How Conscious Hip Hop Failed Us http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/topic/502/t/How-Conscious-Hip-Hop-Failed-Us.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:15:58 GMT Fri, 09 May 2008 18:29:05 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/topic/502/t/How-Conscious-Hip-Hop-Failed-Us.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: How Conscious Hip Hop Failed Us ]]> http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/reply/118/t/How-Conscious-Hip-Hop-Failed-Us.html#reply-118 Brotha D

When NWA hit the scene it was a form of Black Nationalism, though they may not have adopted Afro-centric names like or East Coast brothas and sisters; but the message was still there. NWA was not trying to glorify the gangsta mentality or the lifestyle, as you stated by Kwame Ture, "at the end of the day white people (even the most liberal) are fighting for power but black people are fighting for survival". Ice T included was not trying to glorify the images... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (pgofromdacove) http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/sreply/118 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:29:05 GMT <![CDATA[ How Conscious Hip Hop Failed Us ]]> http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/topic/502/t/How-Conscious-Hip-Hop-Failed-Us.html Crisis of the Nigga Intellectual:
How Conscious Hip Hop Failed Us

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Here comes MC Revolutionary X, dressed down in his military gear with a Malcolm X t shirt, raising his black fist, vowing to strike down capitalist swine and anyone who benefits from this fascist system. (except his lawyer and accountant.) Yeah, Brotha spits a lot of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mrdaveyd) http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/topic/502 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:15:58 GMT