Posted on August 12, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
Why does my race (white people) have to ruin everything cool? Everything cool?
Item the first: from the upcoming VH1 documentary series, “Lords of the Revolution,” each episode highlighting a controversial figure of the late 60s. Episode 101 is about Muhammed Ali:
In an era defined by protest and turbulence, perhaps nobody captured the attention [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
If you’re not already subscribing, you should check out this week’s Overthinking It podcast, in which four white guys and an Asian argue about rap music. We also sling terms like “racially normative” around and, at one point, call Mozart “soulless and technical.” It’s the most controversial podcast I’ve ever been on; don’t [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2009 by Professor Coldheart
I have a real problem with pop songs that coast to success by sampling really, really good songs.
The most recent example of this is M.I.A.’s breakout hit, “Paper Planes.” The backing track comes from The Clash’s classic ur-ragga of post-colonial blues, “Straight to Hell.” Take one good song, a catchy hook (“all I [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2008 by Professor Coldheart
Observed in Target this past Thursday: a scruffy white guy in his late-20s with an oversized sweatshirt, depicting one of Snow White’s dwarves giving a fist jab to the Grim Reaper, under the motto “COUSINS.” I stared unabashedly at the guy until I recognized the dwarf as Sleepy, and then I was like, oh, [...]
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Posted on August 15, 2008 by Professor Coldheart
Clayton Bigsby: Hey, niggers! Turn that jungle music down! Woogie boogie, nigger! Woogie boogie!
Hip-Hop Fan: Did he just call us niggers?… AWESOME!
- Chappelle’s Show
“Ol’ Dirty Bastard, ‘Gimme My Money,’” I asked, covering the mic with one hand.
DJ Paul, who runs the karaoke at Asgard on Wednesdays, has the most extensive selection of any karaoke-jockey I’ve [...]
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Posted on July 29, 2008 by Professor Coldheart
Could someone with more street cred than I explain the appeal of Lil’ Wayne? He has the most mediocre flow of any mainstream rapper I’ve heard in months, combined with the voice of the pimple-faced teenager from The Simpsons. Compress Lil’ John by 80% and hit him in the face with a plugged-in [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Professor Coldheart
As a helpful service to our readers, I give you a list of Ten Hip Hop Songs White People Can Sing At Karaoke, No Problem:
(10) In Da Club (radio edit) – 50 Cent. To sanitize this club anthem for radio airplay, Dr. Dre surgically removed all references to “n—as” and most references to drugs. [...]
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