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Rap / Hip-Hop

Rockin' the streets

The hip-hop underground comes back
by Brian Coleman

Hiphoprisy free

Spearhead's Michael Franti crosses over
by Franklin Soults

Un-real world

Dr. Octagon shakes up hip-hop
by Jon Garelick

Street essays

Mike Ladd blows the lid off media culture
by Matt Ashare


Cool chops

Karate make anger sound fresh
by Brett Milano

Salsa kings

¡Cubanismo! play Latin in all languages
by Ed Hazell

More Volt-age

Jay Farrar's country still rocks
by Roni Sarig

Slicing again

Shonen Knife reveal a sharper edge
by Amy Finch

Roadtrips

Hazel Milk Syrup, Big Fat Pimps
edited by Matt Ashare


[Off the Record] Camus, SINS OF THE FATHER
Whitetown, WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY
Boukan Ginen, RÉV AN NOU
The Bone Shakers, BOOK OF SPELLS
Nanci Griffith, BLUE ROSES FROM THE MOON
Charlie Hunter Quartet, NATTY DREAD
The Folk Implosion, DARE TO BE SURPRISED
Montserrat Figueras, THE VOICE OF EMOTION
Junior Byles, CURLY LOCKS: BEST OF JUNIOR BYLES AND THE UPSETTERS 1970-1976


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