Features
Thursday, May 26 2005
Groundation
Do you like your reggae planted firmly in its roots? Can you accept that real reggae can come from California and not the Caribbean? Then you just might be ready for Groundation.
Friday, April 1 2005
Edutainment: The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop's Intelligentsia Part 2
Once upon a time, rappers bragged about brains, not bling, about spinning lessons, not spinning rims. This is the story of edutainment.
Friday, April 1 2005
Edutainment: The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop's Intelligentsia Part 3
Once upon a time, rappers bragged about brains, not bling, about spinning lessons, not spinning rims. This is the story of edutainment.
Friday, April 1 2005
Edutainment: The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop's Intelligentsia Part 1
Once upon a time, rappers bragged about brains, not bling, about spinning lessons, not spinning rims. This is the story of edutainment.
Wednesday, December 22 2004
Negotiating the Dense and Boorish Clots, Or Shopping for Music
Bobby Brown Ruined My Music, and All I Got Was This Lousy CD by Mark Harris - Over the last couple of decades, the alignment of popular musical genres has shifted. What used to be called hip-hop is now R&B. What used to be R&B is now jazz. What used to be adult contemporary is now country. What used to be rock is now punk. How am I supposed to invest in a genre when it won't stand still?
Columns
Friday, July 22 2005
Keepin' It Real(ity)
Without an acknowledgment of race, reality TV can never be 'real'; it can only be '-ity'.
Tuesday, June 21 2005
Gray Like Me
We grays won't overcome until that one special gray actor or actress steps forward to show us as living, breathing entities with more to offer than a healthy head of hair and corporate hireability.
Friday, May 27 2005
Everything I Need to Know About Being Black I Learned From Kenny Rogers
For PopMatters TV/Film Columnist Mark Harris, being a minority in a majority world created an ironic, lifelong battle against being force-fed at the teat of popular culture.
Reviews
Thursday, July 21 2005
Various Artists: Is It Rolling Bob? Dub Versions
Is it rolling? More like a dull unfurling.
Tuesday, May 10 2005
John Brown's Body: Pressure Points
They may be a-moulderin' in the grave, but the soul of John Brown's Body keeps marchin' on.
Friday, April 15 2005
Crazy Caribs: Dancehall Dub
Who are the Crazy Caribs, and why are they so crazy? Do they need therapy? Perhaps some Thorazine? These questions and more are answered...
Friday, March 18 2005
New Edition: One Love
Reunited and it feels so... bad. Can Bad Boy revive New Edition? Can New Edition revive Bad Boy? Will anyone care?"
