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Mark ReynoldsAbout Mark Reynolds Columns Negritude 2.0Retelling the History of Black Music: Part I: Adventures in Retro-ism[7.Mar.08] :. Rightly or wrongly, black audiences have always tended to chase musical innovation, not musical reverence.  Negritude 2.0Ask an African[11.Jan.08] :. Africa will play an increasingly pivotal role in world affairs this year, and not just because a guy whose dad was Kenyan is running for President of the United States.  Negritude 2.0Deconstructing the False Good Rapper/ Bad Rapper Dichotomy[29.Oct.07] :. In this corner: Common, in that: 50 Cent. In this corner: Dr. Martin Luther King, in that: Malcolm X. In this corner: W.E.B. DuBois, in that: Booker T. Washington. Standing outside of the ring: Dilated Peoples.  Negritude 2.0The NAACP’s Mock Burial of Its Relevance[30.Jul.07] :. Our enemy is not the "N-word" itself; it’s whatever propels people to use it. We need healers, not language nannies.  Negritude 2.0Is Obama the Last in a Long Line of Firsts?[12.Apr.07] :. It doesn’t even matter if your achievement isn’t something a lot of people might want to emulate; you’ll go to your grave eulogized as the “first black (fill-in-the-blank)”, and every Black History Month someone will remember your name. Negritude 2.0 Vibe: Hard to Let it GoNegritude 2.0 Standing in the Shadows of DreamgirlsNegritude 2.0 Re-Seizing the TimeNegritude 2.0 Gerald Levert and the Black Pop Nobody Knows, but ShouldNegritude 2.0 Looking for the Perfect Off-BeatNegritude 2.0 Walking Away From It All: The New Great American FantasyNegritude 2.0 If You Love Tupac, Help Find His KillerNegritude 2.0 Coming Out of the Hazy PastNegritude 2.0 Modern Day HottietotsNegritude 2.0 Martin and Coretta are Both Gone Now. It Is Not Their Battle No MoreNegritude 2.0 In the Time of B.K. (Before Kobe)Negritude 2.0 Good Night, Annie Lee Moss, and Good LuckNegritude 2.0 The Holy Grails of JazzNegritude 2.0 Today the Hill District, Tomorrow the World: August WilsonNegritude 2.0 Ebony Then, Now and LaterNegritude 2.0 Cleaning Up After the Train WreckNegritude 2.0 I'm Not a Social Policy Expert, But I Play One on TVNegritude 2.0 One Diaspora Under a GrooveNegritude 2.0 Diary of a Mad White Film CriticNegritude 2.0 Ossie Davis, A Celebrity of the PeopleNegritude 2.0 10 Good Reasons to Celebrate Black History MonthNegritude 2.0 Let the Good Times Roll... AgainNegritude 2.0 Barack Obama, the Great Fill-in-the-Blank HopeNegritude 2.0 Will the Real Harlem Please Stand Up?Negritude 2.0 The High and Low of Black LiteratureNegritude 2.0 Role Model at Bat?Negritude 2.0 Back Down the Chisholm TrailNegritude 2.0 Fighting the Power For RealNegritude 2.0 Whatever Happened to Mumia Abu-Jamal?Negritude 2.0 TV, Validation, and the Three SistasNegritude 2.0 Modern Day HottietotsReviews BooksThe World That Made New Orleans by Ned Sublette[1.May.08] :. Sublette, who thinks like a historian and writes like a pop critic, relates the origins of New Orleans unlike any other on the globe as a convoluted, carefully detailed yarn that’s even more entertaining because it’s true. |
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