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Critical Noir: Confessions of a ThugNiggaIntellectual

Critical Noir: Confessions of a ThugNiggaIntellectual

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Still a Riot Goin’ On: Fela Kuti, Celebrity Gramscians, and the AIDs Crisis in Africa

White Chocolate

Still Love H.E.R.

Cosby Redux

Three the Hard Way: Black Art Outside the Flow

Revolutionary Soul Singa: Meshell Ndegeocello

Nuyorican Nostalgia

Lifestyles of the Rich and Tenured?: The Black Public Intellectual Under Siege

Bellbottoms, Bluebelles and the Funky-Ass White Girl

The E-Double and the Trouble Man: Marvin Gaye and Erick Sermon “Turn on Some Music”

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