeat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/realitytv/2006/12/05/tempe_streetbeat/index.html?source=rss Cop rocks town through rap. By Mark Hatch-Miller Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 Peter L'Official Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT 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 Charles Taylor Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/12/05/honey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/12/05/honey/index.html?source=rss This hackneyed hip-hop dance flick boasts some flashes of inspiration -- and a smokin' Missy Elliott. But we're still waiting for the great rap musical. By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/11/14/tupac/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/11/14/tupac/index.html?source=rss Yes, the world needs a documentary that somehow makes sense of the charismatic, contradictory pioneer of gangsta rap. This isn't it. By Baz Dreisinger Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/20/feminem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/20/feminem/index.html?source=rss Is Sarai the music industry's eagerly awaited lady Slim Shady? By Scott Thill Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/18/george_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/09/18/george_clinton/index.html?source=rss George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic are a hugely groove-alicious influence on contemporary pop culture. But could anything like Clinton's grand artistic vision -- and inclusive politics -- thrive in today's shallow realm of bling?