Features, Photos & Video, Politics - Written by The Source on Thursday, October 9, 2008 22:36 - 24 Comments
Video: Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson
Even if you read our 2 Kings In A Cipher feature with Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson you must check out these videos to actually hear and see the passion with which these brilliant men discuss the social and political issues facing the Hip-Hop community.
Video #2 after the jump.
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2pac's brother
Ghost
I love Pac, but other rappers bring balance Dead Prez, Immortal immortal Technique., Common, Kalib, Saigion, T.I. But I admit its like comparing candles to a forrest fire. To tell the truth I love B.I.G but I blame him for all the bullshit, he blew up talking about cars clothes and hos, and its just starting to fade. I heard an interview with Pac saying that was really why he was so mad with B.I.G, he destroyed everything he set out to create
CaliCoolin916
m.e.d. i dont like this dude for some reason……….he a MARK
BIG D
brilliant minds…pick up the jewels these dudes drop…they should run for office. i’d vote for them.
chris
I second that!
Adurah
Hip Hop used to be our own private faternity…Now it just seems like every other frat house…We should have kept it real w ourselves and known not to trust the white man w anything…
harlemprincess
Brilliant men. Besides Obama, the black community needs more gentlemen like these two and continue to dispel the negative stereotypes of Black men.
y”ll know tha hip hop has changed,lookin back at lyrics in the 80s,90s n now u release things has really changed.rappers dont really care bout wha they say any longer cus it seems to be all about sales right now.but i luv hip hop so im with cool with it but thank God we still got rappers like Nas,Talib Kweli,Common,Mos Def,Jay Z,Q Tip,Jada and some mcs still holdin their grounds.
patrick
yo ghost i feel you on that but the thing is that with th at balance stuff yea more likeley every single artist to come out for hip-hop & rap have their bling, cars money, ho’s, cliks and all but b.i.g didnt always rap about it, nas did it also same with pac and jay and every other artist/ mc but they also have their other side of just storytelling, things about life, love, politics and all as technique, nas, pac and every other artist. which you can tell from the real mc’s and the wanna-be’s. which ONLY talk about money and hoes.
Im not sure if i made sense right there but i tried my best lol
solomon
yoo hippop has really change we love the style and the potentials of the music.everyday thousands of people listen to hip pop music.not forgetting kayne west nelly ludacris rick ross khaled wayne and many many more.we loved hip pop till we die
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chico
RIP 2 PAC N BIG ITS A SHAME HOW THIS END IT THEY WHERE CLOSE FRIENDS. HIP HOP IS NOT ABOUT WAT U GOT N NICE CARS OR CHAINS IS ABOUT THE LOVE FOR HIP HOP?
Dorian
First let me say, much love and respect for Mr. Dyson and Mr. West. We as a Hip Hop community are very blessed to have these brothers on our team. The knowledge they bring is too powerful to ignore. If we want to keep Hip Hop, then we all have a responsibilty to know the history and never forget the history.
Sincere Justice
That’s wassup. Peace to those brothers. Check out How to Hustle and Win: A Survival Guide for the Ghetto and Rap, Race, and Revolution Out in April 22nd, 2009 http://www.HustleAndWin.com
david
you are so good i need to meet you !!
mama g
one of the major problem of that bling stuff, is that in countries, like portugal (where i’m from), the young black comunity, starts thinking that to fight for emancipation is achived only becaming rich anyprice. and, of couse, that´s what we recived in europe, from mtv and so… here, in th latest 80s there was a real hip hop mouvement (social, politic, and artistic), but very suddenly the major labels start offering money, that wasn’t even similar of what the white artists recived at that time, and that destroyed completly the mouvement.
some of us try to rebuilt it, but is anytime more dificult.
everybody knows (???) tupac and public enemy, but only a few know dead prez or other intrervention mc’s. in france we can see a strong hip hop mouvement, that is present in every social fights, but in portugal, in our days, people doesn’t speak french, only a litle bit of englsh, and that´s why, everything that comes from usa as a major influence.
Liban
Hip Hop community of today has unequivocally become a marketing tool, which surrounds the ‘CREAM’ persona of so called rappers i.e. Lil Wayn clearly mentioned by Cornel West to pefection. The game is losing its appeal and originality; rappers are not allowed to express wat they feel to spit on the mic, therefore A and R’s and business leaders are taking over the industry, and most importantly the music industry as a whole. the game has changed since Pac. although we got a limited artists such as Akir, Pharoache Monch, Dead Prez, Bilal, Lupe,Crooked I, Nas, Talib, Common, Royce, Bone, Ice Cube, Canibus and some in the underground scene. the rest need to stand up and forget the ’so called riches’ they possess. Need to be real, or the game is going to deteriorate. but what can i say, money is the object that makes the world go round.
Haqk Blst
Yall neerd to be talking to James G Spady, the authur of the hip hop book called Tha Globel Cipha.
They not down with hiphop,Yall the hip hop magazine and you don’t know that.
Haak Blast
Yall need to be talking to James G Spady, the hip hop authur of Tha Globel Cipha.
They not hip hop. Yall a hip hop magazine and you don’t know James G Spady. Come on man.
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jazzy cv soulja
I love the fact that we as a people have begun to unite! I’m a young black man in recovery from drug addiction. A lot of my dreams are becoming more tangible now that I have a president that demands change…all we need to do is follow; be steadfast in all of our endeavors and love and trust the God of your understanding! Sisters…u are the Earth and I love yall please don’t ever settle for less…….Peace
kings 4
i didnt really hear shit on my computer
kings 4
I love yool
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THATS REAL TALK CORNEL AND U AND MICHAEL MAKE A LOT OF THESE RAPPERS CHECK THEMSELVES CAUSE ITS ALL ABOUT THE BLING N THE CREAM THATS WHY PAC IS MISSED CAUSED THE BALANCE IS GONE IN THE GAME MAYBE NAS N THATS IT.