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Posts Tagged ‘hiphop’
BAILE ROYALE, sunday in cambridge
May 22nd, 2008 boston, cambridge, dance, dj, hiphop, lonewolf, party, refusenik, todomundo | 1 Comment »Crank Dat ROFLCon
May 12th, 2008 crankdat, crazes, dance, hiphop, presentations, research, roflcon, roflcon08, roflcon2008, souljaboy, video | 1 Comment »Some of you might have seen this on the Todo Mundo video stream already, but here it is for the RSS heads, Crank Dat ROFLCon!
You can also check the materials used in my presentation: Work it, Move it, Bang it, Bump it.
Powerpoint is dead, long live HTML Slidy!
Dancefloor studies, feminism, and booty bass.
May 2nd, 2008 academia, bitchassdarius, cms, dance, dj, feminism, gender, hiphop, race, sexuality, writing | 4 Comments »
DJ Nephets in Paris, 18 May 2007
My prof, Henry Jenkins, just posted the most recent draft of an essay I am writing about the liberating potential of booty bass lyrics to his blog. Here’s a preview:
By reading the lyrics literally, I was ignoring their role inside the logic of dance music. If the dancefloor is […]
Lite Feet, dancing in the classroom
April 30th, 2008 chickennoodlesoup, dance, dancing, education, harlem, hiphop, lightfeet, litefeet, teenagers, webstar | No Comments »A new friend from ROFLCon emailed me this morning about high school kids being suspended for making videos of spontaneous ‘lite feet’ dancing in school. Rather than re-write this as a blog post (end of semester squeeze and all), I’m going to quote my email (nessonblog style) and paste the videos inline. Enjoy!
Hi [so-and-so],
You’ve lead […]
Obama brushes his shoulders off
April 18th, 2008 anigif, election, hiphop, jayz, obama, politics | 2 Comments »Annotating and updating Tricia Rose
March 28th, 2008 feminism, gender, hiphop, musicvideo, theory | 2 Comments »YouTube addendum to Tricia Rose’s “Never Trust A Big Butt And A Smile” from Feminist Television Criticism: A Reader, 1990.
Women rappers employ many of the aesthetic and culturally specific elements present in male rap lyrics while offering an alternative vision of similar social conditions. Raps written by women which specifically concern male/female relationships almost always […]
A 17 Year Old With Alot Of Money LOL
March 19th, 2008 crankdat, dance, hiphop, industry, musicvideo, performance, souljaboy | 1 Comment »Soulja Boy is celebrating the anniversary of his signing a few months early but he’s also posted videos of a new dance called “Crank Dat Billie Jean.”
The dancing is tight, the new moves are nice, and the remix sounds hot (especially playing out of a car stereo.) But, one has to wonder what to make […]
Leading my first class as a TA
March 4th, 2008 academia, djdrama, hiphop, lilwayne, mixtapes, noise, orality, pop, research, souljaboy, todomundo, triciarose, video | No Comments »Today, I lead a discussion in a CMS undergrad class that might interest some readers of this blog. The outline is roughly similar to my emerging thesis work so your feedback is extremely valuable.
The slides were made with HTML Slidy, an awesome web-based powerpoint alternative. You can check them here:
http://kevindriscoll.info/docs/presentations/hiphopapproach/
The Hip Hop Approach: Technology, […]
Miles Davis would love Lil Wayne. I’ll be the first to say it.
February 29th, 2008 hiphop, interview, jazz, lilwayne, milesdavis, video | 4 Comments »I spent a bunch of time this afternoon watching Miles Davis interviews on YouTube. Alex sent this one to me, which started the avalanche:
Bryant Gumbel: Do you know right off the bat which musicians you’re going to like?
Miles Davis: First thing I look at in a musician is his carriage. What he wears. How he […]
