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Born in Atlanta, this rapper and producer moved to Chicago with his mother when he was 3 years old. He's considered to be one of the most commercially successful "back-pack" rappers. West has said he was largely influenced by Wu-Tang member RZA. The first major label song he produced was Jay-Z's "This Can't Be Life," featuring West's signature sound of taking old, soul samples, speeding them up, and adding his own drum sounds and other instruments. In 2001, he broke out as a producer, largely because his sound was all over Jay-Z's critically-acclaimed "The Blueprint." In October 2002, West survived a car accident after falling asleep at the wheel of his car. He recorded "Through The Wire" about two weeks a...
Born in Atlanta, this rapper and producer moved to Chicago with his mother when he was 3 years old. He's considered to be one of the most commercially successful "back-pack" rappers. West has said he was largely influenced by Wu-Tang member RZA. The first major label song he produced was Jay-Z's "This Can't Be Life," featuring West's signature sound of taking old, soul samples, speeding them up, and adding his own drum sounds and other instruments. In 2001, he broke out as a producer, largely because his sound was all over Jay-Z's critically-acclaimed "The Blueprint." In October 2002, West survived a car accident after falling asleep at the wheel of his car. He recorded "Through The Wire" about two weeks after the accident with his jaws wired shut. It was featured on his debut album, "College Dropout," released in February 2004, on Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records. The Grammy-nominated album sold more than 3 million copies. In August 2005, West released his highly-anticipated follow up "Late Registration," which sold more than 860,000 in its first week. In September 2007 he released "Graduation," which sold more than 950,000 copies in its first week.
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Lots of bands, knock-off sounds
OK, call me a sucker for those stands that spring up in the summer and hawk cheap sunglasses in naked imitation of the real thing. Compare to OAKLEY! Compare to GUCCI! Three for $19! Love it, love it. That's roughly the spirit behind Tribute-A-Palooza on...Tags: Weezer, Wilco, Lollapalooza
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Charles Hamilton is arriving with rhyme
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCHARLES HAMILTON sits back on a couch at a Los Angeles recording studio, marveling at the pink security wristband he received earlier in the evening while backstage at "Jimmy Kimmel Live," where he accompanied Pharrell Williams and his band, N.E.R.D. It's...Tags: Radio Industry, MC Lyte, Drug Trafficking, Sega Corporation, MySpace
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Nas' new album lacks profundity
Chicago Tribune criticNas, a rapper with a gift for wordplay and problematic taste in backing tracks, remains one of the pillars of East Coast hip-hop for something he did 14 years ago. His 1994 debut album, "Illmatic," released when he was 20 years old, was preceded by...Tags: Hip Hop, Notorious B.I.G., Jesse Jackson, Jay-Z, Al Sharpton
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Great Miami album, by way of Chicago, Philly
Special to the Chicago TribuneBeginning in the spring of 2006, a pair of musicians from snowy locales (Chicago and Philadelphia) started working on an album partially inspired by the persistent humidity and neon glitz of Miami—a city neither had visited. Even more surprising,...Tags: Union Park, Tony Danza, MySpace, Game Playing
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Kanye answers anger management rumor
By RedEye This just in from Kanye West: Kanye West is not in anger management. The hip-hop mogul took to his kanyeuniversecity.com blog to deny recent reports he was heading to classes for anger issues. "I have never had any conversations about anger... -
Bernie Mac, Barack Obama
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign condemned salty language used Friday evening by comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who introduced the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee at a Chicago fundraiser. The incident came at the end of a day when Obama and...Tags: John McCain, Elections, Political Candidates, Barack Obama, Lil' Kim
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Concert grosses hold steady in first half of '08
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhile much of the record business is singing a sad song, musicians and fans apparently can't wait to get on the road again, according to a midyear look at the concert business just released by Pollstar magazine. Despite skyrocketing gas prices and a...Tags: Spice Girls, Dave Matthews Band, Jay-Z, Sales, Bruce Springsteen
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Music and film festivals in Chicago, Jersey City, N.J.; Providence, R.I.; and Montreal
The Boston GlobeChicago AUG. 1-3 Lollapalooza: The festival was resuscitated in 2005 as a weekend concert. This year's bands include Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Gnarls Barkley, Nine Inch Nails, Mark Ronson, Wilco, Bloc Party and the omnipresent Kanye West....Tags: Statue of Liberty, Grant Park, Wilco, Festive Event, Lollapalooza
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