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A Legend, A Letdown

Nathan Tailleur  —  Apr 18, 2011

Afrika Bambaataa doesn't live up to his legacy.

Banging It Out With Chiddy Bang

Graham Corrigan  —  Mar 14, 2011

 Sun Senior Editor Graham Corrigan '11 spoke with Chiddy Bang before their Saturday night concert at Noyes Fitness Center.

Bringing the Noise to Noyes

James Rainis  —  Mar 11, 2011

James Rainis lets us know what to expect when Chiddy Bang comes to West Campus.

Thumbs Up for Mac Miller

Joey Anderson  —  Mar 8, 2011

Joey Anderson checks out Pittsburgh native Mac Miller at the Haunt.

GZA Brings the Ruckus to IC

Spencer Holm  —  Feb 15, 2011

GZA comes to Ithaca and shows his crowd how to really throw down; the Sun's got the details.

Grammy-Award Winning Producer Talks Beats, Life

Brendan Doyle  —  Nov 22, 2010

9th Wonder, who has produced for acts such as Lil Wayne and Ludacris, spoke to a packed auditorium on North Campus Saturday.

Alumni Hip-Hoppers Flying High

Cara Sprunk  —  Apr 23, 2010

Alumni hip-hop sensations Jeremy Dussolliet ’09 and Tim Sommers ’10, now better known by the monikers Kinetics & One Love, sit down with The Sun to talk about Cornell housing, their hit chorus on "Airplanes" and rapping with your idols. Be sure to check out Dussolliet's freestyle at the end of the conversation.

Test Spin: Wyclef Jean

Hannah Stamler  —  Nov 19, 2009

Wyclef Jean’s newest album, From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion, is Jean’s self-proclaimed return to hip-hop. Over a decade after the breakup of the Fugees, Jean has admittedly become somewhat unknown as an artist, and it is clear that he is anxious to change this.

Student Artist Spotlight: Time Out Club

Graham Corrigan  —  Nov 19, 2009

Beneath the white-capped surface of Ithaca’s music scene, a whale has been swimming around our campus, gathering steam as it prepares to unleash a torrent of hip-hop innovation the likes of which will flip the space between your ears. A musical collective that combines minds from all of Ithaca’s corners, Time Out Club is more of a harmonious think tank than a group of musicians.

Beauty is in the Flaws, T-Painful

John Taechin Lee  —  Nov 5, 2009

This year’s TIME “100” finalist was nominated for eight Grammy’s in the last two years, has had nine different songs chart on Billboard’s Rhythmic Top 10 and two years ago, in November and December, had seven different singles hit the Billboard Hot 100 list. Can you guess who he is?

It’s T-Pain — the man responsible for bringing back the worst type of Auto-Tune.

Are the muses mad at us? Was it something we said (or sung)? It’s as if they saw us getting complacent with our talented Winehouses, alternative Radioheads and soulful LaBelles and thought to themselves, “Hey, you know what would be fun? Let’s turn all the great singers into drug addicts, kill the King of Pop and add Auto-Tune into the mix.”

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