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50 Cent's new album "Curtis"
Hip-hop superstars Kanye West and 50 Cent recently launched a war of words to pump up sales of their new albums. Today on Soundcheck: We ask two critics if Graduation and Curtis live up to their carefully crafted hype. Plus: The string quartet Brooklyn Rider features four young rising stars from New York’s classical music scene. They perform live in our studio.
Tough Talk, Tougher Challenge
50 Cent says he'll retire if his latest album, Curtis, doesn't outsell Kanye West's Graduation. But if neither album does well, hip hop might face something even more daunting than the loss of a star. We talk with Sasha Frere-Jones, pop music critic at The New Yorker magazine, and Greg ...
Brooklyn Rider
The string quartet Brooklyn Rider joins us to preview its latest piece, "Brooklesca" ("in the Brooklyn style"), written by violinist Colin Jacobsen and built on Gypsy themes. They perform Wednesday and Friday with the pipa player Wu Man at Bargemusic.
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