Category Archives: Hip-Hop

Rededicated

November 5, 2008 – 10:55 am

My wife told me this morning that this was the “first time she wanted to wave an American flag,” and I feel her. An extraordinary event occurred on November 4th, 2008 – an event that I and many Americans of African descent never thought we would ever see – the election of the United States [...]

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A Change MUST Come

October 30, 2008 – 7:48 am

Did any of you happen to watch Barack Obama’s 30-minute infomercial on most of the major TV networks last night? Two words come to mind – emotionally brilliant. Whatever criticisms some contributors at Phiscal Matters have with the Senator, all of us recognize Mr. Obama’s brilliance, his sound intellect and measured candor – qualities befitting [...]

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dead prez featuring Malcolm X – “Politrikkks”

October 26, 2008 – 8:29 pm

Shout out to D. Prosper for this leak. The RBG’z, dead prez are back, and just in time to make their voices heard about the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election with their latest song – “Politrikkks.” The track, which appears to be the first single off of their forthcoming album, Information Age, is a cautionary, radical [...]

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Change…True

October 26, 2008 – 10:06 am

Shout out to Jycorri and the big homie, Ryan for this one. Filmmaker Charles Stone III (Paid In Full, Drumline and Mr. 3000), most notably known for the Budweiser True ad campaign, a.k.a. “Whasssuuuppp” TV commercials in 2000, is back with a redux of that classic spoof – just in time for Election Day.
Stone is [...]

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Black Prosperity And The “Messiah Complex”

October 16, 2008 – 7:59 am

Okay, I will put it on the line – in spite of the recent gains in the polls – I still think Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) will not be President. I could be wrong about this, and in fact it feels like I’m wrong, but my skepticism still doesn’t allow me to think America is [...]

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