Q-Tip Plans to Release 25th Anniversary Edition Of ‘The Low End Theory’
Q-Tip chats with BBC about new music, forthcoming TV series and 25th anniversary edition of the Low End Theory.
Author Archive: Gangstarr Girl
Starrene Rhett Rocque is a recovering journalist who often fantasizes about becoming a shotgun-toting B-movie heroine.
La Femme Nikita: Pretty Gritty Thang (Interview)
Gritty Pretty Thangs Words by Gangstarr Girl Never trust a pretty face and smile. The rapper La Femme NIKITA is just as gully as Luc Besson’s spy/assassin from the 1990 French action flick turned U.S. crossover phenomenon. Before giving in to her rapper persona, 21-year-old Natasha Walton was a songbird who became a finalist on […]
Outasight Shouts Out GangStarrGirl.com
Outasight Drop for GangstarrGirl.com from Starrene on Vimeo. See feature below.
Introducing Outasight
It’s human nature to generalize, compartmentalize and label, especially when it comes to music. There’s “gangsta” rap, “conscious” rap, “hipster” rap and when it comes white R&B crooners, “blue eyed soul.” But what happens when those eyes are hazel green? I did my research on him before we met but I still didn’t know what […]
You Gotta Have Flash and Flare – Redying My Dreadlocks
I’ve decided to redye my dreadlocks their signature red color using Clairol’s Tones and Textures line for women of color. My color choice is “Red Hot Red.”
Independent Rappers Hustling Hip-Hop Dope – Pt. 3
Hip-Hop journalist Starrene Rhett spends a few days with independent rappers who make a living selling their music on the streets of New York.
Independent Rappers Hustling Hip-Hop Dope – Pt.2
Hip-Hop journalist Starrene Rhett spends a few days hanging out with independent rappers who make a living selling their music on the streets of New York.
Independent Rappers Hustling Hip-Hop Dope – Pt.1
Hip-Hop journalist Starrene Rhett spends a few days with independent hip-hop artists who make a living selling their music on New York City street corners.
Blaxploitaiton Friday #8 – Bill Cosby x Sidney Poitier
It’s a triple feature! Yaaaay! These are some of my favorite movies ever: Uptown Saturday Night 1974 This flick was unique because it was atypical of the other movies in the genre because whereas the other flicks were pretty much about down with whitey and killing, the man, this one was about two average guys […]
Blaxploitation Friday #7-Sweet Sweetback Double Feature
I didn’t do one last week so why not get a bit of a jump start, a couple of hours ahead of time? Today’s feature is a unique double feature becuase one flick is about the making of the other. It’s Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, 1971. Produced, written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles, this […]
Blaxploitation #5 – Black Caesar
Black Caesar, 1973 Plot: Foine a$$ Fred Williamson stars as Tommy Gibbs a man raised in the ghetto who grows up to become Harlem’s top kingpin. Angry at the racist society around him…
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