Posts tagged Ice Cube
Blues, Rock, Rap #OPS Throwdown 4/16/2016
Blues, Rock, Rap #OPS Throwdown 4/16/2016

This is a reproduction of the music from my Saturday #OPSThrowdown on Google+

Today's theme was Blues, Rock, Rap. It was a musical companion piece to my articles about NWA and Gene Simmons arguing about if Hip-Hop music counts as Rock.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeNWA, Ice Cube, Gene Simmons, Kiss, KISS, Google+, #OPSThrowdown, #OPS, YouTube, Rock n' Roll, Rock Hall, Rock and Roll Music, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Spotify, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, This Is Radio Clash, Run-DMC, Run DMC, King Of Rock, Beastie Boys, No Sleep Til' Brooklyn, Public Enemy, Bring The Noise, Scott Ian, Anthrax, Aerosmith, Walk This Way, George Clinton, Atomic Dog, Smell The Glove, Spinal Tap, Cypress Hill, Linkin Park, Rock Superstar, The Bad Plus, Radio Cure, WilcoComment
The Black Keys owe Steve Miller an Apology
The Black Keys owe Steve Miller an Apology

Steve Miller got a little crazy at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction, or did he?

Dan Auerbach, of the Black Keys, got buyers remorse, but was he right?

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Rock + Roll HOFJoshua B. HoeSteve Miller, Steve Miller Band, Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys, Patrick Carney, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Les Paul, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Wynton Marsalis, Woodward and Bernstein, Vinyl, Vinyl (HBO), Spotify, Marlon Brando, Michael Moore, Joy Division, Peter Hook, Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube, Joel Peresman, Rolling Stone Magazine Comments
The Race of Rock? (Simmons v N.W.A. part 3)
The Race of Rock? (Simmons v N.W.A. part 3)

This is my third post concerning the dispute between Gene Simmons of the band Kiss and Ice Cube of the hip-hop group N.W.A.

I am writing this because I was concerned with several of the responses I received yesterday and wanted to make my arguments even more directly to these arguments. 

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeGene Siimmons, Hank Aaron, Ken Burns, Jackie Robinson, PBS, Harrison Ford, Blues, Delta Blues, Otis Blackwell, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones, Keith Richard, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, Squeeze Box, Cherry Pie, Rap, Hip-Hop, Funk, Disco, Jazz, Country, Run DMC, Run-DMC, Walk This Way, King Of Rock, Yes, Iron Maiden, The Eagles, Fats Domino, Bad Brains, Fugazi, Joy Division, Living Color, Ice Cube, Kiss, Chicago Comments