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...throughout the South Bronx in the 1970s, puzzlingly indulges in bass-laden, ominous beats that elicit doomsday scenarios and desolate imagery. “What if hip-hop was never born?” an electronically slurred voice asks on “What If,” before KRS-One delves into a harrowing description of this hypothetical world. Another portion of the album is dedicated to bland, generic grooves that are heavily indebted to R&B, rather than hip-hop. Mr. Cheeks inexplicably raps about how he enjoys the “vibe?...
Grammy-nominated rapper KRS-One put United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on blast when, on his 1992 album “Sex and Violence”—he proclaimed: “You want to see the devil, take a look at Clarence Thomas.” Thomas, who now serves as the nation’s second-ever African American on the country’s highest court, has been billed as the quintessential black sellout in America because of his conservative (read: unfavorable) stance on affirmative action, his officiation of Rush Limbaugh?...
...reminder of the capitalistic nature of rap today as supposed to the more innocent days of floppy disks and huge mixers in tiny studio rooms. Similarly, a lot of the shots seem forced. As Kanye once again talks about dropping out of college, Rakim markets his next album, and KRS-One yells about something or other. Nas, with his smooth and raspy delivery, is the video’s only savior—everything from the camera angles to the lighting suggests classic Nas videos like “One Mic.” In the end, this video...
...this project affirms the long-overdue recognition of hip-hop’s historical relevance, especially given the involvement of the canonical American museum. Unsurprisingly, some of the most enterprising attempts to intellectualize hip-hop have been made by its own practitioners, not by tenured professors. KRS-One, the prototypical hip-hop teacher, brought political ideals more complex than “Fight the Power” into rap discourse; poet/rapper Saul Williams and DJ Spooky offer their own (somewhat ponderous) philosophies of sampling and breakbeats. Most hip-hop scholars in the academy have focused more on hip-hop?...
...back in ‘87, it was my man KRS-One who said, “The bridge is over, the bridge is over, biddy...