in particular the line of...In my head I have been trying to make sense of Beyonce, Jay-Z and Odd Future and how audiences have received, accepted and criticized their work. I have written about Beyonce here and here. Jay-Z here. I add Odd Future because I have yet to see a feminist analysis of them and I am theorizing that there is a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jay Z’
Making Connections between Odd Future x Jay Z x Beyonce
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011Jay-Z Blinks at ‘Big Pimping’ Lyrics and I Take Notice
Sunday, November 7th, 2010In The Wall Street Journal last week Jay-Z blinked at some of the lyrics that he has used historically. He was referring to his bars on “Big Pimping”. Here is the first verse, You know I thug ‘em, fuck ‘em, love ‘em, leave ‘em Cause I don’t fuckin’ need ‘em Take ‘em out the hood [...]
Jay-Z x Nzingha Stewart x For Colored Girls.
Saturday, November 6th, 2010Last week I learned that in 2005 Jay-Z stopped the release of his autobiography, tentatively titled, The Black Book because he found it to be too personal. After reading this and realizing that Nzingha Stewart was originally signed to direct For Colored Girls, ? I concluded that a barometer of Black womens? freedom is our [...]
Asher Roth and Why Rappers Need "Nappy Headed Ho’s"
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Beyond Beats and Rhymes, by Bryon Hurt28:20 sec Women respond to being called Bitch’s on the street at BET’s Spring Bling 29:43 sec “If George Bush called you a Nigga you would think he was talking about you.”43:00 sec “You can’t go to a label with self destruction, you will self destruct.”46:10 sec Jadakiss, “after [...]
