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Battling Scientology

Anonymous's Gregg Housh is committed to bringing down the Church of Scientology. Is he a gadfly or a goon?
In a world wracked with uncertainty, there is at least one thing you can bet on: pick a fight with the Church of Scientology, and its leaders will fight back — always with vigor, often with a vengeance, and sometimes with litigation that can be long and costly.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  October 15, 2008
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Mad dissent

NYOIL at Northeastern
Few rappers practice what they teach, but Staten Island’s NYOIL — a former member of the early-’90s outfit the U.M.C.’s and current revolutionary rap stalwart — acts as loudly as he rhymes.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  October 15, 2008
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Mission: accomplished

Organic hip-hop’s good and good for you
Way before Audible Mainframe snatched the title of Boston’s dopest live hip-hop group and bolted for the West Coast, Roxbury’s Mission pursued a similar course of action.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  October 10, 2008
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Brooklyn Academy | Bored Of Education

Gold Dust Media (2008)
The stakes are treacherous when a group wait 13 years to drop a debut album.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  October 08, 2008
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Termanology | Politics As Usual

 Nature Sounds (2008)
This one should be considered a “How To” manual for regional rap stars who are poised to detonate worldwide.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  October 01, 2008
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Blunt object

The political fight over a November marijuana-reform ballot question has sparked a Battle of the Bong
Question 2 supporters claim Massachusetts district attorneys committed “at least 15 violations of Massachusetts campaign-finance and election laws” in the runup to the marijuana-decriminalization vote. 
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  September 25, 2008
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The ultimate Schill?

Number 38's political timeline
For a brief moment in late 2004, some people feared that Curt Schilling might pull through for President George W. Bush the way he did for the Sox.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  September 17, 2008
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Roller-skate skinny

Struggling Chez Vous keeps it on the wheel
Sometime between the advent of rollerblades and the invention of those irksome Heelys, America forgot about roller-skating.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  September 16, 2008
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Quite contrary

Thou shalt not so hastily dismiss Scroobius Pip  
When third-grade boys have crushes, they often irk and abuse the objects of their erections to mask their affection.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  September 16, 2008
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Wasilla rock city

Alaskan indie rockers on Palin: WTF?!
The Republican National Convention hardly attracted as many glitterati as its Democratic counterpart did a week earlier.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  September 08, 2008
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Part-time villain

Ill Bill gets nice
As much as Ill Bill eschews clichés, the Brooklyn rap goon is either a righteous friend or a torrential enemy.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  September 03, 2008
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That’ll learn ya

Kabir schools other MCs, little kids
In eighth grade, I decided that school and hip-hop should exist separately.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  August 26, 2008
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King Syze

Jedi Mind Tricks Presents: Labor Union | Babygrande
The Philly rhyme giant proves his worth with calculated lyrics that simultaneously touch topics and talk trash.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  August 26, 2008
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Rebirth of a prince

Digging RZA in 36 steps
I recently took the Greyhound to Montreal for a RZA concert.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  August 19, 2008
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Backed the f*** up

‘Rock The Bells’ 2008
I wasn’t the only one held back from “Rock the Bells” by fleets of ugly persons driving Chevy Avalanches.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  July 30, 2008
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Reks in effect

Lawtown MC bounces back
Since jumping skills-first onto Boston’s rap scene seven years ago, Lawrence-born MC Reks has earned a variety of reputations.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  July 28, 2008
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Fakts One

Long Range | Greenstreets
Fakts never built a repertoire deep enough to secure his own specific sound, but on Long Range he proves he can dip into a variety of styles and cater tracks around any MC’s individual tastes.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  July 22, 2008
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Here we go, yo

Rock the Bells: Q-Tip reunites A Tribe Called Quest one last time
No Rock the Bells tour would be official without a godlike headliner at the helm.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  July 22, 2008
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Gift rap

Edu Leedz blows out the candles
Boston hip-hop promoter Edu Leedz celebrated his 29th birthday in carnal mediæval-king fashion. The only thing missing was a three-pound turkey leg for Leedz to gnaw on.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  July 15, 2008
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Future classic

Here, sit down and check out Moe Pope
No problem — your crib was on the way to the racetrack anyway. We’ll be able to meet Erik at the Hot Dog Safari in 20 minutes if the traffic holds up.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  July 01, 2008
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