Have You Read…………
Monday, July 16th, 2007………. Mark Anthony Neal’s interesting explanation (I won’t call it a defense, but I could ) of Michael Eric Dyson?
Archive for the 'music' Category
An Anniversary Worth Noting
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007It’s been 21 years since this song and this artist took over my mind, body and soul.
I remember telling people at the time that my goal was to bear HER child! LOL!
What made me think about her today? I was joking with a friend of mine about Spike Lee’s cameo in this video:
While watching it, I [...]
Independent Audio/Video You Should Check Out (Eleventh In A Long-Running Series)
Saturday, May 19th, 2007But first, a little text.
Hip-Hop and the Corporate Function of Colonization
Jared A. Ball, Ph.D.
Green Institute Communications Fellow
Having elsewhere looked at the function of mass media as primary mechanisms of the maintenance of colony, recent events have again emerged requiring further investigation into the function of corporate control over the cultural expression of colonized populations. Though [...]
R.I.P., “Yoki” King
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007With Yolanda King, two things immediately come to mind. Funtown, and her work with Attallah Shabazz.
Yoki did get to go to Funtown with her father eventually, by the way. Now she’s with back with him, performing in the Realm of the Ancestors.
Asante Sana, Yolanda King.
5:51 P.M. UPDATE: Just got this from Rev. Forrest Pritchett, a [...]
It Always Pays……….
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007…………….to study the classics.
Nas feat. Rakim, KRS-One, Kanye West - Classic (Remix) (Video)
Coming Soon: “Sentences: The Life Of MF GRIMM”
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Just got this today. I was a huge Transmetropolitan fan, so I’m down with Vertigo. I eagerly await this.
Dear Producer/Editor,
Hip-Hop is a culture that can bring a community together with youth outreach and block parties or divide a neighborhood with violence and gangs. It’s a world built of DJs, Emcees, Writers and B-Boys, a world [...]
Response To Saul Williams’ Oprah Letter
Monday, May 14th, 2007Â
Got this from Kalamu. It’s in response to this.
Notes on “An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey”
By Taalam Acey
I want to approach this critique cautiously if only because these ideas are among my most sincere. I applaud you for writing your “Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey,” and though it took me awhile to get around to [...]
Saul Williams’ Open Letter To Oprah Winfrey
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Â
From Kalamu.Â
An open letter to Oprah 4/18/7: From Saul Williams
Dear Ms. Winfrey,
It is with the greatest respect and adoration of your loving spirit that I write you. As a young child, I would sit beside my mother everyday and watch your program. As a young adult, with children of my own, I spend much less [...]
“It’s Men’s Attitude, Stupid!”: A Commentary About Imus, Hiphop And Sexism
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Just got this from Akila Worksongs. Â
“It’s Men’s Attitude, Stupid!”: A Commentary About Imus, Hiphop And Sexism
By Byron Hurt
April 24, 2007
As a response to the Don Imus fallout surrounding his racist and sexist rant hurled at the blameless Rutgers University women’s basketball team – and to the dramatic shift and intense media glare on hip-hop’s sexism [...]
R.I.P., Black Family Channel?
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007If so, too bad.
I’ve thought it was going to merge with TV One, not just die.
Our activists like to talk about our hundred billion dollar spending power. Well, it’s clear now that having a trillion dollars doesn’t and won’t mean much if that money is not targeted—if we can’t convince advertisers and cable and satellite operators that the [...]