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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'publicenemy'

August 20, 2006

Breaking the law, breaking the law. We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a rogues' gallery of miscreants major, minor, and alleged. Gothamist gets us started with "Law & Order", muppet style. Oh, you know what isn't a crime? Taking pictures on the MTA. So, why are cops stopping photographers? In other Gotham crime, a......

Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-A-Verse"

May 5, 2005

It's a question that comes up on almost a nightly basis: Where can athletic supporters hear the best whorish pop and classic hip-hop? Well, consider tomorrow night a no-brainer. Several Eye writers, including but not limited to Dave "D-Mo" Morris, will be playing an athletic supporter-centric mix of Run DMC, J.Timberlake, Spoon, Serge G., X-Tina, tatu, Public Enemy, De La Soul and so much more. Starts at 8PM TOMORROW night at a little place we......

Continue Reading "Meat the Press"

January 26, 2005

Given the relatively short existence of rap music, tracing its lineage appears fairly simple. The advances in the genre are well-documented: Kool Herc started turntablism, Kurtis Blow first brought rap to the mainstream, Prince Paul popularized skits, Afrika Bambaataa rocked the sample, and so forth and so on. Then there is Dr Dre's classic 1992 album The Chronic, which represents perhaps the most perplexing turn in hip hop history. The album essentially brought West Coast......

Continue Reading "He Got Blame: Essay and Unrelated Mixtape"

December 20, 2004

Vince Carter’s career continues to become increasingly similar to a soap opera, as a disturbing story has just surfaced that will forever vilify the New Jersey forward to Raptor fans. It appears that Tracy McGrady has given an early Christmas gift to cousin Vince Carter this year as T-Mac has handed over the reigns as the Air Canada Centre’s Public Enemy Number One to his former teammate. A story published in a Seattle area paper......

Continue Reading "Desperate Superstars...or The V.C.?"

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