I watched a documentary on PBS last night that’s been getting a lot of buzz called “Beyond Beats and Rhymes.” It depicts hip hop as a sex-driven, anti-female, homophobic art form. It blames hip hop for many of the problems in black culture and accuses it of perpetuating stereotypes of black males and females, as [...]
Archive > February 2007
Def Poetry Jam Was Popular Yesterday
My brother forwarded me a feed from the Freakonomics blog earlier today because they happened to write a post about a Def Poetry Jam poet as well. The video they referred to is below. It’s a great performance but you probably shouldn’t open it at work.
Shout Out to Black Ice
I just came across these videos on a friend of mine’s myspace page. They’re from Def Poetry Jam, which I think is one of Russell Simmons’ best creations (and that says a lot!).
You probably shouldn’t watch these at work.
10 Worst Rap Album Covers of All Time
This is another link that I found on Digg. It lists the ten worst rap albums of all time and has some great comments about each one. It has album covers from the likes of Kingpin Skinny Pimp, Pimp Daddy, and Big Bear. It’s pretty damn hillarious and worth checking out!