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Home Archive by category Hip-Hop (Page 6)

The Power of Suggestion/The Pleasure of Groove: Robert Glasper’s Post-Genre Black Radio Project, Part 1

“Changing the game,” exclaimed the press photographer to one of the fans at Robert Glasper’s recent standing-room-only appearance at World Café Live, Philadelphia.   “Yeah, no doubt,” the middle-aged man shot back in agreement.  The room was filled with an interracial, inter-generational...

By Dr. Guthrie /  March 4, 2012
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Thickness in the Square-yah: That’s the Joint! Reader Updates Its Status at the Hiphop Archive

Professor Marcyliena Morgan, the infectious and effectual Director of Harvard University’s Hiphop Archive at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute seemed as excited as anyone as her staff buzzed around preparing for the event to celebrate the publication of the new and expanded edition of That’s the Joint!:...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 21, 2011
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Beats, Rhymes, and Life: Growing Up Tribe

One of the good things about independent films is that they seem to be around at the most convenient times.  I recently found myself on a serious “out on the town” in Philadelphia, a jaunt that coincided with the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists.  The prior week the National...

By Dr. Guthrie /  August 17, 2011
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How Small is a Piece of Funk?: Beats, Loops and Turntables in the Digital Divide

Black Music Month Day #28 The revolution might not be televised but it most certainly will be digital.  When James Brown recorded the song “Licking Stick” in 1968 on the album Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud, he almost single-handedly turned the pop music world on it’s ear.  The recording,...

By Dr. Guthrie /  June 28, 2011
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Take Six Takes House: Sounding History, Channeling the Ancestors

Black Music Month Day #25–In Memory of Michael Jackson I was thinking about writing something new about Michael Jackson for Day #25 of my black music month series.  It seemed only appropriate to commit some new words to paper to mark the occasion of him being gone for two years.  But during the virtuoso...

By Dr. Guthrie /  June 25, 2011
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You Say You Want a Revolution? The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and Musical Genius as Moral Authority

Black Music Month Day #13 Now that Dirk and the Boys from Texas have secured their franchise’s first championship last night, it might be fun to go back to the vault and think about a classic moment in which the NBA and music history intersected provocatively. Before game three of the 2005 NBA Finals,...

By Dr. Guthrie /  June 13, 2011
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She Plays Like A Girl: Why We Love Patrice Rushen

Black Music Month Day #5 Dear Patrice Rushen:  We’ve met a couple of times, once at an Indiana University symposium and another at Jazz at Lincoln Center where you were touring with Donald Harrison’s band.  That’s okay. You may not remember me, but we actually go way back. I first learned about...

By Dr. Guthrie /  June 5, 2011
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No Turntables Attached: “Keeping the Groove Up” with The Roots

  Guest Writer: R. DiSimone At the 53rd Annual Grammy’s a few weeks ago, John Legend won best R&B album for Wake Up!, a collaboration with Philadelphia hip-hop group the Roots. The Roots themselves also got a Grammy nomination for best rap album (How I Got Over, released this past June). However,...

By Dr. Guthrie /  March 19, 2011
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Whatever Will Be: Or, Where’s the Meaning?

BY: Genise, Guest Writer** From where is meaning derived in a song, the lyrics or the music? Have you ever walked into the middle of a conversation and totally misinterpreted a situation? When taken out of context, a phrase could have infinite meanings.  Lyrics work in the same way.  One could spend...

By Dr. Guthrie /  February 16, 2011
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Brotherly Love and Philly Grooves: The Supa Lowery Brothers Flow Way Out West

Things to see, hear, and read in ’11, Part 2 In the lobby of Shutters, a hotel on the beach in Santa Monica, I walked passed an empty drum set and grand piano and entered the dining room without too much of a second thought.  Someone had recommended this spot to enjoy a special meal […]

By Dr. Guthrie /  January 16, 2011
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