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The Fugees: Emigration Terrorists

Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 19 February 1994

Fact: like it or lump it in with the nastier things in life, hip-hop is still growing like the tumour from hell. Fittingly, as the guns'n'ganja brigades continue to captivate minds worldwide, the music embraces an ever-widening sphere of peoples. Testament to this is the emergence of "alternative hip-hop" — music that exploits conventional rap and throws in elements from other musical forms. Like, "proper" music? Good grief!

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