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Why Hip-Hop Sucks, Part 3

by Marc Lamont Hill

[1.Sep.06] :. There's good hip-hop and there's mediocre hip-hop. The latter is outnumbering the former.

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Why We Shouldn’t Bury Bonds

by Marc Lamont Hill

[24.Apr.06] :. Like American society itself, baseball is governed by a win-at-all costs mentality that doesn't discourage cheating -- only getting caught.

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Thoughts on the NBA Dress Code

by Marc Lamont Hill

[23.Dec.05] :. The new NBA dress code, which requires players to dress in 'business casual attire', is clearly and unapologetically directed toward suppressing hip-hop culture.

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Why Hip-Hop Sucks Part 2: Naming Names

by Marc Lamont Hill

[26.Sep.05] :. It may be getting louder, but it ain't getting any better...

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Too Rich to Be Hurting?

by Marc Lamont Hill

[29.Aug.05] :. Football elite Terrell 'T.O.' Owens may be clearing the path for a proletariat uprising.

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I Bling Because I’m Happy

by Marc Lamont Hill

[5.Aug.05] :. There's a disconnect between the New Black Church and the hip-hop generation. Money, however, is the language preached from both sides.

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Breaking the Rules: Subverting Traditional Masculinity on the Court and Beyond

by Marc Lamont Hill

[22.Jun.05] :. Society's pressures complicate black male friendships. The basketball court is one place where black men can just be friends.

 

Why Hip-Hop Sucks, Part 1

by Marc Lamont Hill

[27.May.05] :. Hill's cut-up/trim-down, pedagogical debut on African American culture, or: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly In Need of a Shaving.

 

Damned If You Do.  Damned If You Don’t.

by Marc Lamont Hill

Snitching cuts three ways: it protects the community; it harms the community, and; it slices through the legal system to one's benefit/another's detriment.

 

Damned If You Do.  Damned If You Don’t.

by Marc Lamont Hill

Snitching cuts three ways: it protects the community; it harms the community, and; it slices through the legal system to one's benefit/another's detriment.