2007 July

If We Don’t Reclaim Hip Hop, We Will Be Like The Black Baby Boomers.

July 8, 2007 by Renina

In his new book, Know What I Mean Michael Eric Dyson
points out somethingthat that I have always thought
about the Black Baby Boomer
Generations dismissal of hip hop.

That they dissed us when hip hop first popped off, then
wondered why Post Snoop, Post Pac, Post Imus, why
we were unwilling to engage with them.
Bill Cosby anyone?
[ For the record Bill has room to talk
because a.) he puts his money were his mouth
is b.) Black people DO party and bull sh*t too
much]. c.) Black parenting habits CAN use some
help.

We are at a dangerous crossroads.

If those of us, WHO CARE ABOUT HIP HOP, WHO ENGAGE
IN THESE DISCUSSION’S ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ITS
DEAD, don’t use our voices to let the labels, corporations,
radio stations know what we feel about the current state
of hip hop, we will be rendered even more voiceless
than we already are.

First and foremost, record labels are business institutions
not, cultural institutions. So the impetus is on us to speak
their language, cake and the bottom line.

For instance, Dyson points out how the Baby Boomer
generation largely ignored hip hop and white record exec’s
slowly yet steadily were willing to cash in on a delish
urban cash cow.

In he book Dyson discussed a conversation where he
encouraged Earl Graves to reach out to the young buck,
hip hop entrepreneurs.

He reports that Earl Graves responded,

“Nobody with tattos and low slung pants and low
slung pants can’t tell me anything.”

When he said this I immediately thought of Active Jewish elders
and wondered if he could stand to take a page out of their
book and be willing to sit down with the tattooed, saggy
pants jawns to impart some game, INSTEAD of just writing US OFF.

He points out that the mothers of three of our favorite
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So. How does the “People for Better Music Sound”?

If you had the ear of a C-level label exec what would you say?

What are three changes you want in Hip Hop in the next 12 months?

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S.bot said You Gotta Have D’s or Paper’s.

July 7, 2007 by Renina

HUSTLING IS MY DEPARTMENT

Earlier this year, right after Yeye’s throw some D’s
remix came out, me and my girl S.bot were having
a conversation about women who are “taken care of”
because of how they look. I asked her how
she felt about Yeye rapping about D’s.
Her response was,

You gotta have D’s or you gotta have papers.

My response was,

I want D’s AND papers.

She responded, “Then you on some white ceo/cfo shit”.

Putting the racial, implication of her comment aside,
I realized that she was onto something. S.bot is
my financial consciousness. She stays on me w/ the
following questions:
1. When you gonna make your first mil?
2. When you gonna pay off your school debt?
3. What do you project your earnings to be in 5 years?

In short.

She stays all up in mine. ****places hand 10th
of an inch from face.

Perhaps growing up in the Bronx in the 80’s
made her thorough like that.

I’LL GO TO A CLUB AND GET MY MONEY
I was reminded of this conversation when I read a
book in Barnes and Noble on Thursday
titled, “Get to Work” by Linda Hirshman. << like a feminist
on crack, ya heard?

Her premises are that women need to do the following:

1. EDUCATE YOURSELF FOR GOOD WORK
2. TAKE WORK SERIOUSLY
3. DON’T HAMSTRING COME TO THE MARTIAL BARGAINING TABLE
4. GO ON A REPRODUCTIVE STRIKE.
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Do work that is rewarded in this culture.
[I know. My artists readers are gonna be up in arms.]
And.
BIG AND, if you choose to do otherwise, UNDERSTAND
that you may have to support yourself and your family WITH
your income.

2.TAKE WORK SERIOUSLY.
Make an income that you would think twice about giving up.

Take it seriously. Be mindful of switching jobs three times in one year.
That sh*t is not a good look on the resume.

3. DON’T HAMSTRING YOURSELF AT THE MARTIAL BARGAINING TABLE.
She wants women to come to the marital table
with information regarding what our culture and
what your future husband expects you to do after
the baby is born.

She also wants women to understand the following about marriage:
Women make 70 cent on every dollar that men make.
In the event that you divorce, your ex is in the more
powerful position because, all things being equal, he
most likely makes more than you.
Consequently, he can easily replace the “work” services
that you more than likely provided, as the default
“nanny, maid or personal assistant”.

This is IS NOT the issue if you had a pre existing,
nanny, maid or personal assistant, or that contributed
to the house hold in such a manner that you did not
need extra help.

4. GO ON A REPRODUCTIVE STRIKE.
At first I thought that sh*t was harsh right.
But she isn’t anti kid, just pro planning.

Think about it.

The first time women start talking about leaving
“society recognized” work, to “work” full time as
mommas, its after the first baby turns 2 or 3, or after the second
baby.
But then peep. If you plan the babies, strategically if you
are going to try and maintain your current lifestyle.
Cake is clearly on my mind.

Why?

For my job I am researching:

1. How many Black Board Members are on Fortune 5’s?

2. How many Fortune 5’s have government,
war associated contracts?

3. How many women are on Fortune 5 Boards?

And man lissen, looking at THESE NUMBERS, s
ide by side with negro spending power,
puts a WHOLE LOT OF SH*T in perspective

IT’S REAL HARD BEING A WOMAN BECAUSE YOU GO THROUGH SO MUCH
Which finally brings me to the above video.

