Keantre Malone

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May 15, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: Big K.R.I.T., Black Hippy, Coolin, digital age, emotions, file management, Humyns, J. Dilla, meaning, Mood, mp3, Music, ontology, playlist, productivity, Revolution, social change, technology

The Digital Age and Social Change

Humyns are the type of beings that always must be in the mood. Anything that can manipulate our emotions provides us with resources to do what must be done. Even our leisure time comes from our activities; perhaps smoking outside on a nice afternoon is our picture of a good mood. These days, our lives [...]

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May 8, 2012 at 2:11pm

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Topics: america, Angela Davis, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, Black Power Mixtape, Bobby Seal, Dignity, Fidel Castro, Homelessness, Huey P. Newton, Humanism, Hunger, people of color, role models

What Role Models Mean For People-of-Color

America makes it hard for people of color to have role models. Our leaders not only face systematic murder, but surrender their legacy to our various oppressors. Speaking of my experience, I never learned about Fidel Castro or the Black Panthers in school. When they were briefly mentioned it was their particular stance on violence [...]

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May 1, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: "Dirty Ghetto Kids", "faded" video, "On Violence", "Skateboard P", black masculinity, DGK, Lil Wayne, Lupe Fiasco, Mainstream vs underground, Masculinity, Pharrell Williams, Skateboard, Skateboarding, the hood, Tyga

The Hood on Four Wheels

Since when has skateboarding become a standard by which we judge black masculinity? Prior to Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams, you would not see skate culture—promotion of local skate shops, perfection of kick flips and ollies, etc.—in music videos. Back then, the culture had an explicit expression whether it was Mr. “Skateboard P” himself or [...]

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April 17, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: "Brenda's Got a Baby", 2pac, Coachella 2012, Dr. Dre, Hologram, Keep Ya Head Up, Makavelli, political prisoners, Rolling Stones, Snoop, Thug Life, Tupac Shakur, Wall Street Journal

The Triumph Of Thug Life

Dedicated to Lakeesha Malone and Kim Jackson This past Sunday Dr. Dre and Snoop Doog achieved an impossible: they brought Tupac Shakur back to life! Using hologram technology, the musicians have awakened a level of consciousness that many would argue died with Tupac. However, the performance at Coachella 2012 is not merely an extension of [...]

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April 10, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: crickets, fashion, Gender, Hipster, Hipster Culture, Ian Eastwood, Masculinity, new boyz, Politics, Power, social change, style

Style Wars: Not Graffiti But Hipster Takeover

Style, or the way we construct our dress, seems capable to achieve political goals—equal to the power of protests. Speaking from experience, I did not know that my clothes upset the authority figures. Since my professor claimed that I was funny-looking last night, I’ve found a complement in my teacher’s words. Where he was speaking [...]

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April 3, 2012 at 3:00pm

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Topics: Blue, Generation Y, Illasoul: shades of blue, Kids These Days, KTD, Nico Segal

Generation Y and a New Birth of Blue

Generation Y, our generation, is consistently being understood by the intellectuals of Hip-Hop; this week our honorary speaker is Nico Segal. With the most recent release of his EP, Illasoul: shades of blue, Nico has gifted us with a project that companions our journey, or should I say trip. This intoxicated reputation that our generation [...]

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March 27, 2012 at 3:00pm

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Topics: Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Dialectics, Robin Hood, Socio-Economic Problems, Stock Market

Bull Sh#t Youth

Growing up we always knew that Capitalism, or “the system”, was responsible for the hardships of our parents. These days the youth of the present generation don’t seem to think that Capitalism just in its essence produces struggle. What if we have been surprised by the good experiences the labor force has lent us? Graduate [...]

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March 20, 2012 at 3:00pm

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The Day Jay-Z Makes Laws

A republican who goes by Alan B. Wiliams decided to use lines from Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” recently. Something of a rapture has happened in Hip-Hop: no one can deny that any reference to an emcee’s lyrics (to inform policy) means that the realities of disadvantaged America are being represented. More importantly, the decision to include [...]

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March 13, 2012 at 3:00pm

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Topics: Busta Rhymes, Colonialism, Ghetto, North Philly, Privilege, racism, Street Smarts, Temple University, The Streets, Universities, White Students

White Students Learn “The Streets” at the University

Folks in the ghetto always watch the careless: any opportunity to exploit small mistakes gets the observant ahead. The ghetto mindset transmits through an exclusive circle of students. Doctrines of this knowledge—what we call “street smarts”—may not be known by the average white person. Such may be the case because a majority of the white [...]

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March 6, 2012 at 3:49pm

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Racism Is Nothing But Sex

There are stories of Germany and Black folk: on the streets, some Germans may want to take a picture with a dark tourist. Since I haven’t been to Germany, i cant really say what conditions have influenced this exoticism. However, I suppose that it can’t be too far from the exoticism that goes on here [...]

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