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Memphis ↔️ St. Louis
Joined November 2015
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For @LAReviewofBooks, I reflected on the 50th anniversary of Ralph Bakshi’s “Coonskin” and our national obsession with cartoonish racial violence. Check it out: lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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lol, lmfao even
Georgia-gov elect @KeishaBottoms (D) announces filmmaker Tyler Perry is a part of her transition team
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As a 2010s mayor, Bottoms, like Kasim Reed before her and Andre Dickens after her oversaw the rampant gentrification and mass displacement of Atlanta's Black residents, and failed to deliver on the promise of adequate investment in housing.
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What do gentrification in Atlanta, an 85-acre police training facility, and the trial against Young Thug's YSL have to do with one another? Everything. By @AnkhDeLillo
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Wrote about the new baby Osamaa tape, she got it with this one pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…
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Pynchon deploys them heavily in Gravity’s Rainbow but the one that’s stuck with me for years is when he just completely interrupts the text to tell the reader to check out Ishmael Reed
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Papiseed St Vol 2 mixtape out now. Something for the dancers store.wikset.nyc/release/636…
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Album of the day. Any album from Curtis Mayfield's early-to-mid ‘70s zenith could be singled out as a favorite. This one is absolutely no exception. Picking up where his 1970 solo debut masterpiece, Curtis, left off, 1971's Roots found the Chicago soul legend upping the ante, tackling a wider range of contemporary issues including anti-war commentary ("We Got to Have Peace"), Black pride and self-empowerment ("Beautiful Brother of Mine" and "Keep On Keeping On"), and ecological concern ("Underground"). Of course, there are a few divergences from social issues devoted to romance, like the lovelorn and bluesy, "Now You're Gone" and the tender adornment in "Love to Keep You in My Mind." Mayfield also expanded his production palette, taking many cues from the atmospheric, fuzz bass-driven groove of his towering debut solo single, "(Don't Worry) If There's Hell Below, We're All Going to Go." There's a greater emphasis on fiery congas, explosive bass, rousing guitar solos, and a dreamy harp on several songs, with Mayfield's delicate, super smooth tenor threading everything together. One of Curtis Mayfield's crowning glories and one of the all-time great soul albums of the 1970s.
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Great Sunday Review from @clovito today on Ne-Yo, a real songwriter pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…
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For my debut for @empiremagazine, I wrote a long read on the great but short acting legacy of Tupac Shakur.
I interviewed his movie peers: Tim Roth, Thandiwe Newton, Bokeem Woodbine, Ernest Dickerson & Jim Belushi.
This is on newsstands worldwide right now; pls buy a copy!
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more than 1 in 4 US adults is disabled. add to that everyone whose life is shaped by illness, care & the capitalist healthcare system. that's an enormous potential base for working-class politics, ample ground to build a powerful left. we should probably do something with that
ALT A CDC map showing age-adjusted disability prevalence among adults 18 and older across U.S. states and territories in 2022. The national estimate is 28.7%. Colors range from pale green for lower prevalence to dark blue for higher prevalence, spanning 21.1%–41.5%. Many Southern and Appalachian states, along with Nevada and Puerto Rico, fall in the highest category, 31.3%–41.5%. The data come from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
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loved digging into the weirder corners of free car and crank a few years back hearingthings.co/the-aggress…
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Go read this by @oliviersaidhi if u haven’t, all the context u need on the new DMV rap going mega viral this week pitchfork.com/features/the-n…
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rolling around Harlem and the Bronx with ksuuvi assembling Tech Decks, checking out his Polo Rugby collection, chilling at the deli, and talking about all the life and music behind his lonely NYC party rap pitchfork.com/story/just-ano…
*As of the exact time I posted this, subject to change in 5 minutes
ALT An image of nine album covers arranged in a 3x3 grid: D’Angelo, “Voodoo” Flying Lotus, “Raw Cartoons” Howlin’ Wolf, “Moanin’ in the Moonlight” John Coltrane, “My Favorite Things” Kanye West, “Late Registration” Madvillain, “Madvillainy” Odd Future, “The OF Tape Vol. 2” Prince, “Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic” Tame Impala, “Innerspeaker”
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Where did hip-hop's obsession with lean come from, and why does it seem to have only grown stronger throughout the 2020s? From DJ Screw to Maxo Kream and Lil Uzi Vert, we charted the winding history of rap's drug of choice.
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