Additionally, many underground artists are said to have " intelligent ", " intricate ", or " complex " lyrics, these include Akir, Ugly Duckling, Brother Ali, Cage, Immortal Technique, El Da Sensei, Blackalicious, NCKF99, Mr. Lif, Andre Nickatina, Murs, Binary Star, Planet Asia, Lifesavas, Sage Francis, Kooley High, Sniped, Tah Phrum Duh Bush, Hustla Dreamz, Zion I, The Even Keel, Skidzz, Y Not Flow, Omega Jackson, All Names Were Taken, Timeless Truth, Yasiin Bey, Talib Kweli and Yak Ballz.

Early in 1993, Shadow was a part of the creation of the Solesides underground hip-hop label, in conjunction with Blackalicious and Lyrics Born ( whose stage name at the time was Asia Born ).

They have collaborated and performed with many other hip-hop artists, including Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, Taktloss, De La Soul, Blackalicious, Jean Grae, Psycho Realm, Playalitical, Jay Dee aka J Dilla, and Jurassic 5.

Many of their songs include performances by other artists of various styles of music, like hip-hop artists Boots Riley ( of The Coup ), Gift of Gab ( of Blackalicious ) and Chali 2na ( of Jurassic 5 ).

Featuring guest appearances by experimental rap duo Blackalicious, Robby Krieger of The Doors, guitarist Joe Satriani, and DJ Logic, the album showcased the band exploring vocal-based music as well as incorporating more overt rock and hip hop influences.

During the recording period Radiohead drew inspiration from Remain in Light ( 1980 ) by their early influence Talking Heads, they attended an Underworld concert which helped renew their enthusiasm in a difficult moment and band members listened to abstract hip hop from the Mo ' Wax label, including Blackalicious and DJ Krush.

* " Release " from Blazing Arrow, Blackalicious ( 2002 )

The song " We Don't Stop " ( featuring Gift of Gab from Blackalicious and Spearhead's rapper / beatbox technician Radioactive ) bridges the two sounds in a " Magnificent Seven " style mash-up.

The record includes a gospel version of the Fatboy Slim / Macy Gray tune " Demons ," featuring rapper Gift of Gab from Blackalicious.

Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Richard Thompson, Aaron Neville, Mavis Stables, Shelby Lynne, Me ’ Shell NdegeOcello, Danny Thompson, Duke Robillard, Michael Jerome, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Les McCann, David Hidalgo, Charlie Musselwhite, Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr., Vince Gill, Leann Womack, Oak Ridge Boys, Jamey Johnson, Ben Harper, Susan Tedeschi, Toots Hibbert, Randy Travis, Timothy B. Schmit, Bonnie Raitt, Jars of Clay, Dan Zanes, Lou Reed, Marva Wright, Asleep At The Wheel, John Hammond, Allen Toussaint, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, Bennie Pete, Carl LeBlanc, Billy Preston, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Prince, The Time Jumpers, K. D.

* Blackalicious ( Gift of Gab & Chief Xcel-Sacramento, California )

Khalfani has opened up alongside the Impossebulls for acts such as Public Enemy, Dilated Peoples and Blackalicious.

" Former KDVS DJs also include DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel of Blackalicious, Steven Wynn of The Dream Syndicate, and Kendra Smith of both The Dream Syndicate and Opal.

King, Mike Doughty ( formerly of Soul Coughing ), Gift of Gab ( of Blackalicious ), and Jurassic 5.

He is a major fan of the Mo ' Wax label ( onetime home of Blackalicious, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow and Dr. Octagon ).

Other artists she has worked with include Handsome Boy Modeling School on the album So ... How's Your Girl ?, DJ Towa Tei, Stephin Merritt's The 6ths, The Baldwin Brothers, Beastie Boys, Blackalicious, Peter Daily, Greg Kurstin ( Action Figure Party ), Forró in the Dark, John Zorn, and The Incredible Moses Leroy.

He had performed with such artists as Nas, The Fugees, Christian Alvarez, Blackalicious, Erykah Badu, KRS-One, Zack De La Rocha, De La Soul, and DJ Krust, as well as poets Allen Ginsberg and Sonia Sanchez.

He has also done studio work for artists including: Justin Timberlake, Faith Evans, Erykah Badu, Blackalicious, and producers Timbaland and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

Past groups that have headlined Kohoutek include: O. A. R, Blackalicious, The Roots, Tea Leaf Green, Breakestra, Zolar X, Lyrics Born, Akron / Family, Zion I and Toubab Krewe.

The Student Activities Council is also responsible for the spring concert, Floralia, ( recent acts have included: Girl Talk, 1997 ( band ), The Misshapes, okgo, Matt & Kim, and Reel Big Fish ), the Fall Concert ( recent acts include RJD2, Blackalicious, and Ben Lee ).

Or else the North really believes that all Southerners except a few quaint old characters have come around to realizing the errors of their past, and are now at heart sharers of the American Dream, like everybody else.

Of greater importance, however, is the content of those programs, which have had and are having enormous consequences for the American people.

Willard Thorp, in his new book, American Writing In The Twentieth Century, observes, quite validly it seems: `` Certain subjects are conspicuously absent or have been only lightly touched.

The interesting thing about Mr. Lyford's approach, and the approach of the contributors to The Agreeable Autocracies ( Oceana Publications, 1961 ) to the situation of American civilization, is that it is concerned with comprehending the psychological relationships which are having a decisive effect on American life.

To the extent that our sampling of the orientations of American college students in the years 1950 and 1952 may be representative of our culture -- and still valid in 1959 -- we are disposed to question the summary characterization of the current generation as silent, beat, apathetic, or as a mass of other-directed conformists who are guided solely by social radar without benefit of inner gyroscopes.

