Fugees

Pic Hits for the week

1996 New Times Music Awards Showcase

Players

One Night in Marrakesh

Pick Up Your Microphones

Blunt talk on the Smokin' Grooves Tour with the Fugees, Spearhead and A Tribe Called Quest

Pic Hits for the week

Blunt talk on the Smokin' Grooves Tour with the Fugees, Spearhead and A Tribe Called Quest

Electric Black-Ballroom

Liquor department director tries to close Tempe rap venue based on sex allegations that weren't prosecuted

96.Rant

Liquor department director tries to close Tempe rap venue based on sex allegations that weren't prosecuted

Dr. Cynic's Revenge

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

Black Moon Rising

Tucson's Black Moon Graffiti waxes large with a hip-hop/funk mlange that always comes correct @

Calendar for the week

Tucson's Black Moon Graffiti waxes large with a hip-hop/funk mlange that always comes correct @

KRS-One, What's the Frequency?

The rapper they call "The Teacher" knows the medium is the message

Recordings

The rapper they call "The Teacher" knows the medium is the message

Safe Refuge

Fugee Wyclef Jean uses his solo album for a round-the-world adventure

Recordings

Fugee Wyclef Jean uses his solo album for a round-the-world adventure

Kings of Rhyme

Run-D.M.C. keeps pushing to earn respectability for hip-hop

Critical Mass

A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998

Wyclef Jean

Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
(Sony)

Sundance South?

Uh, probably not, but someday. Maybe. We think.

Positive Feedback

Hip-hop crew Jurassic 5 moves in a new direction

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Party

Various Artists

Songs From the Street: 35 Years of Music (Sony Wonder)

Wyclef Jean

The Preacher's Son (J)

Brotherly Luv

Underground Empire and rap supergroup The Ten Commandments find favor in Philly

Giant Steps

They Might Be Giants hope that the revolution will be downloaded

Night & Day

September 24 - 30, 1998

Rhymes of Passion

The Fugees make rap, not war

DO LOOK BACK

THE YEAR IN MUSIC: IT JUST DIDN'T GET MUCH BETTER (OR WORSE) THAN THIS

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