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Nas, "Hip Hop Is Dead" (Def Jam Records/Columbia Records) - 4 stars

Most hip-hop fans want nothing more than that beat-plus-rhyme-induced euphoria. So when an album full of those overwhelmingly awesome moments


NEW MUSIC: The Game, "Doctor's Advocate"

The Game “Doctor’s Advocate” (Geffen) 3 Stars A year and a half after “The Documentary,” his overhyped-but-solid 2005 debut, The


Early Music Blends Styles

Great art has that funny tendency to reaffirm one’s confidence in the universal bonds of humanity, and to recognize those


Popscreen: The Clipse feat. Slim Thug

The Clipse feat. Slim Thug “Wamp Wamp (What It Do)” Dir. R. Malcolm Jones Pharrell is an “artist”, with the


Popscreen: Nelly

Nelly ft. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp “Grillz” Dir. Fat Cats I always suspected that Paul Wall is actually Santa


Classical Concerts Consume Campus

Classical music performances will dominate the proceedings this Arts First weekend. The onslaught begins tomorrow, when the Harvard Early Music


On The Radar: Harvard-Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble's First Nights

Saturday, April 22nd at 2 p.m. in the Leverett Old Library, Mill Street, McKinlock Hall. Tickets available through the Harvard