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Week of AUG 07 The Graying of Hip-Hop nasirjones.com Andre Young is 48 years old. Gary Grice is 46, and Shawn Carter? Forty-three. O'Shea Jackson is 44 and Tariq Trotter is 41. Nasir Jones can boast that he's still in his 30s, but whatever pleasure he gathers from that ends September 14. Dr. Dre, Gza, Jay Z, Ice Cube, Black Thought, and Nas aren't the only rappers pushing through midlife, but they represent what is a unique situation for hip-hop: Its best are getting old. Is this a good or bad thing? The early signs aren't too comforting. Mag... Read More >> Advertisement Music Blog: Sound of the City LIVE REVIEW: Jimmy Eat World at Summerstage August 08, 2013 Better Than: Only screaming along to tracks from Bleed American in the comfort of your parents' car. Andrew McMahon once sang "it's to Jimmy Eat World and those nights in my car" in the eight minute ... Read More >> Stalley's Honest Cowboy Hits the Internet August 08, 2013 Cameron Giles is not the only rapper who used to get it in Ohio. Stalley, the Blue Collar Gang founder and Maybach Music Group member still puts on for the Double O despite having lived in New York fo... Read More >> 8-Bit Rap Albums August 08, 2013 The Belowrez photo app launched earlier this week. Reversing the trend towards megapixel madness, the app has a simple retro ambit: To turn camera phone pictures into pixellated images reminiscent of ... Read More >> Five Great Albums That Got Scrapped August 08, 2013 With reports last month that Beyonce had scrapped 50 songs to start over completely on jer album, I got to wondering what kind of perfectionist Queen Bey must be. I mean, it says something that she co... Read More >>		Share & Email Connect Upcoming Shows THU 8pm Angie Stone at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill   FRI 7:30pm Shaggy+TK Wonder at Prospect Park Bandshell   SAT 5pm Kenny Chesney+Eric Church+Eli Young Band+Kacey Musgraves at MetLife Stadium   SUN 7pm Maroon 5+Kelly Clarkson+Rozzi Crane at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater   MON 8pm High Pop+Strange Mangers+Speak Memory at Cameo Gallery   TUE 7pm Backstreet Boys+Jesse McCartney+DJ Pauly D at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater   WED 7pm Baroness+Royal Thunder at Irving Plaza   Featured Events THU 09/05 5:30pm Empire of the Sun at Pier 26   FRI 09/06 6pm Passion Pit at Pier 26

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