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DMC: Checks Thugs and Rock 'N Roll (RomenMpire/Warner Music Group).(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Checks is the second solo CD released this year by a member of legendary hip-hop group Run-DMC (the first being Rev. Run's Distortion). While Run chose to continue the religious meditations and life-in-the-music-biz ditties he began recording in the mid-1990s, DMC is focused on his relevance and potential contribution as living icon and connection to a kinder, gentler era of hip-hop. Covering everything from the current political climate and engaging everything from the commercialization of thuggism (and the death of group member DJ Jam Master Jay in 2002) to the recent revelation of his ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, DMC: Checks Thugs and Rock 'N Roll (RomenMpire/Warner Music...