One night only! One night only! That's all they have to spare! From 1988 through 1995, there was a show on MTV that literally launched the careers of some of the biggest...
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Rapper alleges artists have been deprived of hundreds of millions of dollars
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photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Public Enemy STEREOGUM: What appealed to you about getting involved with All Tomorrow's Parties? GEOFF BARROW: I just like that, for the...
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Rob da Bank is currently stood in a sunny field (thank you festival weather gods), reporting back to us at NME exclusively for his countdown to Bestival video diary. Watc...
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From humble beginnings in student digs, the record label Def Jam is credited with bringing New York's street culture and music to the masses – and even helping to e...
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Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav fears the Grim Reaper is on the group's trail - because natural disasters and tragedies have been following them all over the world. The c...
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A live review of Motley Crue, Bush, Public Enemy, Matt & Kim and others at the Sunset Strip Music Festival in Los Angeles.
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by BBG Company Flow at Santos (more by Brook Bobbins) WOW. As El-P confirmed, Company Flow will return AGAIN on the Sunday (10/2) of ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror in NJ. Othe...
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Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same – Dan Hancox praises Can...
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Dan Charnas wrote the incredible hip-hop history book, The Big Payback and given all the stories he collected, I thought it’d be fun to combine our summer songs th...
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Consuming an extra helping of potatoes each day — French fried, baked or otherwise — can add an average of 0.8 of a pound to body weight per year, researchers...
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Bush, veteran rockers Uriah Heep and rap supergroup Public Enemy have been added to the bill for this summer's (11) Sunset Strip Music Festival, which will honour Motley ...
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1984: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicThe Def Jam label holds an almost mythical status within hip-hop. How come? After...
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3 March 1989: Number 22 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop music"Yet our best-trained, best-educated, best-equipped, best-prepared troop...
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