Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap |
..Last year in May, I merely posted a review from Publishers Weekly on Nik Cohn's Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap, not adding any commentary of my own as I had not read it. It remains a v...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:51:00 PST |
Bill Cosby Can Keep His "Tough Love" |
Bill Cosby has been making some headlines both locally in N.O. and nationally in recent months. He made some heads turn when he announced that he was releasing a hip-hop album called State of Emergenc...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:50:00 PST |
Return of the Lyricist |
I stumbled upon this and wanted to share it cuz I thought this artist No.Lay was dope. It seems, and Krisna agrees, that the Brits are still doing it big in hip-hop these days. There's...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:49:00 PST |
It’s a New Day |
....MTV..Music Videos..MTV Shows..Entertainment NewsOk, so even though I wouldn't say "We got Barack", Nas's message still stands. Young folks today are not the "civil rights" generat...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:48:00 PST |
All hip-hop is conscious except for "conscious" hip-hop. |
Here's the content:Freedom Summer: A HipHop for Justice Concert featuring politically conscience [sic!] hiphop, information such as: how to file a police complaint, Know Your Rights and Cop Watch trai...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:47:00 PST |
What does hip-hop have to do with Palestine? |
While it seems there is no relationship of hip-hop to Palestine, no other native Palestinian music, just like no previous American music could give such a broad expression of the civilization and simu...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:46:00 PST |
Upcoming Event: From New Orleans to Palestine |
Liberation Hip HopThe Struggle for Freedom and the Right Of Return, From New Orleans to PalestineAn Evening of hiphop and more, commemorating 60 years of Al-Nakba, the dispossession of the Palestinian...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:45:00 PST |
"The Nature of Hip-Hop" |
A few years ago, I used to belong to an organization of politically-minded young people in Kansas City called Work Force. Work Force was responsible for publishing a rather infrequent newspaper, cond...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:43:00 PST |
Ya Heard Me? |
Happy Malcolm X Day!LBoogie, myself, and a couple of friends last month went to the New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival to check out Ya Heard Me? which is a documentary history of New...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:28:00 PST |
He Wasn’t Even Ridin’ Dirty |
It's been a few days since the "not guilty" verdict was announced in the trial of the NY cops who murdered Sean Bell. There's been a host of responses by hip-hop artists and fans, including a few new...
Posted by Democracy and Hip-Hop Project on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:27:00 PST |
