by admin | Apr 16, 2007 | Culture, Hip-hop |
These two tidbits just in: Russell Simmons is having a closed door meeting with hip-hop execs and urban community members. Kevin Powell oversaw a conversation on Power 105.1, which has announced that it is changing its format significantly: KEVIN POWELL, noted writer,...
by admin | Apr 16, 2007 | Culture, The Mass Media |
I was in Chicago for the past week (some of you contacted me to see if we could get together, and I’m sorry I was not–I was so busy that instead of being at the office at work, I’m decompressing at home, still exhausted) for the Midwest Political Science Association....
by admin | Apr 3, 2007 | Culture, Hip-hop |
I’m coding lyrics for my book project, and I get to “1 million Body Bags” by Public Enemy. About the dangers of Malt Liquor–this track is released around the time St. Ides makes it rounds (with claims of increased virility after consumption). There’s a line in 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, you’ve heard it literally thousands of...
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 of...
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 Ice Cube is the next...
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