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Kicking It w/ ?uestlove (well, kinda)
Published on 26 May 2010 at 11:24 am.
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This afternoon I have the honor and privilege of speaking with one of my inspirations, the founder of my favorite band, blog and tweets: ?uestlove. I’m interviewing him for a musical and scholarly project I’m working on called Freedom Suite. Freedom Suite is a jazz and hip-hop mixtape from my band, The Beast and jazz […]
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Racial Politics and Represenation in, THE BEAST
Published on 4 Oct 2009 at 1:24 pm.
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Filed under music, racial rhetoric, Hip-Hip.
Wei: So what’s up with The Beast?
Me: Yo the music is amazing I can’t wait ’till you to hear it!
Wei: Yeah, me too. So live instrumentation, huuh?
Me: Yes - piano, bass, drums and me on vocals.
Wei: Word, word.. so where they at?
Me: Right over there setting up (point to the front door).
Wei: The white boys?
Me: […]
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Forever Gone: A review of Blueprint 3
Published on 8 Sep 2009 at 9:57 am.
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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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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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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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Black Music Ambassador Falls Short on Hip-Hop
Published on 30 Mar 2009 at 11:59 pm.
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Filed under academia, black culture, music, popular culture.
Wynton Marsalis: 22nd Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy from Americans for the Arts on Vimeo. *UPDATE - see details at the end of the post*
Greetings, Blackademics readers. My name is Eric Hirsh and I’m honored to be engaging in a discussion with you in this guest post. I am […]
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February 2009 Interview: Dr. Georgiary Bledsoe, founder of the Boston Urban Music Project
Published on 15 Feb 2009 at 3:22 pm.
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This year’s Black History Month interview is with Dr. Georgiary Bledsoe, the president and founder of BUMP - the Boston Urban Music Project. We discuss the importance of incorporating Black music into the curricula of Black youth, as well as the validity of Hip-Hop education programs such as the (Blackademcics Hip-Hop Community workshop series). Listen […]
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