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Jeff Chang (Can't Stop Won't Stop, zentronix) and Eli Lake (The New York Sun, Commentary, Clements Center, The Re-Education)
- Does Obama owe his success to hip-hop? . 01:19
- Jeff defends community organizers, Bill Ayers, and the ’60s . 12:18
- Tracing the birth of hip-hop . 29:17
- How Ice Cube’s life is a Great American Novel . 36:30
- Why gangsta rappers are natural Republicans . 44:01
- Is hip-hop more sexist and violent than mainstream culture? . 58:44
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Recorded:Oct 28
Posted:Oct 29, 2008
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- Jeff’s book about hip-hop, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop”
- Jeff’s new Vibe cover story, “The Tipping Point”
- Rick Perlstein’s “Nixonland”
- Classic ‘8s break dancing movie “Wild Style”
- Jesse Helms’s notorious “Hands” ad
- City Kids, City Schools, ed. William Ayers, afterword by Jeff
- Nibras Kazimi says Obama is “Hussein in Name Only”
- Ethan Brown’s “Queens Reigns Supremes”
- Barbershop
- Greg Tate’s “Flyboy in the Buttermilk”
- Steven Hagar’s “Adventures in the Counterculture”
- Tricia Rose’s “Black Noise”
- Brian Cross’s “It’s Not About A Salary…”
- Soul Sides, Oliver Wang’s blog
- Ned Sublette’s “Cuba and Its Music”
- Elizabeth Mendez Berry’s “The Last Hustle”
Bloggingheads.tv | Oct 29, 2008 | Jeff Chang & Eli Lake
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