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A Tribe Called Quest documentary & other Sundance films

5404 days ago
Brooklyn Veganby BBG A Tribe Called Quest takes it to the stage. The Sundance Film Festival is the pre-eminent independent film festival in the US, and 2011 features some interesting competitors in the way of music (and music related) film. First... more info

Sundance announces competition lineup

5405 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentHighlights include a directorial effort by Vera Farmiga and a documentary about A Tribe Called Quest. more info

Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday - review

5414 days ago
Guardian Music(Island)There is an argument that, of late, mainstream hip-hop and R&B has lost its once zealously guarded edge of originality. The genres appear comfortable in a sonic rut – the raveish synthesisers that added an icy edge to Rihanna's Umbrella, Au... more info

Did Jay-Z pick the best tracks for rap newbies?

5433 days ago
Guardian MusicWhen Evan Davis asked Jay-Z to suggest tracks for people who 'don't get' hip-hop, the rapper picked Lauryn Hill's To Zion and Tupac's Dear Mama. But you can do better than that, right?As wake-up calls go, it was enough to make you choke on your morni... more info

Radio review: The Beatles and Black Music

5436 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Beatles and the elder statesmen of hip-hop in one show? BrilliantThe Beatles and Black Music (Radio 1xtra) was a blueprint for good radio before they even made it. Right there, you have an excuse to play any Beatles song, any hip-hop song with a ... more info

Readers recommend: songs about uncertainty

5446 days ago
Guardian MusicLast time was all about surprise cameos. Sticking with the unexpected, this week we're looking for songs where the outcome of a situation is in doubt"Ladies and Gentlemen ... Mr Elton John!"I love that line, it's one of my all-time favourites. The su... more info

Readers recommend songs with special guests: the Results

5446 days ago
Guardian MusicCollaboration might not seem the most natural thing to expect from musicians, raging egotists that so many of them are, but pop is littered with fine examples of itCredit where it's due. For a bunch of raving, deluded egotists, musicians do seem rema... more info

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl Make David Letterman Go “Bang Bang Bang”

5455 days ago
IdolatorA Tribe Called Quest rapper Q-Tip and New York singer Amanda Warner of MNDR took center stage on last night’s Late Show With David Letterman to perform with Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. The musical conglomerate offered up a rousing rendition of... more info

The hip-hop heritage society

5460 days ago
Guardian MusicWhy aren't Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions and other classic hip-hop acts lovingly reissued in the same way as other genres? Because guardians of rap's heritage need to be crate-diggers, lawyers and counsellors all in oneOn the last Saturday of... more info

Chiddy Bang, Kid Cudi and Kidz In The Hall prefer blog-rocking beats to old soul samples

5466 days ago
Guardian MusicYou're more likely to hear MGMT or Grizzly Bear on a hip-hop record than James Brown these days. So is the art of crate digging gone for good?"Last LP we got down right, showed all these corny motherfuckers what hip-hop's supposed to sound like." So ... more info

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