Kendrick vs. Macklemore
I wasn’t going to comment on the fact that Macklemore “robbed” Kendrick at the Grammy’s. But it’s the confluence of Hip Hop and Race! How could I let it go completely and not… Continue reading
Tag Archive: Hip Hop
Marshall Mathers LP 2
Even though it might not seem like it due to the lack of musical output from me lately, I am a rapper. Therefore, it makes sense to me that I should have more… Continue reading
Eminem, Detroit, and the Prophetic Nature of Hip Hop
In 1999 a rapper named Eminem burst on the scene and became one of the highest selling and most well-known rappers of all time. He generally rose to prominence with macabre tales of… Continue reading
Yeezus
Ok so now that the NBA playoffs is over I can resume my regular life. Fortunately for me this happens to coincide with Kanye dropping a new album (Yeezus), which means that at… Continue reading
The contributions of the successful vs. the effects of their life’s work. (A Jay-z case study)
Recently I have been thinking about one of the lines Jay-z put in one of his songs. In tandem, I have also been wondering about us as people and how the things we… Continue reading
Lil Wayne’s Rebirth (A review of sorts)
For the past week or so I have been listening to Lil Wayne’s new album “Rebirth.” For those of you who don’t know (due to the rediscovery of autotune, re introduced to us… Continue reading
The Color of Friendship
So yesterday I was randomly flipping channels and I happened to land on a segment with two young girls, one black and one white and the first thing I heard out of the… Continue reading
The N Word (Part 3) Is it Love?
So why do Black people claim it is a term of endearment? Somewhere along the line the N-Word became shorthand for “I understand.” It’s not that the N Word is a good word… Continue reading →