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Hip Hop Poetics

is it because I is black? - Ali G

About Me

i'm a poet by profession, an emcee thru inspiration, a musician when mused, a lover when longed for, a queen when in control, a beast on the basketball courts, and a nerd nearly all the time.

My Interests

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Not to me. To America's Black Holocaust Museum.
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I'd like to meet:

people who can keep up.

I've got a crush on Obama

Music:

the kind that's good.

Movies:

the kind that make you think hard, laugh hard, cry hard.

Television:

the kind that's well written and visually stimulating.

Books:

The kind that ask the tough questions.

Heroes:

Dr. James Cameron

My Blog

Remembering Dr. James Cameron

The one year anniversary of the passing of America's Black Holocaust Museum founder, Dr. James Cameron, is fast approaching. Dr. Cameron, the only known survivor of a lynching in American history, pas...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:05:00 PST

so i'm late in blogging about this, I know. tsk tsk shame on me. ugh.

yeah yeah yeah, I know. Everyone is sick of talking about Don Imus.But here's the thing. In the wake of that massive PR calamity, very little has changed. Did people really think that we were going to...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Mon, 21 May 2007 09:20:00 PST

Remeber when I said I wanted to get married?

well this is what a friend had to say in response (btw, he's such a great guy. what a shame he lives in TX) ME: i really want to get married.  wow. HIM: you're too much for just one man... ME: ...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Fri, 18 May 2007 02:46:00 PST

are you still in love with your ex?

Read these questions. Think and answer honestly. Repost.(let me qualify this... if these answers don't seem to pertain to you or make sense to you, then i'm not talking about you. i'm talking about so...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:12:00 PST

If you love me, LOVE me. But if you like me a lot, that's fine, too

There comes a point in each of our lives, when we have to say, "I want more". I'm going to try to be brief. There's a difference between liking someone a lot and loving someone. Liking someone means ...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:26:00 PST

I learned something new about men

There's a fundamental difference between men and women.  Well, there are several, actually... but the new one I learned was very revolutionary to me. I was discussing a a guy-situation with my b...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:21:00 PST

Kinda makes you wonder what would have been....

Actual proposed amendments to the United States Constitution You know me, I like to dig around for information.  I actually realized these things when I was combing through info as to whether or ...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:39:00 PST

Saul Williams to Oprah on Hip Hop

Thanx Donte for posting this! (Initially posted by Mr. Williams himself)April 18, 2007Dear Ms. Winfrey,It is with the greatest respect and adoration of your loving spirit that I write you. As a young ...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:14:00 PST

Spam/ Junk Email just got real deep on me today!!

This is part of a spammed email I got at work today.  It's a series of famous quotations.  At the end of the blog, I've listed the names (in order) of the people who said them.  But rea...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:19:00 PST

An email from my friend Nana

Alright.   So I was at the bus stop waiting and talking to my Pops on the phone. A whole bunch of cars are waiting for the light to turn green. I'm just talking away and then my eyes land on this...
Posted by Hip Hop Poetics on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:09:00 PST