http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/today_the_stranger_suggests_235 RapHiphop Live at Showbox The reason to go to this show? No, not for Ghostface 
Killah. No, not for Brother Ali. No, not for the live band, the Rhythm Roots Allstars. Yes, yes, yes for the father of modern rap, Rakim. He is, to put it in his words, the first rapper to "send a rhyme down the Nile." His moment in the history of hiphop was one of radical rupture, a break that inaugurated a new direction. Really, has hiphop moved beyond "Follow the Leader," a track Rakim made 20 years ago? (Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave,... Copyright 2008 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:00:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss