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14 December 2009
You’ve got indie rock in my hip-hop: stray thoughts about a Kid Cudi video & misreadings of the Great Gatsby
(Image via University of South Carolina F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary website.)
All over the land you can hear hipsters saying, “You’ve got hip-hop in my indie rock,” and all over the hip-hop nation, they are saying in return “You’ve got indie rock in my hip-hop.” I’ve been meaning to write a bold, brilliant essayistic statement about this phenomenon. I’ve even collected a ton of articles about it to reference. But, hey, I’ve had bills to pay, checks to cash, et. cetera.
A nice summary statement of the phenomenon, though, can be extrapolated from viewing this new video by Kid Cudi, featuring the musical skills of indie rock(ish) darlings MGMT and Ratatat.
Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Tags: Dirty Projectors, Hip-Hop, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, MGMT, P. Diddy, Ratatat, Solange Knowles, The Problem With Glamour, Tragedy
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6 December 2009
Hip-hop & male anxiety
(Image via Pigeons & Planes)
Two bits of hip-hop/r&b media have come to my attention in the last few days. First give a listen to R. Kelly’s new jam called “Pregnant” over at The Fader. (I’ve included a YouTube stream at the end of the post.) Second check out this latest Saturday Night Live digital short featuring Rhianna. Look soon as I imagine NBC will get this pulled down within 24 hours.
If I were to forecast what this particular weather pattern meant for the hip-hop community’s constant crisis of defining masculinity & femininity, my prediction at this moment would be hail stones, gall stones, buckets of responsibility with a slight chance of emasculation.
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Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Tags: Andy Samberg, Hip-Hop, Masculinity, Pregnancy, R&B, R. Kelly, Rhianna, Robin Thicke, Saturday Night Live, The Fader, The Problem With Glamour, The-Dream, Tyrese