Category Archives: Media Monday

[Media Mondays] Snowed In

By Euge | February 8, 2010

Hey guys, I’m in the middle of the DC blizzard without internet (i’m at a wi-fi center in my apartment complex), so I guess I’m relegated to shorter updates until everything is back in the flow. Here’s a couple random thoughts from my cabin fever addled brain: Happy Birthday Jay Dee February 7 was the [...]

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Is Co-option Done Well, Done Right?

By Euge | January 25, 2010

In an editorial over at HipHopDX, Brian Sims writes about Nike’s new new MVPuppets NBA ad campaign, which uses puppets of Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, as KRS-One raps the story of Blitzen (voiced by Lupe Fiasco) dissing the players and challenging them to a pickup game: I first saw the ad around (appropriately) Christmas [...]

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It’s Da Joint: EPMD [Media Mondays]

By Euge | January 18, 2010

In honor of “Peace Week”for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I bring to you this message of peace. Erick and Parrish Makin’ Dollars.
It’s a bit difficult to fully understand the importance of EPMD in the history of East Coast street rap, as well as their contribution to popular music in general. First breaking [...]

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Is Hip Hop In a Post-Racial Era? [Media Mondays]

By Euge | January 11, 2010

Unless you lived under a rock in 2008, you probably heard the term “post-racial” thrown around a lot, referring to Barack Obama’s candidacy. The term refers to the fact that his being black was for all intents and purposes, a non-issue, at least in terms of being a viable candidate for the highest elected office [...]

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A Decade of Hip Hop: the 2000s [Media Mondays]

By Euge | January 4, 2010

As he does ever year, emcee Skillz has released his Year End Rap-Up for 2009. Check it out here:
Skillz’ Year End Rap Up 2009
So while we’re all enjoying that, let’s talk a bit about the last decade of hip hop. As someone who has been a consistent hip hop consumer over the past ten [...]

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Conservative Rap Criticism [Media Mondays]

By Euge | December 14, 2009

Over at the Guardian UK’s music section, Paul Morley spoke with electro dance guru Matthew Herbert about “End of the Year,” and even “End of the Decade” lists that are showing up lately. The link is here, and unfortunately, the video’s not embeddable. It’s a great discussion about a LOT of things, most of [...]

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How Does DJ Hero Succeed? [Media Mondays]

By Euge | December 7, 2009

I read an interesting article about the “success” DJ Hero on the great cultural tech site, Ars Technica. Riding on the coattails of the plastic instrument phenomenon, DJ Hero up to November 15, 2009, had only sold about 122,000 copies. That’s across four platforms, with the best moving on the Xbox 360, at 62,000 [...]

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