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Carry on Tradition

Music for Thought, Musings / By brucepoinsette

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UzYKl-L2Eo&w=425&h=349] What do hip-hop and personal computing have in common? You probably don’t know the pioneers of either and chances are both are broke or died broke. We’re familiar with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs just as we’re familiar with Run-DMC, Dr. Dre and Jay-Z. What about Fred Moore or DJ Kool Herc? Moore …

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Don’t Sterilize It

Musings / By brucepoinsette

Tupac Shakur was often called a contradiction because he had songs like “Keep Ya Head Up” and “I Get Around” on the same albums. These same “contradictions” are what made so many fans consider him the realest artist in the genre. Tupac didn’t just tell one story or use a singular perspective. He covered a …

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