Ben Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American musician of the 1990s and 2000s. Ben Harper - Biography. As a child, he began playing guitar in his hometown of Claremont (in California's Inland Empire) - eventually specializing in the acoustic slide guitar (weissenborn guitars). As a young man, he recorded an LP (Pleasure and Pain) with fellow folk guitarist Tom Freund, which spurred record label attention. After this limited edition record, Harper received a record deal from Virgin Records, releas ...

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• Ben Harper - Biography
• Ben Harper - Discography
• Ben Harper - DVD's
• Ben Harper - Sound samples

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The Bad Brains are an American all-black hardcore punk and reggae band, originally formed in Washington, DC in 1977. They are considered pioneers of hardcore punk. Originally formed as a jazz fusion ensemble, the Bad Brains developed a very fast and intense punk rock sound, which was both musically complex and more extreme than most of their punk rock contemporaries. The Bad Brains are arguably the first hardcore punk band. They were also an adept reggae band, in a sort of Jekyll-and-Hyde arrangement, while later recordings featured elements of funk and heavy metal. The Bad Br ...

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• Bad Brains - History
• Bad Brains - Trivia
• Bad Brains - Discography
• Bad Brains - Other Appearances

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St. Ann is one of the oldest populated areas in the island of Jamaica tracing back to 600 - 650 A.D. It is believed to be the earliest Taino/Arawak settlement in Jamaica. When Christopher Columbus first came to Jamaica in 1494, he landed on the shores of St. Ann. The first Spanish settlement in Jamaica was also at Sevilla la Nueva, now called Seville, just to the west of St Ann's Bay. Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish Governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay became the third capital established by Spain in the Americas. The first sugar mills were est ...

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Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), also known as Biggie Smalls (after a stylish gangster in 1975's Let's Do it Again) and Frank White (from the film King of New York), but best known as The Notorious B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game and, since his death, Books Instead of Guns), was a popular Brooklyn-born rapper of the mid-1990s. Following his untimely death in 1997, he has been immortalized as a hip hop icon. The Notorious B. ...

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• The Notorious B.I.G. - Childhood and drug career
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Rap career
• The Notorious B.I.G. - East Coast/West Coast feud and death
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Posthumous career
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Legacy
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Movie
• The Notorious B.I.G. - The Final Chapter
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Facts
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Discography
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Albums
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Singles
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Featured Roles
• The Notorious B.I.G. - B-Sides

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Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem, Illinois and raised in Detroit) is a prolific bassist, producer, and record label owner who has collaborated with hundreds of musicians all over the world. He is married to the Ethiopian singer Gigi. Bands he has led include Material and Praxis. He was a member of the hardcore punk flavoured free jazz supergroup Last Exit, a direction he continues working in with Massacre. Bill Laswell - Overview. Laswell's first recording appearance was in 1978, playin ...

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The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a musical group will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outsold all others during at least one week. The chart was first known as Top Pop Albums from the mid-1950s until 1983 w ...

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• Billboard 200 - Uses
• Billboard 200 - Limitations
• Billboard 200 - Milestones and Trivia

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In pop music a cover version is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. Pop musicians may play covers as a tribute to the original performer or group, to win audiences who like to hear a familiar song, or to increase their chance of success by using a proven hit or to gain credibility by its comparison with the original song. Covering material is an important method in learning various styles of music. Bands may also perform covers for the simple pleasure of playing a familiar song. Cover version - Early cover ver ...

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• Cover version - Early cover versions and the origin of the term
• Cover version - Modern cover versions
• Cover version - Contemporising older songs
• Cover version - Introduction of new artists
• Cover version - Tributes tribute albums and cover albums
• Cover version - Cover bands tribute bands and impersonators
• Cover version - Most covered songs
• Cover version - Covers in particular genres
• Cover version - Punk
• Cover version - Hip-Hop
• Cover version - Swamp pop
• Cover version - Samples

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Cypress Hill is a prominent rap music group (formed in 1988), which has sold 15 million records around the world. It is composed of members B-Real (Louis Freese or Freeze, Mexican/Cuban), Sen Dog (Senen Reyes, Afro-Cuban), DJ Muggs (Lawrence Muggerud, Italian-American) and, since 1994, percussionist Eric Bobo. Cypress Hill - Early careers. Cypress Hill's band members are from South Gate, California. The three original members formed a group called DVX in 1986 with Sen Dog's brother Mellow Man Ace. Wh ...

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• Cypress Hill - Early careers
• Cypress Hill - Career success
• Cypress Hill - Continued career
• Cypress Hill - Sound
• Cypress Hill - Paintball
• Cypress Hill - Greatest Hits From The Bong
• Cypress Hill - Discography

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Universal Orlando Resort is a resort in Orlando, Florida. It is a joint partnership between NBC Universal and The Blackstone Group. The resort consists of two theme parks (Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure), CityWalk (a nighttime entertainment destination), and three Loews hotels. Universal Orlando Resort - CityWalk. CityWalk includes the 20 screen Loews Universal Cineplex, numerous restaurants, shops, and clubs. Universal Orlando Resort - Dining. J ...

