Child Bratz Devil

On Devil's Night -- the first release on Eminem's Shady Records -- the Shady One shares the spotlight with D-12, his Detroit crew of like-minded rhyme lunatics. The disc's 19 maniacal tracks feature some of hip-hop's most delightfully twisted verbal barrages. From the slyly sinister gun-talk of "Pistol Pistol" to the psychedelic drug anthem "Purple Pills," what Bible toters, concerned parents, and critics should keep in mind is that D-12's Garbage-Pail-Kids-on-crack rhymes are aimed beyond tongue...

What is it with band names these days? It's unclear whether Dayton, OH's the Devil Wears Prada took their moniker from the popular chick flick, or the novel that spawned it (maybe they asked the horned one himself?), but one can only guess at their motive for doing so. Were they seeking an endorsement deal with the pricey Italian fashion label (do they have a mosh pit clothing line)? Trying to convert teen girls who liked the movie into fans? Or perhaps, appropriating a relatively well-known marketing...

April 24, 2004: After five years as a CIA operative, some of them as an assassin, Devil returns to Harlem after his father was murdered to run the family bar the Be Bop Tavern. The Harlem he comes home to is not the place he remembers. Japanese and Koreans are running businesses that used to be owned by blacks and the Asians are buying up all the real estate. It feels like Blacks live in Harlem but it is controlled by outside interests who don?t serve the community...................