by
Mark Greif
Learning to Rap
5
terms
1
notes
exegesis
(en)
(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text
There are now countless hip-hop-lyric exegetical sites that try to resolve what is being said.
notable
7 years ago
There are now countless hip-hop-lyric exegetical sites that try to resolve what is being said.
notable
7 years ago
tsitsith
(en)
any of the four tassels or fringes on garments worn by the Jews in remembrance of the commandments
[...] They will call it "the n-word"--write it on a chalkboard rather than pronounce it--clear their thraots and give meaningful looks or avoid people's eyes. This was a sort of victory for antiracism. But the conspicuous theater of it, the sheer ostentation of the one word I will not speak, also has wound up showing off how little it can mean in comparison to all the racism white people don't give up, and equally won't name or speak. White people in authority are okay with seeing black people profiled, demonized, and terrorized by police. They just won't say one word, which of course they can say perfectly well. [...]
[...] They will call it "the n-word"--write it on a chalkboard rather than pronounce it--clear their thraots and give meaningful looks or avoid people's eyes. This was a sort of victory for antiracism. But the conspicuous theater of it, the sheer ostentation of the one word I will not speak, also has wound up showing off how little it can mean in comparison to all the racism white people don't give up, and equally won't name or speak. White people in authority are okay with seeing black people profiled, demonized, and terrorized by police. They just won't say one word, which of course they can say perfectly well. [...]
Chitlin' Circuit
(en)
performance venues throughout the eastern, southern, and upper midwest areas of the US that were safe for black performers during the era of racial segregation in the US
cottage industry
(en)
a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home
This was a capitalist innovation, though one at the level of cottage industry.
uncertain
7 years ago
This was a capitalist innovation, though one at the level of cottage industry.
uncertain
7 years ago
monomania
(en)
exaggerated or obsessive enthusiasm for or preoccupation with one thing
Soon even commercial hip-hop was drawing in electronic dance music, private musing, monomania, and gloom.
notable
7 years ago
Soon even commercial hip-hop was drawing in electronic dance music, private musing, monomania, and gloom.
notable
7 years ago