by admin | Mar 16, 2007 | Democracy |
Sounds like an MC handle doesn’t it (especially if you put the emphasis on the IN in “invisible”)? I’ve been coding dozens of hip-hop tracks for my book project and this is the title I came up with when I came across this article about how one...
by admin | Mar 13, 2007 | Neoliberalism
Over at Prometheus6, Earl is dealing with the paradox of choice. If you’ve got a nice chunk of time, go over there and check that video out…then take a look at what Malcolm Gladwell has to say about the subject. I do happen to believe that the...
by admin | Mar 11, 2007 | Culture, Hip-hop |
Hip-hop doesn’t exist without the break beat…the funkiest part of a track, sluiced away from it and used on its own. Nate Harrison created a 20 minute documentary on the “Amen Break.” Odds are that while you’ve never heard of it,...
by admin | Mar 10, 2007 | Culture |
I just got finished watching 300–the movie adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae. Trying to get a read on thoughts before I offer my own I find posts about technique, about the western civ angle, and about its relative lack...
by admin | Mar 9, 2007 | Black Leadership, Culture, Pop Culture |
Black people have always battled over their art. On the one hand you’ve got those who believe that Kenny G. or even Kirk Whalum shouldn’t hold a candle to Wynton Marsalis. And on the other you’ve got those who would claim with a straight face that...
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