A Decade in Rap Censorship (1990-1999)
By SPIN Staff, SPIN Magazine At times, particularly during the first half of the '90s, the number of institutional attempts to push back...
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- Sep 10, 2012
“I got a beep from Kim”: 24 pop-culture windows into the world of 1992
By Erik Adams, Marah Eakin, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Emily Todd VanDerWerff, Tasha Robinson, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, and Scott...
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- Jun 5, 2012
Hip-hop and Election 2012: How Obama went from being 'The Bomb', to being 'The Man'
By Alexisgarrettstodghill, The Grio In 1991, rapper Ice Cube bashed his then nemesis, Eazy-E on his dis song “No Vaseline” with the line...
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- Dec 11, 2008
Paris - Acid Reflex
By Malcolm Azania, Vueweekly.com Paris is easily one of the most accomplished MCs and producers in the history of hip hop, and for his...
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- Dec 9, 2008
Hip Hop Gives Back
By Charlene Muhammad, Finalcall.com Imagine being a father fighting foreclosure and trying to keep your family off the streets, a single...
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- Dec 3, 2008
Local Licks
By Nate Seltenrich, Eastbayexpress.com Not since NWA's "Fuck tha Police" has overtly political hip-hop enjoyed any real measure of...
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- Nov 25, 2008
Paris - Righteous Indigestion
By J. Quintella, Soulsandsounds.com In the midst of an economic collapse, an endless war, and the flux of Election 2008, the Black...
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- Nov 25, 2008
Acid Reflex - Activist Rapper Paris Drops a New Bomb
By J. Quintella, Soulsandsounds.com Shocking album covers are nothing new for Bay Area activist emcee Paris. Going back nearly 20 years...
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- Nov 24, 2008
MTV Airs Paris' New Video
By Ismael AbduSalaam, Allhiphop.com After years of being shunned by mainstream media outlets, militant Bay Area rapper Paris has secured...
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- Nov 20, 2008
Using Hip-Hop To Defeat The Devil
By Muhammad Sajid, Illume Magazine "...everyone is responsible for the faults and redemption of the black Muslim, even the black Muslim...
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- Nov 19, 2008
Paris - Acid Reflex
By J.H. Thompkins, S.F. Bay Guardian Paris tackles the big picture on Acid Reflex, a gloriously irreverent deconstruction of the state of...
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- Nov 9, 2008
Paris - Acid Reflex
By David Jefferies, Allmusic.com The "preaching to the converted" problem San Francisco rapper Paris shares with so many other...
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- Nov 7, 2008
Paris - Acid Reflex
By SC, wackbeats.com Direct. Volatile. Impassioned. Litigious. Debatable. Dubious. These are all words you could use to describe Acid...
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- Nov 6, 2008
Paris - Acid Reflex
By Thickonline.com Releasing an album that has Uncle Sam presenting a black child and a hand-grenade on the cover automatically says...
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- Nov 4, 2008
T-K.A.S.H. - Turf War Syndrome - 8 Out Of 10
By Pedro 'DJ Complejo' Hernandez, RapReviews.com It seems that all the "new" political rappers who have emerged in the last few years are...
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- Nov 3, 2008
Paris: Here For November
By Yaminah Ahmad, allhiphop.com Never one to hold his tongue on issues like politricks, violence, and poverty in the Black community, it...
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- Oct 22, 2008
Paris - Acid Reflex
By LAS Magazine Paris is back with Acid Reflex on his own Guerrilla Funk imprint. As usual, his hardcore politics and slinky West Coast...
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- Oct 22, 2008
The Revolution Will Have a Dance Club
By Tom Chandler, East Bay Express Oakland rapper Paris lets his inner P-Funk shine on Acid Reflex. Listening to Paris in 2008 is like...
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- Oct 21, 2008
Paris - Acid Reflex
By Steve 'Flash' Juon, RapReviews.com Few hip-hop artists have captured the voice of the oppressed, the righteous indignation of the...
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- Oct 20, 2008
Paris - Don't Stop the Movement
By Lulu McAllister, XLR8R "Don't Stop the Movement," off of Bay Area rapper and activist Paris' forthcoming album, Acid Reflex, touches...