Hip Hop isn’t that political after all.
You may think that its political, but guess what? It’s just music.
Those of us who ARE into “political” hip hop are not learninganything new from the music that we listen to. If anythingit affirms what we already know. It’s confirms our existenceby reminding us that, while we aren’t the [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Hip Hop Isn’t That Political After All: Part I.
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008When Did Being Smart Become Acting White?
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 The first thing that struck me when I walked into myinto my college prep high school was thesmell. It smelled of new paint, new carpet andnew books.
Books so new that they had never been used yet.
In fact, I stopped by there last Augustand it still retained that new school smell. [...]
Saying Sexism is Worse than Racism is Like Saying Chattel Slavery is Worse than the Holocaust
Saturday, February 16th, 2008I will never forget being in undergrad when we werereading Beloved.
Someone began drawing a parallelbetween Chattel Slavery and the Holocaust.
Our professor responded cautioning us against makingthat comparison saying that the risk in comparing myunjust pain to your unjust pain only serves to undermine what both groups of people suffered.
She went on to emphasize [...]
Domestic Violence: What Would You Do?
Saturday, February 16th, 2008I hate the term domestic violence.
Domestic serves to modify and soften the word violence.It seeks to make it a less threating more acceptablekind of violence. And thats a problem.
Think about this fact.42% of women murdered in this country, arekilled by lovers, partners spouses. This means thatby and large, we get killed by men that [...]
I Just Wanna Be Your Friend and Not Ya’ Man. ~Big Pooh
Saturday, February 16th, 2008This time last week I was a complete puddle.
Thursday before last, SJ decided to finalize thestatus and make us just friends. I was devastated,not because it happened, but how it happened.At the time there was no room for discussion.
It was just ended. In my head I thought I couldlose the relationship, I just [...]
Everything I’m Not Made me Everything I Am….
Saturday, February 16th, 2008During Puddle Friday ‘08, I called oneoldest homies, Mean Sexy. She broughtit straight to my dome.
She said, “listen, you failed, school didn’t work outthe way you expected, and regardless of whether thisman is in your life or not, YOU have to choose what youwant.
I was like “ouch”.
She continued “Listen, I just failed my drivers test,and [...]
Last Night a B-Boy Saved My Life
Saturday, February 16th, 2008On the evening of Puddle Friday ‘08, I got home andthere was a card waitingfor me, that SJ had sent on Wednesday, clearly beforehe had made up his mind.
I took it as a sign, and sent him two cards.
I also did other things that I had been thinking aboutbut hadn’t gotten around to.
I ordered two [...]
Heaven Only Knows: Waking Up with a…..Song in My Head
Saturday, February 16th, 2008I woke up last Saturday with Heaven Only Knows spinningin my head. So I turned on i-tunes, and put it on repeat.All I could think was how the lyrics nailed that painfulconversation from the preceding Thursday and I was floored.
Last night was the worst night Beginning of the end Or maybe it began [...]
2.15.08 – I Wonder What Bill Clinton is Thinking?
Friday, February 15th, 2008Didn’t it FEEL like Bill Clinton was running for Presidentfor a hot minute?
I have been blogging for a couple of years now.
One of the things that I have learned is thatit is so much more enjoyable when there isa media event or issue that arises that getfolks to thinking and talking about what [...]
I Died and Went to B-Girl Heaven
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Hip Hop Originals are pure Deliciousness.Ivan @ Hip Hop is Read bringing his “A” gamewith the Black on Both Sides Originals, theDOC originals and most recently theMidnight Marauders originals(via lyrics to go).
It was like, I died and went to B-Girl Heaven.
Noz has a link up to which has old Source issues.Reading that sh-t makes [...]