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• Universal Orlando Resort - CityWalk
• Universal Orlando Resort - Dining
• Universal Orlando Resort - Entertainment
• Universal Orlando Resort - Shopping
• Universal Orlando Resort - Universal Studios Florida
• Universal Orlando Resort - Attractions
• Universal Orlando Resort - Dining
• Universal Orlando Resort - Islands of Adventure
• Universal Orlando Resort - Port of Entry
• Universal Orlando Resort - Marvel Super Hero Island
• Universal Orlando Resort - Jurassic Park
• Universal Orlando Resort - The Lost Continent
• Universal Orlando Resort - Seuss Landing
• Universal Orlando Resort - Cartoon Lagoon
• Universal Orlando Resort - Hotels
• Universal Orlando Resort - Portofino Bay Hotel
• Universal Orlando Resort - Hard Rock Hotel
• Universal Orlando Resort - Royal Pacific Resort

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Damian Marley (born on July 21, 1978 in Kingston, Jamaica) is the youngest male child of reggae legend Bob Marley, and the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, the Miss World 1976. Damian's nickname is Junior Gong which is derived from his father's nickname of Tuff Gong. A talented artist in his own right, Damian has been performing since the age of 13. He shares with his brothers and sisters a full-time career in the Marley family business, music. Unlike his brothers and sisters, however, his musical ...

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• Damian Marley - Discography
• Damian Marley - Singles

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U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and pianos and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen, Jr. on drums and vocals. U2 has been one of the most popular rock bands in the world since the 1980s. According to the RIAA, they have sold approximately 50.5 million albums in the U.S., had six #1 albums in the U.S. and are widely considered as one of the most successful groups of the last 25 years. The band is also very politically a ...

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• U2 - History
• U2 - Formation and breakthrough 1976 – 1980
• U2 - Boy and October 1980 – 1981
• U2 - War 1983
• U2 - The Unforgettable Fire and Live Aid 1984 – 1986
• U2 - The Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum 1987 – 1989
• U2 - Achtung Baby Zoo TV and Zooropa 1991 – 1994
• U2 - Pop and Popmart 1996 – 1998
• U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind and Elevation 2000 – 2001
• U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and Vertigo 2004 –
• U2 - Next album recordings 2006 – 2007
• U2 - Other projects
• U2 - Discography
• U2 - Studio albums
• U2 - Live albums
• U2 - Other projects
• U2 - Campaigning
• U2 - Sound samples

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Dave Matthews Band is an American jam band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991 by singer and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, Leroi Moore, who plays a wide variety of instruments from the saxophone to the flute, violin player Boyd Tinsley, drummer Carter Beauford, and keyboardist Peter Griesar (who left the band in 1993), all of whom Dave met in Charlottesville. Since 1998 the band has performed at most of their shows with keyboardist Butch Taylor, although he is not officially a member of the band. ...

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• Dave Matthews Band - History
• Dave Matthews Band - Early 1990s
• Dave Matthews Band - 1997-1999
• Dave Matthews Band - 2000-2003
• Dave Matthews Band - 2004 and beyond
• Dave Matthews Band - Are they or aren't they?
• Dave Matthews Band - Taping and Bootlegs
• Dave Matthews Band - Warehouse Fan Association
• Dave Matthews Band - Discography
• Dave Matthews Band - Dave Matthews Band
• Dave Matthews Band - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
• Dave Matthews Band - Dave Matthews and Mark Roebuck
• Dave Matthews Band - Dave Matthews
• Dave Matthews Band - Boyd Tinsley
• Dave Matthews Band - Hit singles
• Dave Matthews Band - Videography
• Dave Matthews Band - Sound samples
• Dave Matthews Band - Songs

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Cultural hegemony is the concept that a diverse culture can be ruled or dominated by one group or class, that everyday practices and shared beliefs provide the foundation for complex systems of domination. The analysis of hegemony (or "rule") was formulated by Antonio Gramsci to explain why predicted communist revolutions had not occurred where they were most expected, in industrialized Europe. Marx and his followers had advanced the theory that the rise of industrial capitalism would create a huge working class and cyclical ec ...

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• Cultural hegemony - Criticism

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Uprising. Uprising is another word for rebellion. Uprising is also an album by Bob Marley. Uprising is an album by Entombed. Uprising is a film regarding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Uprising is an album by Nitro Microphone Underground. Other related archivesBob Marley, Entombed, Nitro Microphone Und

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World music is, most generally, all the music in the world (Bohlman 2002, Nidel 2004, p.3), but is more specifically all music genres that are not part of mainstream popular music or classical music from North America or Western Europe, and has some kind of "ethnic" component. The word connotes traditional or folk music from the third world, European popular and folk music with influences from the third world, and traditional music especially (but not only) from the third world. The term is used primarily as a marketing/classificatory ...