One had it that a friend, protesting her snobbery, said, `` But, Gracie, you are an American, aren't you ''??

Pohl and Kornbluth's ad men have long since thrown out appeals to reason and developed techniques of advertising which tie in with `` every basic trauma and neurosis in American life '', which work on the libido of consumers, which are linked to the `` great prime motivations of the human spirit ''.

Perhaps the moralities of world law are not advanced by stealing American diplomatic papers and planes, but the Kennedy administration can always file a demurrer to the effect that, but for its own incompetence in protecting American interests, these things would not happen.

Then people wonder why Russian pupils are more advanced than American students.

The Providence Sunday Journal article ( Jan. 29 ) asking whether American taxpayers are being victimized by a gigantic giveaway to pay for the care of war veterans who have non-service-connected disabilities sounds as though The Providence Journal is desperate for news.

Independence Day is the appropriate date as a symbolical reminder of the American article of faith that governments are instituted among men to secure to them certain inalienable rights, the first of which is life, and when any government becomes subversive of that end, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.

But he -- and all of China -- wears the scars of American indecisiveness, and he knows what an uncertain ally we are.

That exchange was not only possible but commonplace last week in Manhattan, as more and more New Yorkers were discovering 29th Street and Eighth Avenue, where half a dozen small nightclubs with names like Arabian Nights, Grecian Palace and Egyptian Gardens are the American inpost of belly dancing.

and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim Monday, May 22nd, 1961, as National Maritime Day, reminding our citizens that American Merchant ships and American seamen are ready at all times to serve our Nation in the cause of freedom and justice.

One need not waver in his belief in virile law enforcement to insist that there are other things in American life which are also of great importance, and to which even law enforcement must accommodate itself.

It is the concern of the Department of State that the American people are safe and secure -- defense is not a monopoly concern of the Department of Defense.

But he takes his bearings from the great guidelines of policy, well-established precedents, the commitments of the United States under international charters and treaties, basic statutes, and well-understood notions of the American people about how we are to conduct ourselves, in policy literature such as country papers and National Security Council papers accumulated in the Department.

To meet this urgent need for skilled manpower we are proposing the establishment of a Peace Corps -- an organization which will recruit and train American volunteers, sending them abroad to work with the people of other nations.

Newcomers to the American hunter are the Browning group of bolt-action, high-power rifles.

For restoration of early American life the places to visit are Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia.

Another Dutch hip-hop duo are Pete Philly and Perquisite who are already well known in the Netherlands, Germany, and even in Japan.

While the origins of hip-hop are believed to be from the Bronx, rival hip-hop group Juice Crew's lyrics were misunderstood to contain a claim in the song " The Bridge " that hip hop was directly a result of artists originating from Queensbridge.

* Competitive dance, in which a variety of theater dance styles such as: acro, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and tap, are permitted.

Dorothy Ashby ( sampled by hip-hop artists ) and Alice Coltrane are other jazz harpists. Harpist performing

Some positive reviews were published: Entertainment Weekly noted that " on this hip-hop roast, new schoolers Nas and Fat Joe pay their respects with sparkling grooves .... Run's rhymes are still limber.

Furthermore, as more professional skaters use hip hop, reggae, or hard rock music accompaniment in their videos, many urban youths, hip-hop fans, reggae fans, and hard rock fans are also drawn to skateboarding, further diluting the sport's punk image.

Some poets are closely associated with the vocal delivery style found in hip-hop music and draw heavily on the tradition of dub poetry, a rhythmic and politicized genre belonging to black and particularly West Indian culture.

The elaborate costumes used on the parades are satires of the Devil and are called " Diablos Cojuelos " all around the country, they dance, and run to the rhythm of Merengue mixed with techno, hip-hop, and reggaeton during the celebration.

Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like hip-hop, where they select and play music.

Glockenspiels are still quite popular and appear in almost all genres of music ranging from hip-hop to jazz.

Thus, there are clearly two opposing sides within Islam on the subject of hip-hop not only in France but around the world.

" The images, modes and attitudes of hip-hop and gangsta rap are so powerful they are having a hegemonic effect across the globe.

Several hip-hop activists have also reflected on Johnson's legacy, most notably in the album The New Danger, by Mos Def, in which songs like " Zimzallabim " and " Blue Black Jack " are devoted to the artist's pugilistic hero.

Besides their innovation in the entire genre of funk music, George Clinton and P-Funk are still heard often today, especially in hip-hop sampling.

Though Fab Five Freddy's contributions to hip-hop culture are numerous, perhaps the most historic comes from his 1982 single entitled Change the Beat.

Some stations are only talk radio – featuring interviews and discussions – while music radio stations broadcast one particular type of music: Top 40, hip-hop, country, etc.

The songs on the album are a blend of funk ( Watkins ), hip-hop ( Lopes ), and R & B ( Thomas ), similar to the " new jack swing " sound popularized by producer Teddy Riley in the late 1980s ( and TLC's sound was sometimes cited as an example of the " new jill swing " genre ).

Other popular hip-hop artists and groups in Norway are for example Warlocks, Tommy Tee, Klovner i Kamp, Gatas Parlament, Paperboys, Madcon, Erik og Kriss, Jaa9 & OnkelP and Thomax.

Other festivals where hip-hop artists can appear are Hove Festival in Færvik close to Arendal and Øya Festival in Oslo.

In 2007, contemporary hip-hop and R & B songs became more dance oriented, showing influences of Miami bass and techno, and are typically sped up to a " chipmunk " sound for faster tempos for dances such as Jooking, Wu-Tanging, and Bopping ( usually only done in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties in south Florida )