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Friday, September 07, 2007

Caught on the hop

Audiences have grown tired of A-list rappers bragging about bitches and bling and sales of rap albums are plummeting. Now purveyors of hip-hop culture are wondering what's gone wrong - and whether new releases by two heavyweights - Kanye West and 50 Cent - can bring make it hip again. Jim Carroll reports

Somebody dial 999 - the Mercury needs an ambulance

The only interesting thing about Klaxons is that their name comes from the Greek word meaning "to shriek" writes Brian Boyd ..

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