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.
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It’s Great to Be Here (Word to the Jackson 5)
I decided to do a visual greeting explaining site changes and me changes and address the fact that I’m awful when it comes to returning emails (but I promise I’ll hit you back). Hope I don’t talk you to death. Enjoy! That two days my site was down felt like forever but I’m back and […]
Why Bangs Doesn’t Suck
In case you’re not familiar with “Bangs the Great,” the Sudanese-Australian “rapper” who’s been an internet sensation a la “It’s So Cold in the D” and “Why Must I Cry” for the past couple of weeks, then watch the video below: Every now and then, awful videos that aren’t made bad on purpose pop up […]
Catching Up With Nikki D, Not a Fan of Nicki Minaj
Nikki D chats with Gangstarr Girl about the state of women in hip-hop and shares her thoughts on Nicki Minaj.
God Mama of Hip-Hop/Soul Solute: Grace Jones
I just found out that Grace Jones will be performing at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday, and am bummed because my unemployed-self can’t afford to buy tickets willy-nilly. (Anyone wanna donate to a struggling journalist?) However,the least I can do is honor her legacy because she doesn’t get the props she deserves when it […]
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 […]
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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