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December 31, 2010 at 12:34pm

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New Year’s Eve Music Roundup: Kanye’s twisted “Monster” video, M.I.A.s’ Vicki Leekx, and Ms. Hill’s Comeback Tour

An unfinished version of Kanye West’s long-awaited music video for “Monster” has finally leaked. And it is really, really fucked up. Meanwhile, M.I.A. has released a brand new mixtape to ring in the New Year, and Ms. Hill has announced a string of tour dates……

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December 14, 2010 at 9:24pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: axial age, chris rock, colonization, diversity, Du Bois, Imperialism, Nigger/Nigga, Pop Culture, racism, the office

The New Nigger

Good day niggaz, the non black niggaz that is. Though many black leaders push for the burial of the term, they have not done so on behalf of the other colonized races. A Black multi-cultural person will soon confront the taboo as a minority among members of another culture. This was the case for me [...]

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November 19, 2010 at 12:00pm

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Topics: Fame, Girls, hip-hop, LGBTQ, Media, Music, Nicki Minaj, Pop Culture, Women

Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday”: THE REVIEW

…it’s why Britney Spears can become a worldwide phenomenon despite never releasing an album that wasn’t hit or miss. Pop stars are like buffets; they only fail when they don’t cast the widest net possible. Nicki Minaj is the first female rapper to try and succeed at this, and that’s why she’s at the top of the game.

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November 12, 2010 at 1:02pm

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Topics: Fame, hip-hop, Media, Men, Music, Pop Culture, Post-Race

Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”: THE REVIEW

It is an epic in the truest sense of the word; mindboggling in its scope, enthralling in its depth, and all-consuming in its grandeur. Like Prince’s Sign o’ the Times, U2’s The Joshua Tree, or Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (MBDTF) is one of those rare and electrifying moments in popular music when a prodigiously talented artist with an almost blemish-less track record sees the light and finally unleashes their magnum opus.

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November 5, 2010 at 12:00pm

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Topics: capitalism, Family, Media, Michael Jackson, Money, Music, Pop Culture

First Posthumous Michael Jackson Album Gets A Release Date! (and controversy ensues….)

Obviously, this is exciting. But it is also very problematic and, as with anything associated with Michael Jackson post-Thriller, very controversial.

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October 30, 2010 at 1:21pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Aesthetics, American Values, Black Politics, Community, hip-hop, Music, Pop Culture, rapper vs. emcee

A Healthy Dose of Gangsta?

These days I’m feeling more and more like a bastard when I hear “hip hop,” because the Hip Hop that raised me was intellectually gangsta. Guess that explains the initial hunger that goes through me when I hear a song by Somali emcee, K’naan. His debut single, “TIA: This Is Africa,” directly disses the American [...]

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October 29, 2010 at 12:00pm

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Topics: capitalism, Drugs, Fame, hip-hop, Masculinity, Media, Money, Music, Pop Culture, Poverty

Wacka Flocka Flame’s “Flockaveli”

Flockaveli is brash, hard-edged, and unremittingly bleak. It strips hardcore Hip Hop down to an unapologetically dark, fatalistic core that frightens and fascinates in equal measure. Hate on him all you want, but Flockaveli is a great album.

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October 22, 2010 at 12:00pm

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Topics: Black girls, capitalism, Fame, Girls, hip-hop, Media, Men, Money, Music, Poetry, Pop Culture, Post-Race, Sexism, Women

Jay-Z on “Big Pimpin”: “What kind of animal would say this sort of thing?”

Now these are certainly not the most misogynistic lyrics Hip Hop has to offer (ever heard the N.W.A. song “One Less Bitch”?), but damn, that shit is amazingly harsh. And what’s even more amazing is that “Big Pimpin” is unquestionably Jay-Z’s biggest hit, and arguably the best single he’s ever released.

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October 15, 2010 at 12:00pm

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Topics: Fame, Media, Music, Pop Culture, Prince

PRINCE Announces “Multi-Night Stand” In New York City!

…anyone with even the slightest knowledge of this man’s onstage prowess, as well as the depth of his catalogue of music (fyi…it is ENDLESS), knows that a performance from Prince is a must-see event.

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October 14, 2010 at 1:00pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: American Values, black activism, Black Hipsters, capitalism, consumption, education, Empowerment, Pop Culture, social fashionism, Youth

The Cotton-Deep Rebel Era

The black hipster: a sneaker pimp wearing nothing other than Levi skinnies below the waist and a vintage Public Enemy snap back above the forehead, selects weapons of change from an arsenal of flannels and graphic tees. In the local boutique shelves, such as Leaders 1354 in Chicago, lie images of Huey P. Newton, Rosa [...]

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