And I’m pretty sure that the DJ is ?uestlove. The MC at the end talks about how Nutter is what Philadelphia needs. He provides a “breath of fresh air.” Once Nutter got going, I was feeling him. The only thing I can think that compares is the time I saw Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick get down with Biz Markie. But the rhetorical flim flam here can be spotted with ease….
The video below is by Bakar, the same artist responsible for Les Gens Comme Eux (People Like Them). The French immigration narrative is an interesting one for a number of reasons. When France lost over 2 million citizens to WWI and WWII French officials felt the best solution was immigration. Some 30 years later after the jobs dried up, they sung a very different tune.
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Diam’s is one of France’s best MCs. Marine? The daughter of FN leader Jean-Marie Le Pen
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The more I see, the more I know I’m going to have to take some French immersion classes to get back up to speed. This video bears repeated watching, because unlike the previous ones I’ve shown there is a lot going on here. Again if you don’t understand French you’ll be a little bit behind the eight ball, but you’ll still get the jist.
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More from Mafia K1 Fry from the album La Cerise Sur Le Ghetto (“The Fruit of the Ghetto”).
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One of my younger fraternity brothers, in the wake of the Imus scandal, made the following Whitlockian move:
In realtity, what ever parts of our culture become mainstream will affect their preceptions of us and their interactions.
How we treat each other sets precedent for how others will treat us.
In response to my request for data, my younger fraternity brother cited The Black Image and the White Mind by Entman and Rojecki…and also the recent poll conducted by Cathy Cohen out of Chicago for her Black Youth Project. What I’m going to do here is respond to him…minus the smackdown. The bottom line? There is a difference between blame and responsibility. We have the responsibility to carry ourselves with dignity and honor, regardless…but we are not to blame at all for what Imus said. (more…)
These two tidbits just in:
Russell Simmons is having a closed door meeting with hip-hop execs and urban community members.
Kevin Powell oversaw a conversation on Power 105.1, which has announced that it is changing its format significantly:
KEVIN POWELL, noted writer, political activist, and hiphop historian, has been invited to lead a live radio discussion on the aftermath of the Don Imus situation AND the state of hiphop today, on New York City’s number one radio station, Power 105.1 FM. In an historic move, Power 105.1 is eliminating advertising for one day to open up its airwaves to highlight the changes the station plans on making in its content and presentation.
Monday, April 16, 2007
8AM-10AM EST
Power 105.1 FM radio in the New York City metropolitan area
OR you can listen on the web at www.power1051fm.com, keyword LISTEN OR LISTEN LIVE“This is a bold move,” says Kevin Powell, “and a very necessary one. The people at Power 105.1 recognize how influential radio is for young Americans. For Helen Little, the Program Director, to do this says that there are some of us in the entertainment industry who are taking seriously our responsibility to our society, and to our young people. The time for change is now. This movement is not about censorship. It is about balance and diversity and not adding any further to the violence, excessive materialism, and sex and sexism already present throughout American popular culture, including hiphop. And we need radio stations, magazines, video shows and networks, websites, and record labels around the country to follow the Power 105.1 model and have the courage, too, to say enough is enough.”
(Thanks to Angela Garreston for the passage above, and thanks to the NHHPC list on yahoo as well.)
So much for thinking that MCs wouldn’t go unscathed.
I’m coding lyrics for my book project, and I get to “1 million Body Bags” by Public Enemy. About the dangers of Malt Liquor–this track is released around the time St. Ides makes it rounds (with claims of increased virility after consumption). There’s a line in the track that goes as follows:
But look watch shorty get sicker
Year after year
While he’s thinkin’ it’s beer
But it’s not but he got it in his gut
So the day is winding down and I’m thinking I can find a nice link that tells me what it is, if it isn’t beer.
So what makes malt liquor different from beer? (more…)
Hip-hop doesn’t exist without the break beat…the funkiest part of a track, sluiced away from it and used on its own. Nate Harrison created a 20 minute documentary on the “Amen Break.” Odds are that while you’ve never heard of it, you’ve heard it literally thousands of times if you listen to hip-hop, jungle, or drum and bass, or even if you watch television commercials. Fascinating. A six second break beat not only outlasts its creators, but spawns an entire industry. Thanks go to Jesse.
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Who would it be?
I think I cribbed this meme from one of my man Gary Dauphin’s, deli.icio.us links. Whatever the case, another Michigan alum answers the question definitively.
For a longer list check this one out.
Now check the dates out on these posts. I wonder how long it’ll be before bloggers are digging for old posts like DJs go digging in crates.
