In his new book, Know What I Mean Michael Eric Dysonpoints out somethingthat that I have always thoughtabout the Black Baby BoomerGenerations dismissal of hip hop. That they dissed us when hip hop first popped off, thenwondered why Post Snoop, Post Pac, Post Imus, whywe were unwilling to engage with them. Bill Cosby anyone?[ For [...]
Archive for July, 2007
If We Don’t Reclaim Hip Hop, We Will Be Like The Black Baby Boomers.
Sunday, July 8th, 2007S.bot said You Gotta Have D’s or Paper’s.
Saturday, July 7th, 2007HUSTLING IS MY DEPARTMENTEarlier this year, right after Yeye’s throw some D’s remix came out, me and my girl S.bot were havinga conversation about women who are “taken care of”because of how they look. I asked her howshe felt about Yeye rapping about D’s.Her response was, You gotta have D’s or you gotta have papers. [...]
Ya’ll Peep How Def Jam F*cked up Chrisette Michelle’s Album
Friday, July 6th, 2007I knew that sh*t was gonna happen. No matter what industry you are in, performance art, emceeing, investment banking, quarter backing, you have to take control of your career and not expect an institution to manage it for you IN YOUR BEST INTEREST. If I were her manager I would have done the following: 1. [...]
Why We Both Black and our Kid is Biracial?
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Speaking of being biracial. My resident blog little brother from another momma has renounced his whiteness. First I laughed. Then I realized your boy was serious. There MUST BE SOMETHING in that Michigan Water. They Prolly Serve Malcom X smoothies at the movie theaters and sh*t.Harriet Tubman Burgers. Martin Luther King Onion Rings.
The White Privilage Package
Monday, July 2nd, 2007In that post supreme court decision conversation with the libertarian, I neglected to mention to you all that his homie was there. In fact, he is our mutual colleague. During our conversation I mentioned my Why are N*ggas so Homophobic post? I explained how at the end of the day, Black Male sexuality and swag [...]
Intergration Killed Black Education.
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Last summer, my boss David -a truly phenomenal human being- said to me one of the best things a progressive minded person can do is start a school. The Supreme Courts decision on desegregation’s makes this statement ever more relevant. Background. Concluding its current Term with a historic ruling on race in public policy, the [...]
