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Philadelphia Mayor Nutter performs Rapper’s Delight

May 30, 2008 By: The Good Doctor Category: hip-hop

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….

Mémoires d’immigrés (”Memories of Immigrants” by Bakar)

October 16, 2007 By: The Good Doctor Category: hip-hop

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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Marine (by Diam’s)

October 15, 2007 By: The Good Doctor Category: hip-hop 1 Comment →

Diam’s is one of France’s best MCs. Marine? The daughter of FN leader Jean-Marie Le Pen

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Les Gens Comme Eux (”People like them”) by Bakar (Youtube)

October 13, 2007 By: The Good Doctor Category: hip-hop

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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Thug Life World Wide ( “Thug Life” from Mafia K1 Fry)

October 09, 2007 By: The Good Doctor Category: hip-hop 5 Comments →

More from Mafia K1 Fry from the album La Cerise Sur Le Ghetto (”Th