Tag Archives: Aesthetics

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September 25, 2012 at 6:08pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: "Bag Lady" by Erykah Badu, "Sweetest Taboo" by Sade, Aesthetics, Existentialism, femininity, Gender, humyn, Masculinity, Music, race, Revolution, social divisions, soul

Rhythm, Blue, Social Disorder

The conscious humyn evaluates and integrates various influences of style regardless of race, gender or and social divisions. If “male” has a significance, you could receive the conscious male and his personality as influenced by Sade or Nina Simone. He, or better the humyn, could express a masculinity/femininity that is too distinct for either/or. Manifesting [...]

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November 24, 2011 at 1:31pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Aesthetics, dance, Frank Ocean, hip-hop, Ian Eastwood, Kenzo Alvares, Love Crimes, Nick Demoura, Pat Cruz

Bodies Diced Up On Drum Machines: Knowledge From New Choreographers

Our parents figured that their generation saw the end of “real” dancing. You know, they tell you that they danced artistically and romantically and that we have pioneered a tasteless substitute for sex. I’m embarrassed to say that I was starting to believe the hype, but this was before I paid attention to our generation [...]

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November 13, 2011 at 6:16pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Aesthetics, Black Hipster, Drake, Fitted Caps, Hip Hop Hipster, J. Cole, Mac Miller, Maybach Music, Rugrats, snap back, snapback, Spider-Man, Stussy, the 100s, the Hundreds, Wear My Hat, wiz khalifa

While SNAPBACKS Take Over…

If I must have something that I don’t like about having locks, it would be that I can’t rock a snapback. Had there not been so much of a conversion in the herds of Black youth—fitted caps are nearly extinct among the heads of the coolest kids—my lament over snap backs would not even be [...]

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November 3, 2011 at 11:43am

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Aesthetics, Al B Sure, Free Earl!, Herbert Marcuse, Popular Media, Post-Race, Representations, Unibrow

The Reason T-Pain Can Be Sexy; A Critique of Popular Aesthetics Part I

Celebrity, the representation and popularizing of a face, determine our aesthetics—models that our minds, in one sense, refer to when judging a person’s beauty. We can say that the drastic changes in whom and what we find attractive are inspired by the popular surveillance of a specific body. Upon seeing a face manifest through a [...]

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September 2, 2011 at 12:12pm

By Dallas

@smarteys

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Topics: Aesthetics, American Identity, American Values, BET, Black Hipsters, Black Identity, Black Youth, Blogging, capitalism, Democracy, Drugs, Empowerment, Facebook, Fame, Girls, hip-hop, Hipster Culture, Homophobia, Marijuana, Masculinity, Media, Men, Money, Music, Odd Future Culture, OFWGKTA, Politics, Pop Culture, race, Violence, Women, Youth

Why You Should Be Taking Tyler, the Creator and Kreayshawn Seriously

But don’t be fooled. Their success is organic and real; not some record label’s scheme. The rise of artists like Odd Future and Kreayshawn (as well as Lil B and Waka Flocka Flame) is subversive to Hip Hop’s status quo.

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July 28, 2011 at 11:59am

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Aesthetics, Facebook status, FB STATUS, Identity, Identity Politics, insecurity, low self esteem, race, Relationship, relationships, Self, teenagers, [Like]

About the Dorks on Facebook

[Like] posts have taken over facebook. You see them religiously on young Black teens’ walls, and (less acceptable) they appear on 18 and 19 year-old pages. I see no other reason for such creations except various situations of low self-esteem. No one can blame young folks; as teenage years mark the beginning of partner relationships, [...]

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June 16, 2011 at 11:59am

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: "is it a good thing or is a one night stand", "We gotta good thing don't know if ima see you again", Aesthetics, Black Boys, Black girls, Booty, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Curb Your Enthusiasm Black Guy, earmilk.com, hip-hop, Hit It & Quit It, J. Cole, J.B. Smoove, Relationship, relationships, Work Out, Workout, Workout mp3, Youth

The Truth About Quickies As By J. Cole

Relationships, these days, get more undesirable as the option to leave everything after a kiss becomes more of a trend. Love’s new hot-minute flavored makeover has its moment of truth, this week, due to a new track by J. Cole. “Workout”, Cole’s first single of his debut album, puts all the hours we kill running [...]

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May 19, 2011 at 2:16pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: "Earl", "Love's Gonna Getcha", "Shit", "The Message", Aesthetics, Chicago Hip Hop, Chicago Underground, Earl Sweatshirt, Exhibit A, Galapagos 4, hip-hop, Jay Electronica, KRS-One, Lamon Manuel, Melle Mel, OFWGKTA, Tomorrow Kings

Distant Relatives: Tomorrow Kings and OFWGKTA

The word around Chicago whispers about those young cats in LA, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, and it supposes that OFWGKTA probably bumped some Chicago tracks on their iPods. Crowd hoppers of the last decade, from Wicker Park to Lakeview, can immediately see the similarities between OFWGKTA and the “Windy City’s” own Tomorrow [...]

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March 29, 2011 at 12:00pm

By Justin L. Hill

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Topics: Aesthetics, American Identity, American Values, capitalism, health, Humor, Masculinity, Men, Money, plastic surgery, technology, Youth

Men who nip, tuck and suc..

If you don’t already know, time is a cruel mistress who demands her “pound of flesh” by yearly ripping away our youth and vitality. Among my close circle of friends, all in our mid-to-late 20s, we have each begun taking action to thwart her evil plan. The telltale signs of aging are starting to become [...]

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February 17, 2011 at 12:00pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Aesthetics, American Values, Anti-Black Racist Structures, antoine dodson, Bed Intruder Song, Black Identity, Existentialism, Humor, Media, Minstrel Show, Minstrel Shows, race, racism, Rape, Smokey Robinson, Tyler Perry, White Privilege

The Joke IS Black People

Dedicated to Gopher! I support you ma. Nothing spikes my blood pressure quicker than non-Black people that change their demeanor around Black people. It occurs mostly between womyn; non-Blacks add “u’s” to “girl”, perform the two snaps and around gesture, push their lips out to say “boo boo!”—the list goes on. A little imitation of [...]

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