Mission Impossible for Rap's Aces

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
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.

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