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95 �śa situation thick with irony, but N.W.A.”: David Browne, �śRecording’s View,”

New York Times.

96 �śEfi14zaggin is an entire open season for negative”: Jay Cocks, �śA Nasty Jolt for the Top Pops,” Time.

96 �śI guess it’s because rap is”: Deborah Russell, �śN.W.A. Displays a Winning Atti tude; Stickered Album Is Nation’s Top Seller,” Billboard.

98 �śIt was an honor to hear the words out of Dre’s”: http://www.eminem-planet.com/

biography.html.

99 �śI remember if I lost a battle”: http://www.8-mile.com.

100 �śInfinite was me trying to figure out”: http://www.eminem-planet.com/

biography.html

101 �śI thought the tape was incredible”: Bozza (2003), p. 23.

101 �śI’m ready to bounce”: Ronin Ro, �śEscape from Death Row,” Vibe, October 1996, p. 76.

104 �śNow I’ma be able to do whatever”: Ibid.

104 �śI’m gonna make a lot of superstars”: Ibid.

104 �śFor the last couple of years”: Jon Pareles, �śThe street talk, he says, is a Bum Rap,”

New York Times, November 14, 1999, section 2; p. 18; col. 3.

105 �śIt had been quite a while since”: Chris Morris, �śFuture Divined in New �ŚTrendset-ters Study,’ ” Billboard, September 26, 1998.

105 �śare yearning for an emotional connection”: Ibid.

105 �ś[m]ore of an interest in lyrics”: Ibid.

105 �śfeel as if music today”: Ibid.

105 �śwant music and musicians they can”: Ibid.

106 �śnot fake, phony, and superficial”: Ibid.

107 �śEminem is an extremist by inclination”: Kelefa Sanneh, �śThe Voice of America,”

Rolling Stone, July 24, 2003, p. 64.

108 �ś �ŚIn the suburbs,’ Eminem told Rolling Stone”: Anthony Bozza, �śEminem,” Rolling Stone, July 4, 2002, p. 70.

109 �śin the race to imbue Eminem with some”: William Jelani Cobb, �śWhite Negro, Please!,” The Progressive, January 2003, pp. 32–33.

110 �śI think corporate radio�"I call it white-owned”: Marty Hughley, �śPublic Enemy: Bring the Noise, Bring the Net,” The Oregonian, October 22, 1999, p. 43.

Chapter Four: The Digital Underground

111 �śTechnology will beat technology each and every time”: The Charlie Rose Show, Transcript #2681, May 12, 2000.

112 �śhad to be eradicated for everybody to participate”: Chuck D testimony from the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives. �śOnline Music: Will Small Music Labels and Entrepreneurs Prosper in the Internet Age?,” Serial No.

106–59, May 24, 2000.

112 �śa business model will come up out of this new”: Ibid.

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