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Tag Archives: rap

Hip Hop Levels Up: Sammus & Pieces in Space

Sammus embraces the kind of freedom afforded to grassroots, independent artists who don’t have corporate overseers menacing with strange gazes and mandates to sellout.

1 November 2016 in Albums, Guest Post, Music, Review.

Back to the Old School: 5 Classic Hip Hop Albums You Need to Learn

“You know what you need to learn? Old school artists don’t always burn!”

22 September 2015 in Albums, Guest Post, Music.

“Movies, Museums and the Hall of Fame” – Beat Street & the Past Future of Hip Hop

Hip Hop got up big time, and I love that, but its focus on cultural production left its political potential untapped.

25 February 2014 in Authenticity, Film, Music.

“It’s Not About a Salary. It’s All About Reality. . .” KRS-One, ‘My Philosophy’ & Discursive Tension

By All Means Necessary a record that tries to consciously address a variety of issues in the communities of people listening to it, while not sacrificing the braggadocio and arrogant subjectivity that so often gives hip hop its energy and fun.

12 August 2013 in Authenticity, Music, Race, Teaching.

“Once Upon a Time Not Long Ago”

Hip Hop: Unbound from the Underground

8 April 2013 in Film, Music, Sound Studies.

Reading for the (Hip Hop) Conversation

Hip Hop and homage as critique

11 June 2012 in Authenticity, Music, Songs in Conversation, Teaching.
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