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Nas presents.. Black President
Published on 11 Jun 2008 at 1:02 am.
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Filed under news/politics, music.
Throughout Nas’ illustrious career as a Hip-Hop artist, his message could be described as conflicted. Over the years we’ve seen a side of Nas that is misogynist, pugilistic and violent but we’ve also seen a side of Nas that is conscious, spiritual and even sensitive. But one thing any Hip-Hop enthusiast can say about […]
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Rest in Peace, Bo
Published on 2 Jun 2008 at 7:25 pm.
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Filed under music, history.
Bo Diddley 1929-2008
Legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist Bo Diddley passed today surrounded by friends and family at his home in Archer, Florida. The rock ‘n’ roll/R&B pioneer was 79 years old.
His signature sound laid the foundation for rock ‘n’ roll, and became so identified with him that it became known as the “Bo Diddley” beat. […]
Like Meet The Press, But With Better Beats
Published on 13 Nov 2007 at 12:57 am.
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Filed under positivity, music, racial rhetoric.
What’s up y’all; I haven’t posted in a minute, and I’m neck-deep in my graduate studies at this time, but I’ve resurfaced temporarily to help sling some new mind-opening ish courtesy of my brother, the founder of the website you are now reading. As you may or may not know, in between all that community […]
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G-Unit vs. Good Music. And the winner is…
Published on 19 Sep 2007 at 12:43 pm.
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Filed under news/politics, black culture, mainstream culture, music.
Multi-platinum recording artist 50 Cent (G-Unit/Aftermath) threw down the gauntlet several months ago, challenging Kanye West (Good Music/Def Jam) to a battle in record sales, stating: “If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer write music. I’ll write music and work with my other artists, but I won’t […]
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Hip-hop’s favorite expletives
Published on 28 Apr 2007 at 1:29 am.
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Filed under women's issues/feminism, black culture, entertainment, music.
I see that Paul Butler over at Blackprof has gotten a decent amount of mileage out of his recent post on Russell Simmons’ call for the entertainment industry to voluntarily ban the n-word, “bitch,” and “ho” from their media products. Butler roundly rejects the idea, taking the standard “if you don’t like it, don’t buy […]
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Kenya Loves Kenny
Published on 8 Apr 2007 at 3:46 am.
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Filed under black culture, entertainment, music.
Noted without comment: a fascinating NPR piece on the popularity of American country music in Kenya, of all places. Definitely worth checking out.
prussian blue
Published on 5 Jan 2007 at 3:27 pm.
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Filed under racism, ridiculousness, music.
in September a duo of blond haired, blue eyed, teen-aged girls came out of the blue and hit #4 on the Billboard Chart! No … it’s not the Olsen twins. How can this happen? They sold 91,000 copies of their album in one week! They did it with out the assistance of big record company […]
Jackin’ For (Rock) Beats
Published on 8 Aug 2006 at 8:49 pm.
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Damn, sometimes I feel like I’m the only Blackademic with a keyboard up in this piece . . .
Anyway, I want to let all the rock ‘n roll fans out there know about a lil’ musical nugget I’ve been enjoying over the past several days—a track called “Jackin’ (It Got Ugly)” by up-and-coming Chicago MC […]
