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  • 18 Musical Innovations We Can Thank African Americans For

    Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

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    Without African Americans, there is no American music. Some of the most raw, energetic, complex, and groundbreaking music that has ever been played was played by African Americans from the US. Everything we listen to today, in some way or [...]

    The Life and Death of Hiphop Beatdigging

    Monday, February 1st, 2010

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    Early Hiphop: The Inception
    The place: Bronx, NY. The year: 1973. Gang wars were in full swing, crime was rampant, and a man named Kevin Donovan, member of the Black Spades gang, made somewhat of a mecca to the nation of Africa.
    Months later, [...]

    In Defense of Hip Hop and Rap

    Thursday, December 18th, 2008

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    It\’s very fashionable to dislike hip hop and rap and make it known. I hear this rhetoric all the time, usually from older folks, and a surprising number of younger folks too. People say that hip hop is not music, that it\’s offensive, [...]