In defense of rap-rock mashups (Student Life)
Just like apple pie and cheddar cheese or wayward flies and eccentric scientists (or Jeff Goldblum and anything, really), rap and rock were long banished to live in awesome, but separate, worlds.

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Maori Party pulls off political rap (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
It would be hard to imagine Helen Clark or John Key agreeing to an impromptu rap as part of their 2008 campaign launches.

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De La Soul, Slick Rick, Isaac Hayes To Be Crowned Rap Royalty At VH1 Hip Hop Honors (MTV Asia)
It's that time of year again: The weather is getting colder, days are becoming shorter and legends of hip-hop are being honored.

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Nick Hodgson - Kaiser Chiefs Credit Ronson For Sway Rap (ContactMusic)
KAISER CHEIFS have said that they only managed to secure a contribution from hip hop artist SWAY for their new album because he was looking for Mark Ronson.The ...

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