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• World music - Before 1987
• World music - After 1987
• World music - Awards for World Music 2005
• World music - Africa
• World music - Asia/Pacific
• World music - Americas
• World music - Europe
• World music - Middle East and North Africa
• World music - Newcomer
• World music - Boundary Crossing
• World music - Club Global
• World music - Critics Award
• World music - Audience Award
• World music - Some other artists featured prominently on the BBC's World Music websites
• World music - Some of the artists featured prominently on NPR's World music webpages
• World music - NPR's World Cafe
• World music - ABC's Music Deli
• World music - Festivals
• World music - Music labels
• World music - Criticisms of the Genre
• World music - Sources

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Jamaican music in the United Kingdom Caribbean music in the United Kingdom - White Reggae. White reggae has very low artistic credibility, but it laid a path for genuine reggae in Britain. Chris Andrews (b 1942) was a writer of songs for Sandie Shaw. "Yesterday Man" was inappropriate for her so he sang it himself. It went to number 3 in the British singles charts in 1965. At the time it was called "Bluebeat" but we would now recognise it as reggae. He followed this with "To Whom It Concerns" (no 13 in 1965) and "S ...

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• Caribbean music in the United Kingdom - White Reggae
• Caribbean music in the United Kingdom - Music from Trinidad
• Caribbean music in the United Kingdom - The Genuine Article
• Caribbean music in the United Kingdom - Trojan and 2-Tone
• Caribbean music in the United Kingdom - White Ska

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A conspiracy theory attempts to explain the cause of an event as a secret, and often deceptive, plot by a covert alliance rather than as an overt activity or natural occurrence. The term "conspiracy theory" is used by scholars and in popular culture to identify a type of folklore similar to an urban legend, having certain regular features, especially an explanatory narrative which is constructed with cert ...

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• Conspiracy theory - Overview
• Conspiracy theory - Features
• Conspiracy theory - Origins of conspiracy theories
• Conspiracy theory - Psychological origins
• Conspiracy theory - Sociopolitical origins
• Conspiracy theory - Controversies
• Conspiracy theory - Usage
• Conspiracy theory - The truth of a conspiracy theory
• Conspiracy theory - Conspiracy theories in fiction
• Conspiracy theory - Notes
• Conspiracy theory - Regularly produce allegations of conspiracies
• Conspiracy theory - Conspiracy theories by topic or main figure
• Conspiracy theory - Assassination
• Conspiracy theory - Celebrity deaths
• Conspiracy theory - Politics-related deaths

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Arrested Development is a progressive hip-hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s. It took the group three years, five months and two days to be offered a record deal. Hence the name of the first album was 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of..., which produced several hit tracks. These included "Tennessee", "People Everyday", and "Mr. Wendal", which hit the top ten. The group won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and Best Ne ...

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• Arrested Development hip hop crew - Discography
• Arrested Development hip hop crew - Samples
• Arrested Development hip hop crew - External link

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Uprising is a 1980 roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers. As Marley died the following year, Uprising was to become the final studio album to be released during his lifetime. This album is one of Marley's most directly religious, with nearly every song addressing his Rastafarian beliefs, culminating in the acoustic folk classic, "Redemption Song". Uprising peaked at #41 on Billboard's (North America) Black Albums chart, and #45 on the Pop Albums chart. "Could you be loved" was #6 and #56 respec ...

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• Uprising album - Track listing
• Uprising album - Side one
• Uprising album - Side two
• Uprising album - Personnel

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See also: 1980 in music, other events of 1981, 1982 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1981 in music - Events. January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February 14 - Billy Idol leaves the band Generation X to begin a solo career February 15 - Blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield is found dead in San Francisco. The cause of death was ruled an accide ...

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• 1981 in music - Events
• 1981 in music - Albums released
• 1981 in music - Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles
• 1981 in music - Other significant singles of the year
• 1981 in music - Published popular music
• 1981 in music - Classical music
• 1981 in music - Opera
• 1981 in music - Musical theater
• 1981 in music - Musical films
• 1981 in music - Births
• 1981 in music - Deaths
• 1981 in music - Awards
• 1981 in music - Grammy Awards
• 1981 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 1981 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
• 1981 in music - Charts
• 1981 in music - List of No. 1 Hits
• 1981 in music - KROQ

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A ghetto is an area where people from a specific ethnic background or united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. The word historically referred to restricted housing zones where Jews were required to live; however, it now commonly labels any poverty-stricken urban area. The original ghetto was in Venice and other commercial centers of northern Italy; the corresponding German term was Judengasse, and in Moroccan Arabic mellah. ...

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• Ghetto - Jewish ghettos in Europe
• Ghetto - 13th–19th centuries
• Ghetto - Second World War
• Ghetto - South African ghettos
• Ghetto - Ghettos in the United States
• Ghetto - Ghettos in post-WWII France
• Ghetto - Ghettos in the Czech Republic
• Ghetto - Cultural life and the ghetto

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