Posts Tagged by music
Sucker Juice
| May 27, 2013 | Posted by admin under Musings |
As I was walked into Safeway this afternoon I passed by an older man with a case of Pabst. The first thought that came to my mind was “sucker juice.” No disrespect to the man but what does it mean when you spend on alcohol? What is the lasting impact? Is it positive? Could…
Female MCs Get No Shine and I’m Part of the Problem
| April 28, 2013 | Posted by admin under Music for Thought, Musings |
The biggest irony of the Rick Ross “date rape” controversy was that everyone saw a rise in their profile except female MCs. Everyone from Rosa Clemente to Crunk Feminist to Talib Kweli to Jasiri X made their presence felt in the conversation. I even read an article today interviewing children. With everyone talking about what…
Believe it or Not, Your Least Favorite Artist Really Isn’t Destroying the Community
| March 22, 2013 | Posted by admin under Music for Thought, Musings |
No week goes by without someone talking about how negative rap music is destroying the Black community. Apparently, not just are these ignorant rappers not “real,” but they are killing our children’s minds. This line of thought always bothered me. I’d be lying if I said emcees don’t have an influence, especially on impressionable young…
Ten Things VH1′s “Most Shocking Hip Hop Moments” Missed
| September 20, 2011 | Posted by brucepoinsette under Musings |
VH1 reminds me of Barack Obama. I’ll lose hope for months on end but then it will deliver a special (or two) that reminds me why I messed with it in the first place. Such was Sunday night’s premieres of “40 Most Shocking Moments in Hip-Hop” and “Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and…
Let Them Eat Each Other
| September 6, 2011 | Posted by brucepoinsette under Musings |
How do you sell products to a generation that doesn’t buy anything? As the Internet generation transitions into the workforce, we’re faced with the consequences of a rebellion many of us didn’t realize we were fighting. We grew up being able to get music, movies, news and other media for free, whenever we wanted. Despite…
Product of the SLAM Generation
| September 3, 2011 | Posted by brucepoinsette under Musings |
As we get older we have a tendency to look at some of the things we read as kids, in my case AllHipHop.com and SLAM magazine, the same way we look at professional wrestling. Their rampant typos and strictly Q&A style interviews may not have been the marks of professional journalism but there was a…
Punk Police
| August 31, 2011 | Posted by brucepoinsette under Musings |
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfwwcpqqDcw&w=420&h=345] Just for fun, I Twitter searched “portland police” yesterday afternoon. People were buzzing over the police surrounding a man locked in a bathroom who allegedly had a gun. Mayor Sam Adams was even praising the Portland Police Department for their great service. When I looked up the story later in the night, it…
Against All Odds
| August 15, 2011 | Posted by brucepoinsette under Music for Thought, Musings |
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAs9AVKkG5w&w=425&h=349] “You said don’t go to war unless I got my money behind me Aight, I got my money right here, now I want war” -Tupac Shakur When we discuss populist movements, it’s always important to take history into account. The American political system may be broken but even if it was “fixed”, it…
