tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329073653286868998.post2759163824957752498..comments2019-10-15T06:37:42.316-05:00Comments on individuality1977: Icons- Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez and KRS-Oneindividuality1977http://www.blogger.com/profile/15337426629570264162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329073653286868998.post-41402956447026622502007-08-15T23:58:00.000-05:002007-08-15T23:58:00.000-05:00Yep, that is one of the positives of NYC.I like ev...Yep, that is one of the positives of NYC.<BR/><BR/>I like everything off the It Takes A Nation of a Million to Hold Us Back album! I was really dissapointed when Flava Flav started appearing in those ridiculous reality tv shows. I watched a few minutes of one and could not believe my eyes! Money really talks doesn't it. Economics has a lot to do with the direction black culture has gone but I also blame blacks first and foremost for allowing themselves to be used. Mental slavery is so much more difficult to throw off than physical.individuality1977https://www.blogger.com/profile/15337426629570264162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329073653286868998.post-51358205293018322192007-08-09T03:00:00.000-05:002007-08-09T03:00:00.000-05:00One of the handful of things I loved about New Yor...One of the handful of things I loved about New York, was getting to hear and meet my favourite authors, thinkers, artists, not just from America but from all over the world. NY is really incredible in that way.<BR/><BR/>What's your favourite Public Enemy? I initially bought the "describing life as experienced in the hood" line with Tupac (who has some brilliant lyrics and arrangements) and Biggie, but that got really old for me really fast. <BR/><BR/>I am also in agreement with Baraka's pov. The mighty AA culture has taken a sever hit from inside. The popularisation of the whole gansta/prison/degrade women/etc. aspect of Hip Hop has hijacked African American culture and spawned new levels of self-denigration, not just within AA culture but throughout the A. diaspora. <BR/><BR/>Re: lit, I can't tell you how pissed I get when I go into bookstores in NY or here and the tiny "Black Literature" section is littered with ... I don't know what you would call them ... "girlfriend" ahh and "homeboy" novels? Whatever they are called, they are no more literature than Mills and Boons are, so why are they being promoted as literature? Rhetorical question of course .... sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com