Corpse-humping doesn’t seem so bad after all…

as a proud owner of nintendo wii, i have come to spend mindless hours in front of the television or Best Buy’s video game aisle. i’ll admit that the resurrection of my video game interests was in part because everyone was doing it (though I was slow on the sex thang growin’ up as [...]

in support of curtis

Despite the deluge of recent anti-50 Cent hating magnified by Kanye’s obliteration of 50’s first week record sales (975,000 vs. 691,000 reports MTV.com), Professor of African American studies and Popular music Mark Anthony Neal, in his Vibe magazine blog post titled “A Thug’s humanity?”, plays devil advocate in slight defense of 50’s choice to “get [...]

Lazy sunday everyday…

Everyone warned me of the abyss that followed the post-prelim exam (there was no champagne nor a banner hanging from the ceiling saying ‘congratulations!’). There was sort of an unexpected emptiness of being “qualified” that I’m still trying to understand: What am I beyond these books/articles I just read? What am I supposed [...]

“seasoned haters givin’ me them salty looks…. lawrey’s”

Say what you want about Kanye’s ego or his temper tantrums, but Kanye’s video aesthetics seem to matter as much as his archival materials when it comes to rap genealogies. Kanye’s “Good life” video looks pays homage to Tribe (and the playfulness of TLC videos) as much as much as [...]