Comments on: Hip-Hop Matters (A Review) http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/06/21/hip-hop-matters-a-review/ The Future is Here Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kspence http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/06/21/hip-hop-matters-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-7 kspence Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:05:32 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=41#comment-7 I think you're right. It becomes at worst another PR thing. At best it blends things together (the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, the black power movement...and the hip-hop movement?) that politically speaking shouldn't be blended together. I think you’re right. It becomes at worst another PR thing. At best it blends things together (the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, the black power movement…and the hip-hop movement?) that politically speaking shouldn’t be blended together.

]]> By: h.r. http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/06/21/hip-hop-matters-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-6 h.r. Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:00:23 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=41#comment-6 Your distinctions about "cultural" movements and politics are useful. ....and then, the term/label "movement" might be a manifestation of hip hop's "cultural politics." the word "movement" has this popular appeal in the minds of folks, especially for a generation that came up in the post-civil rights & BP movements. (a related point on labeling: i went to a fundraising seminar regarding Hurricane Katrina once, and we were adivsed to always label our relief projects with the term "operation" in the front, as studies proved that the term helped gain mass support. i guess the U.S. military has always known this point though; they tend to label their projects "operation ______"). Your distinctions about “cultural” movements and politics are useful.

….and then, the term/label “movement” might be a manifestation of hip hop’s “cultural politics.” the word “movement” has this popular appeal in the minds of folks, especially for a generation that came up in the post-civil rights & BP movements.

(a related point on labeling: i went to a fundraising seminar regarding Hurricane Katrina once, and we were adivsed to always label our relief projects with the term “operation” in the front, as studies proved that the term helped gain mass support. i guess the U.S. military has always known this point though; they tend to label their projects “operation ______”).

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