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...when then-President Lawrence H. Summers denied her tenure, Professor Morgan is due back in Cambridge this January as a tenured professor. FM chatted with Morgan by phone about Ebonics, sexual innuendo, and the future of Hiphop. 1.Fifteen Minutes: You’ve been called the “hip-hop” professor. Harvard isn’t exactly the heart of hip-hop. Why study hip-hop here? Marcyliena Morgan: What happens with hip-hop is that someone will think about it from their own personal involvement instead of as a topic of study with many different disciplinary...
...music. That’s funny.) With regard to the first question: because they’re popular and they’ve affected popular culture. Daft Punk has been bringing electro to the mainstream for the last ten years with their largely inoffensive and sometimes-boring dance beats. Hip-hop has hooked on—listen to Kanye’s “Stronger” or Missy Elliott’s “Touch It.” Not to mention that they played at James Murphy’s house. And then there?...
...starts off in a dark place. In the intro, Jean tells us over the sound of a scratching pen that “a lot of things have changed; the whole world’s in panic.” Wyclef has consistently tried to take socially conscious hip-hop into the mainstream, a worthy cause. This album’s no exception and it seems like he’s on a mission to change the world. But the messages Wyclef tackles prove too much. He comes off overwhelmed, musically and otherwise. Clearly, Wyclef?...
...Ironically, Whitlock disproves his argument with his own words. His theory concerning the detrimental effects of hip-hop is based on the premise that the behaviors follow the music. But any sensible person sees the endogeneity problem. The existence of rap music can be explained by the prevalence of the behaviors it glorifies. It may sound like a chicken and egg problem, but in this case, the causation is actually pretty clear. Misogyny, violence, and crime have all been endemic to and glorified in America since long before rap music ever existed. Specifically, the rise of the lucrative crack-cocaine...
...become a mobster after watching it. The same goes for most cultural phenomenon during any given era, as The Nation contributor Dave Zirin writes: “Music and culture are reflections—sometimes very ugly reflections—of … harsh realities…Blaming hip-hop for our current state is like blaming the pan-flute and zither for the crusades.” In an economy where pop culture is marketed, packaged, and sold, the product must, by necessity, reflect society’s values. Obviously, misogyny, violence and crime sell?...