So, this video is very old, but as a writer for the HHC blog I figured that I had to post it. Amandla Sternberg absolutely reads white women such as Iggy Azalea, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus who appropriated aspects of black culture and hip hop to give "edge" to their performances.
"Cultural appropriation occurs when a style leads to racist generalizations or stereotypes where it originated, but is deemed as high-fashion, cool, or funny when the privileged take it for themselves."
Conversations like these are so necessary and I appreciate you Amandla Sternberg for speaking up.
Love and Hip Hop Always - HHC
“The Life of Pablo” Reveals Kanye West at His Most Sacred and Profane
By Andrew Lindsay
A little black girl with pigtails holds her mother’s hands. She sways back and forth, pleading for God’s anointing. Her words, familiar to children of black evangelicals everywhere, invoke the Spirit of the Lord. “We don’t want no devils in the house God,” screams the girl, “Hallelujah over Satan … Jesus praise the lord.” This video from “Natalie is Great,” a four-year old Instagram child star, provides the intro and primary sample for track one, “Ultralight Beam,” on Kanye West’s latest effort, “The Life of Pablo.” This sample is the embodiment of collaborative foundations for the work, the sacred and the profane.
Kanye West’s highly anticipated album “The Life of Pablo: Which/One” features artists including Chance the Rapper, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Frank Ocean and Post Malone.
A little black girl with pigtails holds her mother’s hands. She sways back and forth, pleading for God’s anointing. Her words, familiar to children of black evangelicals everywhere, invoke the Spirit of the Lord. “We don’t want no devils in the house God,” screams the girl, “Hallelujah over Satan … Jesus praise the lord.” This video from “Natalie is Great,” a four-year old Instagram child star, provides the intro and primary sample for track one, “Ultralight Beam,” on Kanye West’s latest effort, “The Life of Pablo.” This sample is the embodiment of collaborative foundations for the work, the sacred and the profane.
Kanye West’s highly anticipated album “The Life of Pablo: Which/One” features artists including Chance the Rapper, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Frank Ocean and Post Malone.
HHC Selected Tracks From The Deep Underground Edition I
Always appreciative of underground hip-hop and rap music, I decided to put together some choice pics from what I've been listening to. All these artists are lit up like the sky on the fourth of july, and I always love listening to these songs. I hope you hip hop heads enjoy this as much I do. Let me know who's hot and who's not.
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