http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rap/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:07:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409608/posts Educational Rap Malcolm A. Kline, December 17, 2009 When storied public school teacher Marva Collins noticed three decades ago that inner city school children could memorize song lyrics but not Shakespeare, she challenged them to digest the latter. A new educational fad takes a different approach. “Flocabulary (www.flocabulary.com) is a Brooklyn-based publisher of educational rap and hip hop that is being used in lower socioeconomic school systems across the country and producing incredible results,” the group’s representative, Anna Richardson of Sunshine Sachs, claims. “The Education Research Institute of America (ERIA) just completed a study that proves Flocabulary’s efficacy in the... AIA-FL Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409608/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:07:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400428/posts Below are excerpts from the online chat between Jolie and Ogundele as they plotted murder Jolie: Bruv that girl won't leave me alone. She's taking it far now. It gives me a bellyache thinking about her. Ogundele: Oi I will ****ing kill her yeah, **** her bruv, she's a ****ing ***** Jolie: You're ****ing telling me mate. She's trying to **** up my life. She needs to get out the equation somehow. I don't care if she lives or dies because the consequences of her having a child are too big for me to handle Ogundele: I'm serious, we will... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400428/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:53:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396431/posts Christian Side Hug is YouTube hit as celibate rappers warn of 'sinful' hugging A celibacy-advocating rap group has been advocating “Christian side-hugs” in a hit YouTube song, because frontal hugs are “sinful”, reports Tom Chivers. Gimme Dat Christian Side Hug, by a band of rappers apparently linked to a Californian ministry called The Father’s House, advocates standing side-by-side when hugging, to avoid the uncontrollable temptation that hugging face-to-face – and therefore crotch-to-crotch – would lead to. “This ain’t no front hug zone,” proclaims one of the rappers, who goes on to warn listeners that front hugs should only be permitted... The Telegraph (London) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396431/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:02:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386645/posts Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, never shy with a photo opportunity, took his man-of-the-people act to the hip-hop dancefloor, where he used a rap music competition to deliver an anti-drugs message. "Graffiti is becoming a true art, fine and delicate," Mr Putin, clad in a beige turtleneck and grey sports jacket, told a young crowd at the "Respect" rap contest. "And breakdance is something peculiar," he said. "This really is propaganda for a healthy lifestyle because it is hard to imagine breakdancing having anything to do with drinking and dope," Mr Putin said. The powerful Russian president-turned-Prime Minister praised the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386645/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:11:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376569/posts Must see conservative music video of the year. A true classic. Transsylvania Phoenix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376569/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:00:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370290/posts Great video from PJTV YouTube, PJTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370290/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355742/posts "With the last 2 hip-hop concerts we've had an officer shot and killed and a downtown employee that was knifed and put in the hospital," said Warren Wright, Ft. Myers City Council Ward 1.The Ft. Myers police department has no statistics showing a link between increased violence and hip hop concerts, which leaves some to believe a ban on hip hop could be a violation of rights. "It does have the undertone of racism," said Willie Green of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. For now a ban on hip hop concerts is just a discussion set to be addressed at... NBC-2 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355742/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:13:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355232/posts I am a solid rock / 80's music kind of guy but my kids (teens) have been getting me to listen more to Christian music. I ran across these guys and while I don't normally care for rap music ... I did like the message. SoundClick http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355232/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:11:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350340/posts PEORIA — .More than 24 hours after a melee broke out at an apartment complex for Illinois Central College students early Sunday, police were still sorting out the details. Preliminary information from East Peoria police indicates a party Saturday night at WoodView Commons, an apartment complex at 100 WoodView Lane, grew out of control. “As best we can gather, the initial scenario is that there were some discourse between two gangs that became heightened by the playing of a certain rap song that insulted one of the gangs, and the fight was on,” Police Chief Ed Papis said Monday. “Whoever... The Peoria Journal Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350340/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:57:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348622/posts We went