A Very Brief Review: Eric Benét’s Lost in Time
Grade: B+
Thoughts after First Listen:
"He cries sometimes...…
Thoughts after First Listen:
"He cries sometimes...…
Sesame Street… I Think You Love My Hair
I hadn't seen this until a friend of mine shared it with me this…
A Brief Complicated Review: Kanye West’s Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Grade: A -
Thoughts after First Listen:
"Dammmmnnn...…
Thoughts after First Listen:
"Dammmmnnn...…
Perpetuating the Myth: America is a "Post-Racial" Society
As a follow up to uncovering the undercover message in NBC's…
Perpetuating the Myth: America is a “Post-Racial” Society
As a follow up to uncovering the undercover message in NBC's…
As Brief as I Could Movie Review: "For Colored Girls"
November 7th, 2010
Grade: The border between C+ and…
Grade: The border between C+ and…
As Brief as I Could Movie Review: “For Colored Girls”
November 7th, 2010
Grade: The border between C+ and B-
Comments:
There…
Grade: The border between C+ and B-
Comments:
There…
Perpetuating the Myth: The Strong Black Woman
Though the world has expectations of us to take care of them (Sister Zora said that we were the "mules of the world"), we need to learn how to take care of ourselves or else we run the risk of being too strong for our own good.
A Less than Brief Movie Review: Kanye West’s Runaway
Before I jump into my commentary, let's be clear: Kanye is NOT the first pop star ever to make a full-length music video... Michael was, of course, but the icon who first came to my mind was Janet Jackson. I remember distinctly that all of music videos for the album Rhythm Nation: 1814 existed in the same universe, or milieu, and they were woven together by a single thread culminating in the song Rhythm Nation and its music video.
A History Lesson: Femcees
For those of you who think Nicki Minaj is the first female rapper ever... check this out. For those of you who swear that Lauryn Hill is and was the only good female rapper ever... check this out. And for those who just want to (re)discover some new (old) music... check this out!
A Glorious G.O.O.D Pink Friday
Have you noticed that Kanye West and Nicki Minaj are dropping an album on the same day, November 22nd? Did you know that last week Nicki Minaj announced on Twitter that the drop date had changed to November 22nd from November 23rd? Did you notice that Nicki Minaj lends her voice, the deranged one, to the title sequence of West's short film called Runaway? Have you thought about the ways that they could be connected in the popular cultural deranged-milieu? Let's work it out...
A Brief Movie Review: The Town
Grade: CComments: Eh... I literally had to bite myself…
What Makes Anything (Pop)ular?
The cast of Jersey ShoreI must borrow here from Horkheimer and…
Public Anthropology is Cool…
I'm a graduate student at American now and every time I mention…
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