Friday, March 11, 2005
"A lot of sisters are too busy buying stretch pants for Big Butt Nite Out at the Drink 'N' Jook...."
"Recently, ESSENCE magazine started "Taking Back the Music," a campaign intent on exploring misogyny in hip-hop music. Hip-hop has always held a mirror to society, and society is sexist -- it was that way long before any MC ever picked up a mike. Sure, this pervasive message is problematic, but ESSENCE attacks the music while seeming to dismiss the media conglomerate behind it. And if ESSENCE burnt some shoe leather and got out into streets to get opinions from people who aren't paid to think about it, I'm sure they'd find -- yes -- a lot of anger, a lot of concern, but also a lot of sisters too busy buying stretch pants for Big Butt Nite Out at the Drink 'N' Jook to give the issue much steam at all." (full article "She Hate Me: ESSENCE's War on Hip-Hop Misses the Target by a Long Shot" by Jimi Izrael)
Two days after the anniversary of his passing, a final kick in the teeth courtesy of the FBI for the family of Christopher Wallace.
I said it weeks ago - Kelefa on how 2005 will be Rich Harrison's year.
"Guys go crazy for sneakers in the way that girls go crazy for Manolo Blahniks...."
Jadakiss "Checkmate" is a better response than 50's "Piggyback" prolly warrants. (spotted via hiphopgame.com)
Hot Hot Heat "Island Of The Honest Man" is sounding kind of nice. (via Seth of Audio Lunchbox)
Common "The Corner (Jon Doe remix)" (mp3 from Jon Doe via Kim)
Look for blogger faves Bloc Party and Kano on the cover of the new issue of Fader magazine. Why does this magazine gotta have brothers looking straight homo in their photos though? Kano looks crazy in the main shot from his feature and Kele (name right?) from Bloc Party is looking kind of sweet (no homo) in his shots too.
Chisholm '72 - finally watched this the other night. Not the best documentary ever, but recommended viewing anyway. The saddest thing was seeing how even N.O.W. wouldn't endorse her presidential bid (they went for McGovern) and neither would the Congressional Black Caucus. It was an eerie near-mirror of the 2004 campaign and how the Dems went for the "safe" candidacy of John Kerry instead of the "people's choice," Howard Dean. Also hilarious wacthing everyone trying to justify their decision 30-plus years later after McGovern's disasterous and fabled landslide loss to Nixon.
Rosie O'Donnell - Kanye West fan?!
