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CHRIS FARAONE

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Union electrical workers decry biotech greed

Conflict between the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
When young nerds were told that they would one day boss around guys who pummeled them in grade school, consoling parents and teachers should also have warned their prodigies about labor unions.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  March 04, 2009

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Master of ceremony

George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic live at House of Blues, February 25, 2009
As if Ash Wednesday weren't already the best party night of the year in Boston, George Clinton and his motley crew swung their tour bus through Lansdowne Street last night.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  March 03, 2009

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Present perfect

Mickey Factz is here to catch your asses up.
For some hip-hop heads, artists like Mickey Factz represent everything that reeks in rap. Between his bypassing the rugged underground, blowing up on-line, and occasionally kicking Kanye-esque arrogance, he's an easy target for so-called purists.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  March 02, 2009

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Black History Month lands on City Hall

Panther Party
Members of Boston's Black Ministerial Alliance might resent New Black Panther Party soldier Jamarhl Crawford for his persistently blasting them as crooks and opportunists.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 25, 2009

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Review: Dashah | Rap Burglar 2.5

Ill Insanity/Redline
Dashah is the sort of artist who inspires wack rappers to retire early.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 24, 2009

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Head of heads

Edu Leedz wraps up Boston hip-hop with Mass Movementz
Edu Leedz wraps up Boston hip-hop with Mass Movementz
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 18, 2009

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P.O.S. | Never Better

Rhymesayers (2009)
P.O.S. must have known he had a near-classic on his claws with Never Better .
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 18, 2009

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Hitting the brakes

With Boston public schools facing a $107 million budget gap, busing is once again in the crosshairs
The last time that “busing” was a buzzword around Boston, John Havlicek and Jo Jo White were the only ebony-and-ivory cronies shooting hoops in harmony.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 13, 2009

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You're Probably in a Drug-Free School Zone Right Now

For all the good it does
Ever seen a crack dealer brandish a chrome tape measure and inch his way out of a "drug-free school zone" before slinging fat rocks to pregnant teenage mothers? No?
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 11, 2009

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Mass Movements | The Album

Leedz Edutainment/Traffic (2009)
Imagine if you scouted Boston's pre-eminent hip-hop artists — from the grimiest coke-slinging corner cats to the roughest coke-sniffing bar rats — and teamed them up with virtually every underground MC who's made noise in the past three years.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 17, 2009

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Cornball bliss

The Roots and Antibalas, live at the Roxy, January 29, 2009
Not until entering the Roxy a week ago Thursday did I comprehend what a normal kid feels the first time he sees a big-league ballpark.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 04, 2009

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Aztech | Reel Drama Presents: The Dusty Stereo

Self-released (2009)
Self-released (2009)
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 03, 2009

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Word to the mother

Hip-hop moms serve waaay more than dinner
As a prepubescent thug, I often complained about the audio rotation on my father's car stereo, which primarily consisted of a steady mix of Moody Blues and books on tape.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  February 02, 2009

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Question 2 backlash heats up

Rolling the Genie Back in the Bag
Since Question 2 was activated on January 2, it's been difficult to walk the streets of Massachusetts without encountering red-eyed hordes of marijuana-blazing vagrants.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 28, 2009

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Rakim: Return of the King

Harpers Ferry, January 17, 2009
As long as the Microsoft linguists who're responsible for updating Word are adding "Barack" and "Obama" to the spell-check dictionary, they should throw in "Rakim."
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 27, 2009

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The bulletproof cred of M.O.P.

Hardcore heroes
In their decade and a half as thug-rap ambassadors, Brooklyn's Mash Out Posse have made some moves that lesser outfits might have caught shit for.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 26, 2009

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Final Marinate at the Milky Way

We out
As we've been reporting for months now, the Milky Way isn't closing, it's moving into swank new digs just a few blocks from its longstanding Jamaica Plain nook.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 20, 2009

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Review: Oak Lonetree, Lava + 2

Molten flow
Oak Lonetree hemorrhages more discs than Kool Keith — which, for those who don't know, is a bootyload.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 20, 2009

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An abridged history of the Roots' collabs

Tangled up
Collaborations
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 20, 2009

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The making of the Roots-versus-Antibalas Sound Clash

How ?uest got his groove back
We're not previewing the Red Bull Sound Clash just because the buzz-beverage overlords supply Phoenix headquarters with enough voltage to paralyze a petting zoo.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  January 20, 2009
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