Email Author Oliver Wang

2002 Stories by Oliver Wang

• Hip-Hop Boo-Hoo

  published December 26, 2002

  Pity poor Jay Z. On The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse, the heralded hip-hop hustler complains, ”[I] thought niggas would appreciate wha... More >>

• Dopemen

  published November 7, 2002

  It doesn‘t get more ghetto than this. Rap music’s lionization of the drug dealer is as old as rap itself, and throughout the years we‘ve s... More >>

• Freedom Calls

  published October 24, 2002

  What’s gangsta? This question came to mind the other day while watching the classic hip-hop film Wild Style, which recently celebrated its 20t... More >>

• Hooked on Sonics

  published August 22, 2002

  It’s dark, concrete surrounds, and there‘s a line of riot police wearing smiley faces. London’s Banksy has painted one of his signat... More >>

• This Is Called The Show

  published June 20, 2002

  Photo by Jonathan Mannion WHAT MAKES EMINEM SO INFURIATING AND BRILLIANT is the cutting self-awareness of his own pop phenomenon. You... More >>

• One for the Griot

  published June 13, 2002

  Hip-hop’s independents day comes early this year. With new albums by Blackalicious and J-Live, the indie underground is showing signs of lif... More >>

• Ring of the Fellowship

  published February 14, 2002

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• A New Ax To Grind

  published January 24, 2002

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