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Dropout makes Good
Friday, September 09, 2005
With "Late Registration," Rapper Kanye West has the number-one selling album in the country. This comes even after he incited controversy last week by going off-script at a charity telethon and declaring that "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Today, we're joined by Danyel Smith, a novelist and former editor at Vibe, to look at West's music and popularity, which started with his debut album "College Dropout." Also: Composer and keyboardist Anthony Coleman became associated with the avant-garde and klezmer-oriented jazz coming out of downtown circles in the '80s and '90s. But he's also got a taste for old-school jazz. Today, he stops by to perform solo piano works by one of his musical influences, ragtime great Jelly Roll Morton.
All about Kanye
Music journalist and novelist Danyel Smith joins us to look at the popularity and controversy around rapper Kanye West.
» Danyel Smith's blog
» Rolling Stone on Kanye West
Anthony Coleman
Downtown pianist Anthony Coleman plays the music of Jelly Roll Morton.
» Anthony Coleman bio
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