Word: rawkus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Black on Both Sides (Rawkus), Mos Def's cultural concerns reveal themselves in every number. The opener, Fear Not of Man, delivers a manifesto: "We are hip-hop. Me, you, everybody... So the next time you ask where hip-hop is going, ask yourself: Where am I going?" On the song Mr. Nigga, Mos Def raps along with Q-Tip about the myriad indignities faced by young blacks at the hands of policemen, waiters and others, even when the young black men in question are rich and successful. "Even if it's never said and lips stay sealed," he raps...
...whether deejay culture is being homogenized by merging with rock. DJ Premier has been busy of late: he collaborated with Limp Bizkit, he provided scratching on Lilith Fair veteran Paula Cole's new album and he worked on rapper Mos Def's brilliant new CD, Black on Both Sides (Rawkus). It's a sign of how divided feelings are that, on his album, Mos Def takes a lyrical swipe at hip-hop tinged rock-pop acts, including one his producer DJ Premier worked with, Limp Bizkit. "I ain't tryin' to slow your groove," Mos Def raps about Limp Bizkit...
...Dimitry Leger, to talk about breaking into hip hop journalism. (He gave great tips, the majority of which included having people you want to meet and speak to on speed dial, calling them until they talk to you, and a willingness to suffer). Kevin Shand, National Marketing Director at Rawkus records, the independent label that could, talked about starting a record company during his turn at the conference's power sessions. The theme I see here is agency. That's what I want to talk about, instead of rehashing what they said, because if you'd wanted to know...
...Rawkus Records...
...feel you. No Limit ads must get clowned: flow in rhyme delivery must get pushed; intelligent lyrics must be praised in the very lyrics--and if you can explain why all this is imperative, even better. So thank you, oh cosmic structure of things, for letting Rawkus Records exist and publicize a group like Black Star so effectively. Thank you, Mos Def and Kweli, for letting us know that "life without thought is just death in disguise;" and that even battle rhymes like "you stoppin us? that's just preposterous like an androgenous mysoginist" can equip us against the extinction...