BET - Read A Book (High Quality)
HHHmmmmmmmmm…. Any thoughts? Think it will make anyone read? hahahahaha
Archive for July 17, 2007
Chamillionaire - DJ Green Lantern Sirius Invasion (Live Freestyle)
Errrr, ummmm, this freestyle is pretty embarassing as far as I’m concerned. Chamillionaire seems to struggle through it for the most part…plain and simple WACKNESS!!
Michael Eric Dyson: Why Hip-Hop Continues To Thrive
PRELUDE - Hip Hop and Its Critics
“Sir, please turn around and face me,” the Hartsfield-Jackson airport security employee directed me.
As I complied, he continued to methodically search me at the security checkpoint. This tall, taffy-faced figure barely out of his youth reminded me of my son. As I caught his eye when he frisked my outstretched arms, he whispered to me while maintaining his professional demeanor.
“Man, I really feel your work on Pac,” he gently stated, referring to my book Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur. “Plus, I’ve seen Thug Angel and Tupac Vs. [two documentaries on the slain rapper in which I’d participated], and you be puttin’ it down.”
“May I please place my hands on your chest since my detector went off?” he quizzed me more formally without missing a beat.
“Sure, no problem,” I replied. “That’s where my suspenders are. And I’m glad you like the work.”
“Fo’ sho’, fo’ sho’,” he said as he effortlessly slid back into his vernacular voice. “I’m just glad to know that somebody from your generation cares about Pac and hip hop, and takes the time to listen to what we’re saying.
Rap City @ Fat Beats NY
wow… they playing some real hip-hop instrumentals on BET… how rare…
