The latest truth from Jay Smooth

By On July 2, 2007 · 5 Comments

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

I’m really enjoying Jay Smooth’s video blog, Ill Doctrine. Check out these two excellent analyses of what’s wrong with the way we talk about hip hop.

First, a rant about the line Russell Simmons kept parroting on Oprah’s town hall meeting on hip hop about “the poets who speak the truth you don’t want to hear”:

Then, some thoughts on how the public discourse on hip-hop culture takes place within soundbyte-driven media where it’s almost impossible to talk real talk about complex issues:

 
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