Foremost, this post was inspired by a conversation I had with my friend and mentor Coach Be coupled with watching the “Marley documentary”
Cutting the junk out of your life
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Tag Archives: music
The wise words of Ike Turner
Sometimes we can find wisdom in the most unusual places, especially in metaphoric form. In one of the most brutal scenes in “What’s Love Got to Do With It” a cocaine fueled Ike Turner said, Continue reading
MTV’s Top 10 MCs 2009: Do you agree?
Clear! Breathing life into Hip Hop
It has been a great couple of months for Hip Hop. With stellar album/mixtape releases from Jay-Z, Slaughterhouse, M.O.P., Raekwon, Kid Cudi and Drake Hip Hop once again has become a marriage of beats, style and thought provoking lyrics. I have often blamed the south for killing hip hop but after having separate conversations with a nationally renown DJ and the CEO of a start-up music label the real death of Hip Hop has made itself apparent. Continue reading
Cooning – a complete definition
Cooning – Using buffoonery to satirize stereotypical characteristics of ANY race or ethnic group for purposes of entertainment.
Historically, white actors would dress in shabby clothing, paint their faces black, speak with slow, slang filled speech, and portray ape-like mannerisms. Today, most cases of cooning involves a person satirizing his/her own race for personal gain i.e. musicians, comedians, actors. [See movies Hollywood Shuffle and Bamboozled] Continue reading