Black eyed peas biography wu tang clan
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A massive tip of the hat to the A.V. Club for the wonderful discovery that the online store of American bookseller Barnes & Noble has an entire section entitled ‘Rap and hiphop musicians – Biography – Children’s nonfiction‘ and, by subsequent implication, that there is a burgeoning subgenre (seventy-four entries!) dedicated to ensuring the youth of today has a foundational knowledge of, say, the Roxanne Wars. No more will parents have to endure the awkward conversation that ensues when their progeny ask ‘Dad, what’s a Queen Latifah?’, able instead to hand over one of the sixtitlesdeemedsuitableforkids that will answer any questions they might have about how exactly Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children.
Subjects covered range from Golden Age icons like Run-D.M.C. and Salt-N-Pepa to latter day pop cultural behemoths like Kanye West and, tenuously, the Black Eyed Peas, with stops along the way for the kid-friendly (Lil’s Romeo and Bow-Wow, a full thirteen titles on noted non-cusser Will Smith), the expected universally beloved icons (Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Andre 3000), the less expected, more hardcore material (kids have to learn about Biggie and Tupac sooner or later, I guess), the even less expe
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GNS is a dude who just wants to create.
In his home lab, he tweaks knobs, pounds keyboards, and fusses with computers to compose and arrange original tracks. Public Enemy, Erykah Badu, N.W.A., Sly and the Family Stone, A Tribe Called Quest, and Prince course through his musical veins, powering his neo funk sound. GNS channels a ‘88-‘95 era hip hop spirit, yet shimmers with a musicality not usually present in hip hop tracks.
Raised in L.A., over a decade ago GNS relocated to Bellingham, WA, a small university town that sustains a tight music community. In Bellingham (which he affectionately refers to as Porktown), GNS started spinning records at house parties and clubs, then formed Prospect Champions, Bellingham's premier hip hop group, and later the Reparations, a live hip hop band.
Through those efforts, as well as on his own, GNS has shared bills with Ras Kass, Black Eyed Peas, Phife (of A Tribe Called Quest), Guru (of Gang Starr), The Coup, GZA and Ghostface (of Wu-Tang Clan). As a frontman, GNS scintillated onstage; his stamina as a performer and openness as a lyricist shot sparks through the crowd.
With this latest incarnation of GNS, the vibe is still a party, yet an introspective one: Beats bang while weed smoke falls over a velvet couch stained with forgotten
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Free City Rhymes
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