De La Soul

It's no coincidence that as the Reagan regime was polarizing the country along racial lines
in the early '80s, commercial radio began systematically dividing its demographic pie in the
same way. Pop music's family tree split down the middle, seemingly for good. But now two
of that tree's far-flung branches – rock and rap – are joining up again. Imagine the
possibilities. Rap-rock fusion is nothing new, of course – the very earliest rappe... More >