Dead Art-Form or an Evolving Genre?
After perusing through reviews from this summer's hip-hop releases, the familiar debate has risen yet again: Is hip-hop dead? That depends on who you ask. Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV and the Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration, Watch the Throne, were this season's most hyped and anticipated albums, yet a significant amount of listeners had mixed feelings after hearing both.
If you want to put your seven dollars to good use this weekend, don't go see "I Don't Know How She Does It." The title was enticing, but within the first five minutes I wish I would have minded my business and not cared about "how she does it.
Every so often when one travels downtown, you'll see construction on a new building, renovation on an existing one, or maybe a beautification project underway. Of course, all of these things are serving to attract people to a place full of culture and history, while also trying to implement a sense of relevance residents can relate to.
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