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This one goes out to all the chordates in the house. The Rap Guide to Evolution is a musical tour through natural selection, DNA, and all the various processes that have made the world such a hotbed of biodiversity. These may be the only rap videos you see today that namecheck Watson and Crick. More »
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Max Tannone, the producer behind the Jaydiohead and Mos Dub remix albums (big fan of the latter), has now released Selene, a five-track EP that samples and was inspired by everyone's favorite lunar Sam Rockwell flick Moon. More »
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At first glance, your average Biggie verse doesn't have much in common with Isaac Asimov. But when you look closer, the connections between hip hop and scifi really aren't so hard to find. Here's a primer, with five visual examples. More »
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Hip-hop culture has caused profound harm to American adolescents, according to a new study from the Journal of Neurosurgery. But it doesn't warp teenaged brains or make kids more violent; instead, it's lead to a sharp rise in head injuries. More »
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Hip-hop astronauts dance on an alien moon... until their space buggy gets jacked and their ship gets stolen, in this Bridgestone ad from the Superbowl. I have to admit a weakness for dancing space-dudes. More »
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When Master P smokes weed, he turns into Black Supaman, with abilities and powers above ordinary mortals. Black Supaman is a direct-to-DVD one-hour movie that came out last year, about the greatest superhero in the neighborhood. He goes out and stops criminals, and takes away their weed, so he can use it for the greater good. It's ironic, because he refers to chronic as "kryptonite," but it gives him his amazing (and possibly imaginary) powers. Why is there not a big-screen version of this? [IMDB] More »
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Rapper Kanye West premiered his space opera-themed Glow In The Dark tour last night in Seattle, and he may have single-handedly reinvented hip hop performance for a science fictional era. Rapping alone, in front of screens that showed whirling backgrounds of space porn, he navigated through the story of an "astronaut on a mission to bring creativity back to Earth," says the L.A. Times. More »
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