Staple Crops

Vodka & Ayahuasca

Tahero — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:30:36 +0000

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Deaf Blind Rap Battle

Tahero — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:08:08 +0000

Does anyone remember the “Deaf, Blind, Gay Rappers” that performed on the main stage at the 1991 African Street Festival?

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Yasiin Bey - Niggas In Poorest

Tahero — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:51:37 +0000

Fake Gucci My Nigga. Fake Louis My Killa. Real Drugs My Dealer. Who The Fuck Is Margiela? Click here to view the embedded video.

Kanye West: DONDA Introduction (Via @KanyeWest)

Tahero — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:00:48 +0000

The Hip-Hop Word Count is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 Hip-Hop songs from 1979 to present day.

The Hip-Hop Word Count describes the technical details of most of your favorite hip-hop songs. This data can then be used to not only figure out interesting stats about the songs themselves, but also describe the culture behind the music.

How can analyzing lyrics teach us about our culture?

The Hip-Hop Word Count locks in a time and geographic location for every metaphor, simile, cultural reference, phrase, rhyme style, meme and socio-political idea used in the corpus of Hip-Hop.

The Hip-Hop Word Count then converts this data into explorable visualisations which help us to comprehend this vast set of cultural data.

This data is being used to chart the migration of ideas and builds a geography of language.

The readability scores are on a scale from 0 (illiterate) to 20 (post-graduate degree). Learn more about the Hip-Hip Word Count.

2011 Tunes

Tahero — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:49:58 +0000

A List Of 50 Songs That I Enjoyed In 2011. Download the playlist here.

DOOMSTARKS

admin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:01:01 +0000

Victory Laps.

Pilgrim Marketing Plan Rebuttal: Take Seven

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:28:41 +0000

It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling.

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#AfroFuturism

Tahero — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:23:07 +0000

“Hey, Can Ya’ll Do The Stanky Leg For The Happy Birthday Boy?”

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Google x GlobalHue 5 Truths of Digital African Americans

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:26:54 +0000

Jazzy.

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Interactive Infographic: Champagne Always Stains My Silk

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:25:15 +0000

Here a SimpleViewer Flash gallery should be displayed. Click here to open the post in your browser to see the gallery.

We’ve built a browser based infographic that visualizes all the mentions of Champagne by U.S. rappers from 1980-2010. The infographic has 3 views: Map View, Graph View and Song View. The slider allows users to choose the range of time they want to look at. The graphic is rich with storytelling: on one hand the image of Rappers & Champagne have a legendary place in pop culture. On the other hand when you consider Champagne as an aspirational product, this infographic tells a nuanced story of Rapper’s relationship to The American Dream. Browse the datavis here.