Deaf Blind Rap Battle

January 20, 2012 Written by Tahero at 4:08 pm · Filed under Culture Snob, Music Theory, Social Studies

Does anyone remember the “Deaf, Blind, Gay Rappers” that performed on the main stage at the 1991 African Street Festival?

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Yasiin Bey - Niggas In Poorest

January 17, 2012 Written by Tahero at 3:51 pm · Filed under Culture Snob, Daily Feed, Music Theory, Social Studies

Fake Gucci My Nigga. Fake Louis My Killa. Real Drugs My Dealer. Who The Fuck Is Margiela?

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Kanye West: DONDA Introduction (Via @KanyeWest)

January 9, 2012 Written by Tahero at 3:00 pm · Filed under Culture Snob, Hip Hop Word Count

The Hip-Hop Word Count is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 Hip-Hop songs from 1979 to present day.

The Hip-Hop Word Count describes the technical details of most of your favorite hip-hop songs. This data can then be used to not only figure out interesting stats about the songs themselves, but also describe the culture behind the music.

How can analyzing lyrics teach us about our culture?

The Hip-Hop Word Count locks in a time and geographic location for every metaphor, simile, cultural reference, phrase, rhyme style, meme and socio-political idea used in the corpus of Hip-Hop.

The Hip-Hop Word Count then converts this data into explorable visualisations which help us to comprehend this vast set of cultural data.

This data is being used to chart the migration of ideas and builds a geography of language.

The readability scores are on a scale from 0 (illiterate) to 20 (post-graduate degree). Learn more about the Hip-Hip Word Count.

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2011 Tunes

January 1, 2012 Written by Tahero at 10:49 am · Filed under Culture Snob, Music Theory, Social Studies

A List Of 50 Songs That I Enjoyed In 2011. Download the playlist here.

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DOOMSTARKS

December 31, 2011 Written by admin at 6:01 pm · Filed under Culture Snob, Daily Feed

Victory Laps.

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Pilgrim Marketing Plan Rebuttal: Take Seven

December 26, 2011 Written by admin at 4:28 pm · Filed under Culture Snob, Music Theory, Social Studies

It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling.

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#AfroFuturism

December 19, 2011 Written by Tahero at 11:23 am · Filed under Culture Snob, Social Studies

“Hey, Can Ya’ll Do The Stanky Leg For The Happy Birthday Boy?”

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Google x GlobalHue 5 Truths of Digital African Americans

December 17, 2011 Written by admin at 12:26 pm · Filed under Advertising Critique, Culture Snob, Social Studies

Jazzy.

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Interactive Infographic: Champagne Always Stains My Silk

November 7, 2011 Written by admin at 4:25 pm · Filed under Creative Enterprise, Hip Hop Word Count, Social Studies

We’ve built a browser based infographic that visualizes all the mentions of Champagne by U.S. rappers from 1980-2010. The infographic has 3 views: Map View, Graph View and Song View. The slider allows users to choose the range of time they want to look at. The graphic is rich with storytelling: on one hand the image of Rappers & Champagne have a legendary place in pop culture. On the other hand when you consider Champagne as an aspirational product, this infographic tells a nuanced story of Rapper’s relationship to The American Dream. Browse the datavis here.

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Seun Kuti On Commercial Hip-Hop

July 25, 2011 Written by admin at 9:58 am · Filed under Culture Snob, Music Theory, Social Studies

“They Forgot Their People. They Are All Traitors To Hip-Hop. They Need To Heal It. Sorry.” - Seun Kuti

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