Topic: A Discussion With Afronerd and Jay Smooth
- Jan 13, 2008 04:09am by Krisna - "We live in an intensely political age and theory and historical experience show us that the condition of any artistic development is an uncompromising hostility to the values of Stalinism and to those of American bourgeois society."
-CLR James
Tomorrow night at 7PM Central, I will be making a guest appearance along with Jay Smooth of [url=http://www.hiphopmusic.com/]hiphopmusic.com[/url] and [url=http://www.illdoctrine.com/]illdoctrine.com[/url] on the blogger Dburt's [url=http://blogtalkradio.com/Afronerd]Afronerd Radio[/url] to discuss the state of hip-hop, among other things, from the perspective of the [url=http://democracyandhiphop.blogspot.com/]Democracy and Hip-Hop Project[/url] which is a blog I've written for during that past two years. Both Dburt and I are fans of Jay Smooth both as a DJ and a commentator.
Over a year ago, I was put on to the blog [url=http://afronerd.blogspot.com/]Afronerd[/url] through D&HHP co-contributer Rob Odell when he visited author Mat Johnson's [url=http://www.niggerati.com/NiggeratiManor.html]Niggerati Manor[/url]. Upon leaving a comment in a response to a recent blog, Rob was encouraged by Mat to check out Afronerd. Rob promptly directed my attention to it and I was struck immediately by its controversial content. I later commented on Afronerd, and what started as a critique of what I would call an exhausted and narrow "Talented Tenth" perspective, turned into an intense debate over white folks role in hip-hop.
I imagine that tomorrow night it will be less about white folks within hip-hop and more about its so-called depravity. Feel free to call in to (646) 915-9620 and add content to the discussion. It should be interesting to hear Dburt and Jay Smooth nonetheless.
If y'all can't listen in live, it will be archived for later listening at the same URL.
Thanks to Dburt for inviting me to participate.
[url=http://democracyandhiphop.blogspot.com/]Democracy and Hip-Hop Project[/url] recognizes and records the independent struggles of people to create a more directly democratic society as it manifests itself within the hip-hop generation.
Peace.
- Jan 13, 2008 10:40pm by Reach. - Peace and oneness,
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DAMN!!!
I'm gonna have to set my PC to record it.
I've got a meeting tonight.
Tell Jay Reach says "what up".
- Jan 13, 2008 11:01pm by Krisna - "We live in an intensely political age and theory and historical experience show us that the condition of any artistic development is an uncompromising hostility to the values of Stalinism and to those of American bourgeois society."
-CLR James
No worries, Reach. You can listen to an archived version of it on Afronerd. I'll be sure to make a permanent link to it. Peace.
- Jan 14, 2008 05:49pm by Reach. - Peace and oneness,
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www.myspace.com/reach
www.twitter.com/emceereach
www.youtube.com/reachtv
www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic2
www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic Location: Kansas City
Thanks homie.
You know Jay Smooth's my dude.
And I'd love to hear what you had to say.
