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Forever Gone: A review of Blueprint 3
Published on 8 Sep 2009 at 9:57 am.
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Filed under music, art, popular culture, Hip-Hip.
Thank God for bootlegs! During a recession when every penny counts, no one wants to waste money. So I was happy when I got my hands on an early copy of Jay-Z’s highly-anticipated, eleventh studio release, Blueprint 3. After I listened to it, I instantly knew where fifteen of my dollars wouldn’t be going this […]
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Coming of Age With Hip Hop (Part 4.2)
Published on 19 Jul 2009 at 2:08 pm.
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Filed under black culture, mainstream culture, entertainment, music, black image, art, popular culture, Hip-Hip.
Welcome back for the second segment of 1996 as we focus on two titans, Jay-Z and Nas, and their landmark albums, Reasonable Doubt and It Was Written. These two classics were released within one week of each other, instantly causing the summer of 1996 to become “history in the making.” In an era where most […]
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Coming of Age With Hip Hop (part 4.1)
Published on 1 Jul 2009 at 8:05 am.
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Filed under black culture, entertainment, music, art, popular culture, Hip-Hip.
Welcome back for the fourth installment of Coming of Age with Hip Hop. This week, I have the pleasure of tackling one of the biggest years in Hip Hop: 1996. Due to the six heavyweight releases that I have selected as the premier albums of 1996, I will break this installment up into three segments. […]
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Coming of Age With Hip Hop (part 3)
Published on 20 Jun 2009 at 6:11 am.
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Filed under Uncategorized, black culture, entertainment, music, art, popular culture, Hip-Hip.
1995
Who remembers the rawness of 1995? This year was dedicated to the grime and dirt of the B side as rappers moved impervious to mainstream tastes. During this year, it was almost a guarantee that you wouldn’t hear “your shit” on the radio unless you were prepared to stay up all night on weekends to […]
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Coming of Age With Hip Hop (part 2)
Published on 11 Jun 2009 at 3:44 pm.
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Filed under entertainment, music, art, popular culture, Hip-Hip.
Welcome back for the second installment of “Coming of Age with Hip Hop.” As promised from last week, we will be critically reviewing Hip Hop circa 1994. However, before I begin, allow me to recap the best albums and honorable mentions from 1993. You all will see an extra album placed in 1993’s Honorable Mention […]
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Coming of Age with Hip Hop (Part 1)
Published on 1 Jun 2009 at 11:39 pm.
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Filed under black culture, music, art, popular culture.
I am a Hip Hop lifer and have been subscribing to the cultural praxis of Hip Hop since the early days of my youth. I have witnessed the dynamic culture evolve, mature, stand still and contradict itself. Despite the various paradigm shifts within the culture and the myriad artistic aesthetics affected consequently, one thing that […]
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Independent Black Gay and Lesbian Publisher, Redbone Press presents: Gospel by Samiya Bashir
Published on 18 May 2009 at 10:21 am.
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Filed under art, LGBT, poetry.
A riveting review by guest Blackademics guest contributor Alexis Pauline Gumbs
In the beginning there was the word. And before that there was the darkness. Gospel, Samiya Bashir’s new collection of poems, published by independent black gay and lesbian publisher Redbone Press, is an extended meditation on the relationship between that darkness and the […]
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The Little Professor & His Friends: Edu-tainment For All Ages
Published on 2 Jan 2009 at 4:32 pm.
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Filed under positivity, academia, art.
Greetings Blackademics and Happy New Year. One of my New Years Resolutions this year is to contribute more positive stories to the blogsphere. I feel like we become so overwhelmed by the negative issues that we face as a community, that we sometimes forget to stop and celebrate our brilliance. That being said, I’m going […]
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Terrence Howard, It’s Not So Hard Out There For Pimp Afterall
Published on 13 Sep 2008 at 12:55 am.
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Filed under entertainment, music, art.
The entertainment industry has a long history of placing stars of a particular background into unfamiliar territory. The assumption is simple: if you can make money rapping or singing, then you (in theory) should be able to sell tickets at the box office - and vice versa. However, as we all know, just because you […]
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Virtual Panhandling for Reparations
Published on 9 Oct 2007 at 3:19 pm.
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Filed under radical politics, art, history, collective action.
I Am Virtually Panhandling for Reparations!
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National Day of Panhandling for Reparations is a national street performance on October 10, 2007, led by conceptual artist damali ayo.
I am participating in this performance because I believe that a conversation about reparations has been pushed aside for way too long. This country has paid reparations for some […]
