3/1/2011
When Jay-Z introduces you to your first manager (Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, in this case), your career is off to a good start. That, or you're bound to make enemies from the moment you pick up a mic, w …
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3/1/2011
No ordinary MC, Canibus has been ruffling the feathers of fellow rhyme slayers since the mid-'90s, when he shined as a costar in such street-savvy singles as "Beasts from the East." The Jamaican rapper …
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3/1/2011
With his hulking frame, tattoos, and bodybuilder's biceps, Aaron Neville always looked more like a biker than a balladeer, but when he opens up his mouth, something gentle, warm, and almost otherworldl …
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3/1/2011
Aaron Neville's ethereal voice has ventured all over the stylistic spectrum, from country to pop and beyond, but his grounding is in '50s R&B. It seems somehow fitting to hear the Penguins' doo-wop cla …
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3/1/2011
From their very beginnings more than a decade ago, Drive-By Truckers have chosen to embrace, explain, and debunk Southern rock stereotypes rather than turn their bucket hats the other way. On a superfi …
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3/1/2011
If you listen to enough Drive-By Truckers platters, it becomes readily apparent that these Georgia peaches could write feel-good, Southern-fried jams like "The Buford Stick," "Greenville to Baton Rouge …
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3/1/2011
It's a pretty safe bet to say that no pop hit other than "The Gambler" has spawned five television movies, and certainly not ones that starred the hit's original singer. And if that weren't enou …
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3/1/2011
Being the funkiest band ever to come out of New Orleans is no small feat, but there's never been another band quite like the Meters. Everybody knows the band's killer keyboard man, Art Neville, as the …
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3/1/2011
The Meters made their name with a molten mixture of funky grooves and Mardi Gras moves, but their succulent sound fits in all across the musical menu. Art Neville's urgent organ jabs and Leo Nocentelli …
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