Archive for July, 2004
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Thursday, July 29th, 2004This is the quote from Mayor Harold Washington’s second inaugural address that basically sums up what I think the NAACP should be, substituting racial differences for political and ideological differences. If the NAACP can’t be this, then maybe we should make something that can.
Chicago in four years has brought together black and white, Asian […]
For Those Who Have An Ear To Hear…
Wednesday, July 28th, 2004It just occurred to me that there is a sickening irony in the fact that Ice Cube’s The Product is based on a sample of Sly & The Family Stone’s You Can Make It If You Try. Now, I’m thinking that if I had done it, the whole thing would have been intentional. […]
It’s A New Day
Wednesday, July 28th, 2004Let me put this out here right now: I don’t do politics. Some of my thoughts may tend to align more closely to one end of the political spectrum, but that’s about as far as it goes. I claim neither the jackass nor the pachyderm. At the party level, it’s all […]
Reality
Wednesday, July 28th, 2004This is from an interview with Q-Tip, formerly of A Tribe Called Quest.
Q: You hear two things all the time on the internet. One is that, whenever a rapper is up for a role in a movie, people get up in arms about that casting. The other is when someone, like Jadakiss, speaks out, people […]
Whas’nEVER I Play, It’s Got To Be FUNKY - Grocery List
Tuesday, July 27th, 2004It was suggested to me that this weeks playlist be arranged around the concept of food. Not strictly things to eat, however. More in the sense of food as “something that gives nourishment where it’s lacking.” This is a mixed list; some songs are listed because of the titles, some because the message […]
Warmup Bout…
Tuesday, July 27th, 2004Told you Stanley Crouch ain’t no joke.
Crouch vs. Sharpton.
Seriously.
Black With N.V.
Monday, July 26th, 2004Where there is no vision the people perish - Pro. 29:18
Young girls are getting pregnant because they want to. Not all of them, although any is too many. According to this article, nearly 25% of the girls between 14 and 18 years of age who participated in a survey in Birmingham, AL expressed a […]
The Truth
Monday, July 26th, 2004This is why Chuck D is Chuck D: he says what I would’a said if I had thought of it:
Anti-Lectualism and dumbassification in our society has leaked into the concept of having unstealable items in your crib. For example 30 years ago cats would rob your house and take a tv or stereo equipment and […]
Gospel Hip-Hop
Monday, July 26th, 2004Now this is what I would regard as authentic gospel hip-hop. Like I said before, the message and the music aren’t necessarily incompatible, it’s just that it needs to be handled by somebody who knows what they’re doing.
Snappin’ & Cappin’ Dream Matchups
Sunday, July 25th, 2004Grudge match: Jesse Jackson vs. Jesse Peterson
Main Event: Al Sharpton vs. Stanley Crouch. (I would pay big money to see this one.)
Add on if you can think of any.