July 16, 2010
While making my way around Europe, I was impressed by some of the graf work that has been done in some of the countries I’ve visited. I find it to be one of the more unappreciated forms of hip hop artistry that there is.
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June 3, 2010
When American administered indirect, proximity discussions between Israel and the Palestinians this month, 62 years of fruitless negotiation left the talks already tainted by a distinct feeling of déjà-vu.
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May 31, 2010
As US hip hop has been subject to proclamations of death by those who long for the “Golden Era”, French critics have made similar diagnoses at home.
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July 21, 2010
Fraternity Brother Lawrence C Ross Jr (Author of The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities) notified me of a piece he did on being a black LGBT Greek. It follows below. more
July 16, 2010
When I heard that BP has successfully close all the valves on its new containment cap Thursday afternoon—effectively stopping the flow of oil for the first time in nearly three months as it began its well integrity tests—I was at a town meeting in Port Sulphur in Louisiana’s Plaquemines parish, ground zero for the oil [...] more
July 15, 2010
It sounds like the Obama White House has a new peacekeeping mission — with House Democrats. more
July 12, 2010
DJ Nio links up with international media production company Nomadic Wax to release the World Cup mixtape, with artists around the globe!
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June 28, 2010
Music Revolutionaries Dead Prez and Mixtape Revolutionary DJ Drama link up in the mixtape release: Revolutionary but Gangsta Grillz.
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June 15, 2010
Fashawn releases Ode to Illmatic as an “…homage to the God, Nas Escobar, one of the greatest MCs of my generation, of our generation.” With 11 Tracks (including a bonus), and only one featured artist (talib Kweli), the album features Fashawn spitting verses over instrumentals from Nas’ classic album.
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June 17, 2010
Oftentimes artists from Seattle are overlooked, so we fail to see what musicians from this region have to offer. But Black Stax stands out, blending neo-soul, blues, and hip hop to create a sound very much their own, exposing the world to the sounds of Seattle’s underground with their debut album, Talking Buildings.
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May 10, 2010
It’s been ten years since Brooklyn bred rapper Talib Kweli joined with producer and DJ Hi-Tek as Reflection Eternal and brought us the widely praised album Train of Thought. So here we are in 2010, and the duo has joined forces again to craft a followup, seventeen tracks packaged together in an album entitled Revolutions [...] more
December 30, 2009
Tech N9ne’s latest offering K.O.D. (King of Darkness) may have been more appropriately titled “Return to Darkness.” The Kansas City, MO native goes back to his origins as an artist who first shocks you with his demeanor and subject matter but follows it up with astounding skill. more
July 18, 2010
The UK’s health care system is the most efficient, says a study of seven industrialised countries. The Commonwealth Fund report looked at five areas of performance – quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and healthy lives. The US came last in the overall rankings, which also included data from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and New Zealand. But [...] more
July 16, 2010
Palestinian officials in President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party expressed reluctance on Friday to move from indirect to direct negotiations with the right—leaning government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. more
Legislation that could bar BP from getting new offshore oil leases in the United States passed another hurdle in Congress on Thursday while a separate bill to boost safety requirements for offshore drilling advanced through another congressional panel. more
The Summer (Camps) of Hip Hop