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The mid-late ’90s felt like a crisis point for hip-hop: the deepening rift between mainstream and underground rap, along with the lyrical focus on high-budget conspicuous consumption from platinum-selling artists, felt like breaking points that supposedly compromised what hip-hop was supposed to remain true to. Whether hip-hop needed to look back to its party-music roots […]
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Missy Elliott: To Receive Video Vanguard Award At 2019 VMAs
submitted by Nick Aug 12th 2019 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)
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No one really cares about the MTV Video Music Awards anymore, but every year the show's best shot at grabbing people's attention is its lifetime achievement award, the Video Vanguard Award. This used to honor artists with a vast library of boundary-pushing music videos, but in recent years it has gone to whichever famous person…
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Missy Elliott: Watch as Lizzo and Missy Elliott take it back to the golden era of hip-hop videos with 'Tempo'
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You'd be forgiven for thinking you've been transported back to the late 90s/early 2000sLizzo and Missy Elliot in the 'Tempo' music video.Lizzo and Missy Elliott have taken it back to the golden era of hip-hop music videos as they release a set of energetic visuals for their track, ‘Tempo’. Read more: Big Read – Liz...
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Missy Elliott: Watch Lizzo Perform As Missy Elliott Becomes The First Female Rapper In The Songwriters Hall Of Fame
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Earlier this year, we learned that Missy Elliott had been inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. She's the first female rapper in the Hall, and only the third rapper. (She follows Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri.) Last night, Elliott gave a tearful 10-minute acceptance speech, and Lizzo honored Elliott by performing her classic 1997 jam…
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Pharrell: Watch Pharrell Bring Out Jay-Z, Diddy, Missy Elliott, Tyler, The Creator, More In Virginia Beach
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Pharrell Williams hosted the inaugural edition of his Something In The Water music festival this weekend in his hometown of Virginia Beach. While organizers were forced to cancel its first day due to severe thunderstorms, the festival continued as planned on Saturday, with performances from ASAP Ferg, Mac DeMarco, Kaytranada, J Balvin, SZA, Trav...
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Missy Elliott: “I just finished a big project today”: Missy Elliott teases new music
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We can't waitMissy ElliotMissy Elliott has teased new music after revealing that she had recently finished work on a “big project.” Elliott, whose last full album release was 2005’s ‘The Cookbook’, took to Instagram on Wednesday (April 17) to reveal that she has finished work on a new project. El...
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