from Reagan never removing his jacket inside the Oval Office to the new hip hope and change President putting rap songs on the White House blog....disgraceful hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348622/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:02:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344207/posts FARMVILLE, Va. — Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III rapped about the thrill of murder in songs he posted on the Internet. Police believe the fantasy lyrics became a gruesome reality in a small Virginia college town. McCroskey, 20, was being held Sunday in the killings of four people who were found at a Longwood University professor's home near campus in Farmville, which is about 50 miles west of Richmond. McCroskey, of Castro Valley, Calif., faces charges of first-degree murder, robbery and grand larceny of an automobile, said Farmville police Capt. Wade Stimpson. The aspiring rapper in the underground horrorcore genre,... Comcast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344207/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:21:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344708/posts HAZLETON – Jan Lewan is reinventing himself as a polka rapper. Fresh out of prison and set to begin repaying his debt to the people he swindled, the area polka legend said he was exposed to rap music while behind bars and took a liking to the art. He admits it took a little while for him to get used to the genre, but he finally started liking it when he realized he could tell a story, along with the uplifting melody. “My rap will be a melody of polka. It is something different and something I hope polka people... Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre PA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344708/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:15:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344165/posts Jason Decrow/Associated Press, left; Nicholas Roberts for The New York TimesBELIEVERS Rappers like Ludacris and hosts like Glenn Beck are strict capitalists. snip... I’ll admit that the parallels between Jay-Z and Rush Limbaugh do not seem obvious, snip...But as soon as you dig beneath the surface, the similarities between talk radio and gangsta rap are nothing short of uncanny. And these similarities are revealing, too. snip... EGO Extolling your greatness is nearly as crucial to rap as it is to talk radio. HATERS You’re nobody in hip-hop until you claim to have hordes of detractors. snip... Ask Michael Savage,... NY Times Week in Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344165/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:41:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2344132/posts Orchid Nightclub is crying racism but ready to comply with a selectman’s apparent demand that they stop playing hip-hop music. The flareup comes in the wake of a triple shooting early yesterday in the Saugus nightclub’s parking lot. “It’s absolutely a racial statement. It makes me think the same thing you’re thinking,” said the club’s consultant, Anthony Cagliano, a former Saugus selectman. “I know the town has made it clear they’re not a fan of hip-hop music and the audience that hip-hop brings,” he said. “So we will get away from the hip-hop scene, which is unfair to the clientele.”... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2344132/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:28:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331681/posts The White House has dispatched the lovable Sesame Street resident Elmo to spread the word on ways to ward off the H1N1 flu, but for those who find the red, fluffy Muppet a little too soft, there's Dr. John D. Clarke -- the MD who can rap. In a minute-long video, the Long Island doctor spits rhymes about washing one's hands and using hand sanitizer Clarke is one of 10 finalists competing for a $2,500 prize from the Department of Health and Human Services for the best H1N1 prevention video. After picking the finalists from more than 200 entries, the... CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331681/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:50:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329112/posts For his first guest on last Friday's special edition of "Real Time" host Bill Maher spent a half hour interviewing rapper, mogul, and entrepreneur Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter. (For my previous commentary on Maher's second interview of the evening, with progressive journalist Bill Moyers click here.) Carter was soft-spoken in his reflective interview which rarely got particularly political. Maher mainly questioned Carter about his artistic process and style. He did also ask about being a married man and his responsibility as a role model: My responsibility is to the culture. My job is to show it in a great light. I'm... NewsReal Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329112/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:19:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324667/posts With unsettling regularity, in public places where music is being played for all to hear such as from a juke-box, I, a black man, find myself being inundated with the N-word by some young black rapper. Imagine being in an establishment with peers of various races, creeds, and colors when out of the blue, some rapper on a record is saying "my N-word", "you N-word", or "expletive N-word". When this happens I feel insulted by the rapper. I feel like he is undermining the efforts of all of those people who fight for equality. I would not stand for it... