hip-hop
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The Last Poets pay us a visit
21 July 2015 I had the pleasure of hanging out with The Last Poets yesterday, who are visiting these shores to shoot a documentary about them, made by my companéros Vagabond Beaumont and Tonxti Vasquez, as well tour the country performing. Continue reading
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Video bolsters BDS battle on US campuses
It’s great to see the recent burst of creativity among Palestinians in telling their story where it is needed most: in the United States. Here’s a video that promotes BDS while pummelling all that hypocrisy we keep hearing about “singling out” Israel, not just from Israeli leaders but from US campus administrators. The video is… Continue reading
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Music Video: The World Wide Wave of Action
Eminem, Ice Cube and Korn preaching/rapping world revolution? Continue reading
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Why I Wrote the Song “Checkpoint” and Exposed the Apartheid I Witnessed in Palestine
I spent much of the trip trying to get my head around how one group of human beings could be so inhumane to another group of human beings. I still can’t understand. By day 4 of our 7 day trip I wanted to come home. The mental intensity of what I saw that the brutality… Continue reading
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“This is apartheid”: rapper Jasiri X on visit to Palestine By Amira Asad
Jasiri X says being in Hebron was “reminiscent of being a young black man in the inner city” in the US. Continue reading
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Video: Checkpoint By Jasiri X
Up-and-coming Pittsburgh Emcee Jasiri X releases “Checkpoint,” a chilling music video documenting his experience visiting Palestine in 2014. The video features footage Jasiri himself captured of Israeli soldiers, as well as newsreel clips of IDF brutality against Palestinians and internationals. Watch closely, Ferrari Sheppard of Stop Being Famous has cameo in this powerful video. Continue reading
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Hip Hop, White Supremacy & Capitalism (Exclusive FILM)
If you are upset at the way corporations have co-opted Hip Hop and re-sold it in the most racist, hyper-violent, and misogynistic ways possible, then this is a film you must watch. “Hip Hop, White Supremacy & Capitalism: Why Corporations Infiltrated RAP Music” is an incredibly powerful and in-depth film focusing on the nefarious role… Continue reading
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Video: F**k the Tories Freestyle
14 October 2013 — New Left Project This is an amazing work. Please republish. Don’t know anything about the artist except that he’s a bin man but will attempt to find out more for your delectation. See NextgenUK. Continue reading
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Blue Scholars – 'Cinemetropolis'
Title track from Cinemetropolis. This song is owned by Blue Scholars and the people who pledged towards The Cinemetropolis Project. Enjoy Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 6 July 2011: GOP & Dems = Evil / Teachers Shoot Selves / Africa Stands Up
6 July 2011 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left Freedom Rider: The Evil of Two Lessers by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “Not only is Obama keeping the country in a perpetual state of war,” but he abandons core Democratic programs “at the Continue reading
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Roce – ‘Ma salete d’esperance’
Excellent France-based hip-hop group Continue reading
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Blue Scholars “Joe Metro” Music Video
Excellent, progressive hip-hop duo hailing from Seattle, WA Continue reading
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Video: Blue Scholars – Bayani
From The Album Bayani Redux. I really like this group who hail from Seattle, WA. Conscious lyrics with a cool sense of humour and laid back, jazzy hip-hop beats. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.3462335 more about “Blue Scholars – Bayani“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Video: The Real News Network – King, Malcolm X and Obama
Video: Chuck D and wife Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson discuss rap, Obama and Black political tradition Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Chuck D & Johnny Juice on hip-hop and America Pt2
DJ Johnny Juice was raised in the Bronx and witnessed the birth of HipHop right on his doorstep. Now, a Legendary Strong Island DJ/Producer and EMMY nominated Composer, his work, especially with the first two Public Enemy albums has been embedded into Hip-Hop history. A producer/composer/ arranger/musician/engineer/consultant as well as turntablist, b-boy, graf writer and… Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Chuck D & Johnny Juice on hip-hop and America Pt1
Chuck D On The Real Off The Record: Rap getting less and less relevant to today’s world? Johnny Juice was raised in the Bronx and witnessed the birth of HipHop right on his doorstep. Now, a Legendary Strong Island DJ/Producer and EMMY nominated Composer, his work, especially with the first two Public Enemy albums has… Continue reading
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Video: Blue Scholars – No Rest For The Weary
Excellent Seattle-based hip-hop band. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.2784792 more about “Blue Scholars – No Rest For The Weary“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Video: On the Real Off the Record- with Chuck D
Video: Legendary “Raptavist” Chuck D: We are living in times of weapons of mass distraction Continue reading
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Video: The Real News Network – Chuck D and DMC on hip hop and America Pt.6
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960 in Roosevelt, New York), better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the late 1980s as the leader of the rap group, Public Enemy. Continue reading
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