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Pandora’s Box Office: Race And Revolution In The Biggest Movie Of All Time.
Published on 27 Jan 2010 at 6:48 pm.
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Filed under entertainment, film, war, popular culture.
It wasn’t until several weeks after Avatar’s release that my wife and I managed to squeeze into Raleigh’s iMax theater (mid-afternoon in the middle of the business week and it was packed) to experience the phenomenon. To keep it completely one hundred… despite some slight reservations I thought it was freak’n awesome! It was astounding […]
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Code Switching & Identity Performance: the politics of talking black
Published on 27 Sep 2009 at 3:06 pm.
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Filed under academia, black culture, mainstream culture, black image, popular culture.
For the progeny of slaves, English has had the dubious utility of being a key granting access, or more often than not, it has been the rhetorical device making black folks the butt of cruel jokes augmenting bitter ridicule and scorn in the psyche of America’s popular culture. From the Constitution (which asserted that black […]
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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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Rise of the Urban Chameleon
Published on 22 Aug 2009 at 10:40 pm.
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Filed under black culture, television, popular culture.
What is an Urban Chameleon? Someone who, “might enjoy a two pump soy chai latte to digest the bangin’ curry goat with rice and peas they just ate,” according to the new blog Home of the Urban Chameleon. I personally prefer sweet tea with my curry goat. I wonder if that makes me a Southern […]
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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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Rest in Peace, Michael Jackson
Published on 25 Jun 2009 at 7:47 pm.
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Filed under black culture, popular culture, obituary.
The King of Pop joined the ancestors today at age 50. One of the most groundbreaking artists to ever grace the stage, Michael Jackson was more than a musician he was a popular culture icon. I’m disgusted with the way the media has been denigrating his legacy by focusing their reports on his secluded and […]
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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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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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Hip Hop: Black Political and Cultural Crossroads - Free & D. Noble on Urban Progressive Radio Tonight!
Published on 4 Jun 2009 at 10:25 am.
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Filed under black culture, history, popular culture, Hip-Hip.
Tonight - June 4th @ 9pm, Pierce Freelon and Olokun Shangol Olugbala aka. D. Noble will be guests on Urban Progressive Talk Radio’s broadcast of Our Common Ground with host Janice Graham. You can listen live at: www.ustalknetwork.com and call in: 954-530-2068.
Our Common Ground is alternative, interactive, activist talk radio programming exploring global and community […]
