SeeingBlack.com: The Oh Brother Issue, 2006
Guest edited by Mark Anthony Neal
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Oh Brother 2006: 'My Passport Says Shawn'
By Mark Anthony Neal--SeeingBlack.com Contributing Editor
Whereas most hip-hop artists simply adopt alternative personas, often referencing an underground drug lord or fictional Mafioso figures, Jay Z has created a complex “hip-hop” identity that speaks to concepts such as fluidity, mobility, social capital and cosmopolitanism.
Oh Brother 2006: You'd Better Call Tyrone...
By A. H. Bugg—Special to SeeingBlack.com
Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation by Natalie Hopkinson and Natalie Y. Moore provides a point of entry to discuss our collective amen to Ms. Badu.
Oh Brother 2006: Remembering Gerald Levert
By Mark Anthony Neal--SeeingBlack.com Contributing Editor
Gerald Levert defined the possibilities of R&B for his generation by making longevity and not crossover appeal the goal. Levert unabashedly embraced the “shouter and honker” aesthetic that was the hallmark of classic performers.
Oh Brother 2006: Black Panther Redux
By Eddie B. Allen Jr.—Special to SeeingBlack.com
Forty years after the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the organization's history and legacy is still misunderstood and devalued.
Guest edited by Mark Anthony Neal
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Oh Brother 2006: 'My Passport Says Shawn'
By Mark Anthony Neal--SeeingBlack.com Contributing Editor
Whereas most hip-hop artists simply adopt alternative personas, often referencing an underground drug lord or fictional Mafioso figures, Jay Z has created a complex “hip-hop” identity that speaks to concepts such as fluidity, mobility, social capital and cosmopolitanism.
Oh Brother 2006: You'd Better Call Tyrone...
By A. H. Bugg—Special to SeeingBlack.com
Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation by Natalie Hopkinson and Natalie Y. Moore provides a point of entry to discuss our collective amen to Ms. Badu.
Oh Brother 2006: Remembering Gerald Levert
By Mark Anthony Neal--SeeingBlack.com Contributing Editor
Gerald Levert defined the possibilities of R&B for his generation by making longevity and not crossover appeal the goal. Levert unabashedly embraced the “shouter and honker” aesthetic that was the hallmark of classic performers.
Oh Brother 2006: Black Panther Redux
By Eddie B. Allen Jr.—Special to SeeingBlack.com
Forty years after the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the organization's history and legacy is still misunderstood and devalued.
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