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Aesop's fabled rise: Hip-hopper shines in concert after MTV plug.(Arts and Lifestyle)
From: The Boston Herald
Date: 20070925
Author:Faraone, Chris
Byline: CHRIS FARAONE
AESOP ROCK with THE OCTOPUS PROJECT
At the Middle East, Cambridge, Sunday night.
Sunday's sold-out Aesop Rock show at the Middle East proved that when MTV pushes creative hip-hop instead of processed materialistic trash, young people will respond with head nods and pumped fists.
While the mostly white collegiate horde looked homogeneous on the surface, it drew from two tribes. Most heads in the capacity crowd - not to mention the dozens who showed looking to scalp tickets - were longtime enthusiasts. The others were hip-hop virgins, who ...
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