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Dr. Maya Angelou at her 82nd birthday party with friends and family at Angelou s home on May 20, 2010, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Steve Exum/Getty Images)Related PostsPoetry and hip-hop fans are in for a pleasant surprise. Maya Angelou鈥檚 iconic words from her book聽I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings are given a hip-hop twist, which will be heard in a new album entitled Caged Bird Songs.
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School Director Lynn Donches objected to the open-endedness of the contract and also to the removal of the debris before a criminal investigation ensued and <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Ugg-Boots-And-Jimmy-Choo>Jimmy Choo Outlet Online</a>  the perpetrator potentially held accountable. She suggested removing the asbestos before such an investigation would essentially be tampering with evidence. Since it has to do with an environmental hazard I'm concerned there could be legal ramifications to the district, she said.Schilder confirmed that the police had not been notified and that the school district's top priority was to remove the material. We chose the best of three quotes, financially, he said. You want that open-ended piece because you want them to do it right. The initial cost to East Penn School is $18,500. The contract states that any volume in excess of six 15-yard containers <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Logo>True Religion Logo</a>  of asbestos waste material will be billed at a rate of $1,600 yards per container and that any fill material brought into the site in excess of six tri-axle loads would be billed at a rate of $320 per tri-axle.Schilder, who stepped in as superintendent this summer, said he was made aware of the situation less than a month ago. School board member Ziad Munson likened waiting for an investigation to remove the hazardous material to <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Fulton-Bag>Michael Kors Fulton Bag</a>  not putting out a building engulfed inflames until it could be determined who discarded the lit cigarette.The school board voted 8-1 to contract A.L.M. to remove and dispose the material, with Donches casting the dissenting vote.Dan Sullivan is a freelance writer. Copyright 2014,
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The hip-hop songs are produced by Shawn Rivera and RoccStar. Rivera is the lead singer of group Az Yet, while Roccstar is known for co-writing 鈥淔ine China鈥?by Chris Brown.
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The new album has 13 songs and will be released through Smooch  on November 4 of this year.
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Angelou had the chance to work <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=Gucci-Wedding-Shoes>Gucci Wedding Shoes</a>  on this album, and it was one of the several projects she had worked on before passing away last May.
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An interview with her grandson Colin A. Johnson reveals that Angelou loved the concept from the beginning and that the producers were 鈥渋nspired by grandma鈥檚 work.鈥?
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Rivera and Roccstar felt that delivering her words in a different medium would help broaden its聽reach to a wider range of people.
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Johnson said that the pair of musicians <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Suits-Men>Michael Kors Suits Men</a>  had started working on the project without Angelou鈥檚 knowledge. She eventually backed the project once she found out about it, even going as far as lending previously recorded vocals and using her home in North Carolina as a place to record the tracks.
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鈥淪he just laughed,鈥?Johnson said about Angelou鈥檚 initial reaction to the songs. This response was the same one she had when she first learned that she had her own Facebook page.
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He also said that his grandmother was a fan of hip-hop, seeing the music as a way for people of this generation to communicate and convey messages. He added that she had 鈥済reat stories about her interactions with Tupac (Shakur).
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Johnson hopes that the album will help youngsters connect with Angelou鈥檚 work just as they did with his own teen children. He also said聽his children <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Discount-Michael-Kors-Watches>Michael Kors Sale</a>  no longer pick up books of poetry without them being assigned by school, or unless he assigns them. So hearing a poet鈥檚 message in music allows the words to reach younger generations.
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He manages his grandmother鈥檚 estate along with his father Guy B. Johnson and also runs the Caged Bird Legacy, which will launch future Maya Angelou projects.
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The Caged Bird Songs is just one of a few other things that they have lined up, most of which were projects Angelou had worked on before and are now at various levels of completion.
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School Director Lynn Donches objected to the open-endedness of the contract and also to the removal of the debris before a criminal investigation ensued and <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Ugg-Boots-And-Jimmy-Choo>Jimmy Choo Outlet Online</a> the perpetrator potentially held accountable. She suggested removing the asbestos before such an investigation would essentially be tampering with evidence. Since it has to do with an environmental hazard I'm concerned there could be legal ramifications to the district, she said.Schilder confirmed that the police had not been notified and that the school district's top priority was to remove the material. We chose the best of three quotes, financially, he said. You want that open-ended piece because you want them to do it right. The initial cost to East Penn School is $18,500. The contract states that any volume in excess of six 15-yard containers <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Logo>True Religion Logo</a> of asbestos waste material will be billed at a rate of $1,600 yards per container and that any fill material brought into the site in excess of six tri-axle loads would be billed at a rate of $320 per tri-axle.Schilder, who stepped in as superintendent this summer, said he was made aware of the situation less than a month ago. School board member Ziad Munson likened waiting for an investigation to remove the hazardous material to <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Michael-Kors-Fulton-Bag>Michael Kors Fulton Bag</a> not putting out a building engulfed inflames until it could be determined who discarded the lit cigarette.The school board voted 8-1 to contract A.L.M. to remove and dispose the material, with Donches casting the dissenting vote.Dan Sullivan is a freelance writer. Copyright 2014,

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