Where do I begin?

I felt like was reading a FEDS magazine story via a
DOCUMENTARY style video.

Top TEN THINGS I noticed about it:

1. How down the women are for the dudes.
2. How the women EAT with the hustlas.
3. The highly visible relationship between being
assaulted as a teen, and being a lady of the night as an adult.
4. How there was a clear sense that THEY, NOT ANYONE
ELSE, would take care of their babies.
5. How the Lack of a safety net is SO apparent in the hood.

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Is it realistic to anticipate planning, strategically, the babies?

How do you feel about women w/ D’s and Pape’s?

What do you think of women who want cake as much Jay Z wants it?

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Ya’ll Peep How Def Jam F*cked up Chrisette Michelle’s Album

July 6, 2007 by Renina

I 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. Created a MAJOR INTERACTIVE myspace/you tube web presence for her.

2. Would have had her opening for all relevant artists on tour, ie those who are brown/black friendly.

3. Created a mix tape, right after that Nas/ Jay sh*t popped off to capitalize on their respective Fall 2006 hype. Specifically a mixtape w/ John Legend, Yeye, Ledisi, Nas, Jay, Common, Kweli, Pharoe and Ghost and other folks relevent to her lane.

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5. Would have went HARD at the BLOGS and the ALTERNATIVE WEEKLY JAWN’s, pluggin her as much as possible.

6. Would have had her vocals shining on soundtracks this spring and summer.

Full disclosure.

The only thing I love more than Corporate Governance and Mergers and Acquisitions is Managing Artist

Def Jam. There is still time to do this right.

You know where to find me. [ Wherever you need me]

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Yall think they f*cked up her promotion?

Why or why not?

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Why We Both Black and our Kid is Biracial?

July 5, 2007 by Renina

Speaking 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.

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Alright white folks, it’s like this. You done did it. I’m through with you. Nah nah, don’t try to say you’re sorry and that you can change, fuck that. It’s over. You never really loved me, and now I can see that, so I’m gone. I’m serious.
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Then he goes for the juggular.

Don’t try to tell me that you’re a liberal either, you motherfuckers are racist as shit too. Get a couple drinks in you and you start complaining about how the black girls at the gym always walk the wrong direction around the track. Better yet, wait until Joe Progressive loses his job. Homeboy go from Do The Right Thing to Do The White Thing real fuckin’ quick if you tell him his days of making 70K a year for shuffling papers around are over. Hits up a box of wine and starts bitching about “Affirmative action hires”, “Reverse racism”, “Illegal immigrants”, and pretty much Asians in general. Start fucking with whitey’s paper and he’s back to his old tricks with the quickness.

And finally. BUT AT LEAST IM WHITE. De.LISH.ious.

I swear, working class white people are like that one kid out the crew who everybody hates but still gets to hang out so that the cool kids can fuck with him. You know who I’m talking about, don’t front. Y’all Toby Keith ass motherfuckers be like “Well I went to a shitty high school, have no job opprotunities, my family is all on drugs and in prison, my little brother got beat the fuck up by county sherriffs last night, my little sister is pregnant, I might get drafted, my roof is leaking, and I think I might have VD. But shit! At least I’m white!”

The White Privilage Package

July 2, 2007 by Renina

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In 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 are tied to their notions of masculinity, so to have that taken/threatened by the idea of or via actual homosexual sex is a horrific violation of their masculinity.

Then the issue of Black Male Invisibility came up.

My colleague then asked , “Why do Black men feel invisible?”

I thought about it and was like, man, do I really wanna go INTO THIS SH*T. But I was like M, be responsive and responsible and answer the man’s question.

I responded explaining how, by and large in this culture, Black Male representation in News, Television, movies and news papers typically turns on one or two stereotypes involving sex and violence. These would leave anyone feeling invisible because it fails to address the nuances of being a f*cking human being.

In turn.

I tripped off how good it must feel for him to THINK ABOUT ABSTRACTLY, what it must feel like to be Black.

And I immediately thought of white privilage and how the fact that this is some sh*t
that is abstract in his head is indicative of said privilege.

Then I found this online.

Peggy McIntosh breaks down the White Privilege Package:

I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege. So I have begun in an untutored way to ask what it is like to have white privilege. I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets that I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was “meant” to remain oblivious. White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools, and blank checks.

Some examples of said white privilege she lists are:

5. I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.

6. I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.

8. I can be sure that my children will be given curricular materials that testify to the existence of their race.

10. I can be pretty sure of having my voice heard in a group in which I am the only member of my race.

15. I do not have to educate my children to be aware of systemic racism for their own daily physical protection.

21. I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.

25. If a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven’t been singled out because of my race.

35. I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having my co-workers on the job suspect that I got it because of my race.

AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE
20. I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my race.

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This post had me thinking?

Are there Black privileges?

Should I start corporate gender and race training workshops. Tie gender/racial understanding to the bottom line:)

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