Urban Music Guide

 Paul “Sage” Francis is a hip-hop artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. His style of music blends a varying tone and delivery with subject matter that focuses on complicated sequences of metaphors, poems, and even pop culture references. His career began in mid-1990s. He even tried hosting a weekly slot on independent radio station WRIU (the “True School Session”) for a short stint. Funny thing is, although Francis has collaborated with many other hip-hop artist, he is not a big fan of hip-hop collaborations in general. His hip-hop collaborations appear either in his Sick Of series, on singles, or on other artists’ releases

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The Black Eyed Peas (BEP) are an American hip hop/pop group from Los Angeles, California composed of four members named will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie. The group enjoyed worldwide success after their 2003 album, Elephunk.Here are the lyrics of 10 of their blockbuster hit songs:My HumpsWhere is the Love?Pump itLet’s Get it StartedDon’t Phunk With My HeartShut upDon’t LieHey MamaBebot Gone Going

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Do you really think people don’t miss the uber schmaltzy and uber mushy songs of boy bands and girl bands? Think twice. When the Spice girls got back together for a one-time world tour last year, it proved that people STILL want to hear their sappy songs and reminisce the good old times. Now, another groupie wants to join the “bring back the old times” phenomenon: the New Kids On The Block. Yes, even though their youngest member is already turning 30 next year, they still want to get back to whatever they have left in the music industry. NKOTB as a group has sold a total of 70 million albums worldwide during the peak of their careers and became the icons of other teeny-bopper boy bands such as Backstreet Boys and NSYNC.

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