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324667/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:51:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323464/posts So you think you’re all cool and hip, huh? Well, you are not as cool as famous rappers Jay-Z or Drake — and you are certainly not as cool as Jay-Z and Drake together. This is the central thesis of “Off That,” the newly leaked Drake collab from Jay’s upcoming The Blueprint 3, and it’s hard to argue with. Just accept it: Whatever cutting-edge trends you think you’re inventing, Jigga and Drizzy already discarded as played-out years ago. Facts are facts. The fizzy beat behind “Off That” comes from Timbaland; while he and Jay-Z have done more ground-breaking work in... Entertainment Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323464/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:47:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2299947/posts Inarguably, hip hop (rap) is one of the leading pop music genres; at least, it is one of the loudest. I did not know which hip hop singer to choose (I do not know any), so I queried Billboard magazine and found, at the time of this writing, a man named “Drake” to hold the top spot in that category, indicating his popularity, at least currently. I searched for “Drake lyrics” and was directed to this site (it was first in the listings), where I navigated to the album that came up first on a YouTube search. Feel free to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2299947/posts#comment Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:01:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295584/posts July 18, 2009 Aim higher than rap or basketball, Obama urges young blacks The 45-minute address was Mr Obama?s first big speech on race since he was forced to tackle the issue head on during his presidential campaign last year James Bone. In his first big speech on race since winning the White House, President Obama has exhorted young blacks to aspire to be more than basketballers and rap music stars. In a historic address, America’s first black president told the country’s oldest civil rights group, celebrating its 100th anniversary, that it was time for “a new mindset” that did... London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295584/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:26:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279868/posts Unparalleled in the history of American political corruption is the backwards collection of scoundrels, scallywags, hooligans, rascals and charlatans collectively known as the Louisiana State Legislature. So seeing a rapper blasting profane lyrics in their chamber is—Very funny! How exactly this happened is still sort of unclear, but the gist of it is that the state decided to honor "Hurricane Chris," a Shreveport, Louisiana native, for all of his recent success by giving him the floor of the state House of Representatives for a few minutes, rather than say, naming a meaningless street after him or giving him the key... gawker.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279868/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:20:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264252/posts Young Conservatives is a group with a devout mission to spread the love and logic surrounding true conservatism (video). Our greatest enemy lies in the lack of understanding of the conservative movement. In a technological era driven fiercely by the main stream media, those who taut the true conservative message of individual responsibility, moral absolutes, and small government are slanted as intolerant, racist, “bible and gun clinging”, corporate fat cats who could not care less about the environment nor the well being of their fellow man. Being Christian or conservative or a combination of the two is not viewed as... Daily Flag-waver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264252/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 01:01:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262623/posts A conservative rap video which claims to reflect true conservative values is quickly becoming a cult success and going viral. "The Young Con Anthem," created by two Dartmouth students, has received more than 90,000 views and has made it to The Huffington Post, USA Today and a variety of blogs across the political spectrum. FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262623/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 02:46:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2257137/posts An Atlanta event promoter charged with fatally shooting rapper Dolla at the Beverly Center pleaded not guilty today to murder and two counts of assault. Aubrey Louis Berry, 23, is accused of gunning down Roderick Anthony Burton II, known professionally as Dolla, and shooting at two other people in the Atlanta rapper’s entourage Monday in the valet area of the popular Westside mall. Prosecutors today also amended the charges to include an extra firearms offense of personally and intentionally discharging a firearm, which caused great bodily injury and death. Authorities allege that Berry, who had an altercation with Burton at... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2257137/posts#comment Sun, 24 May 2009 00:46:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2246405/posts A 17-year-old girl had to be airlifted to a local hospital Tuesday evening after she was run over by her own car while trying to "ghost ride," a car stunt popularized in the East Bay, police said. "Ghost riding" typically entails a car owner walking or dancing alongside or on top of a vehicle that is idling forward without a driver. The stunt has local origins, particularly in the Bay Area rap scene radiating from Oakland and Vallejo. The injured girl was "performing a horseplay maneuver" as her 1980s-model Chevrolet Blazer idled along about 6 p.m. near San Jose Avenue... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2246405/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 21:26:47 GMT