Category: rap

+ astronautlis, bangarang, cecil otter, chill dummy, dessa, doomtree, four fists, gravedigger, hip hop, joe strummr, lazerbeak, mike mictlan, no kings, p.o.s., paper tiger, rap, rhymesayers, sims

P.O.S. Top Five: Part II

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“Gravedigger” Chill, Dummy (2017) Like a lot of P.O.S.’s work, “Gravedigger” calls upon us as listeners to act and think about what we are actually doing with “this little flash” that we have on this earth. Are we spending time in club? Are we falling in line? Are we questioning the systems we exist within? What are we, ultimately, doing with our time. In … Read More P.O.S. Top Five: Part II

+ audition, craig finn, doomtree, drumroll, get down, hip hop, mike mictlan, never better, p.o.s., rap, rhymesayers, safety in speed, we don't even live here

P.O.S. Top Five

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I don’t remember, for sure, how I originally came across P.O.S. (Stefan Alexander). I think I first heard about him in 2006, around the time he released Audition. At that time, I read Alternative Press almost every month, and P.O.S. was in one of the “Artists to Look Out For Issues.” I picked up Audition, and its mixture of punk and hip hop struck … Read More P.O.S. Top Five

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+ «Hvit menn som push 50», «Hvite menn som pusher 50», «Hvor jeg kommer fra», chirag, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, pumba, rap

Tensions in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

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Last post, I dove into the refrain of Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50» (“White men pushing 50”), specifically looking at the ways that the “Heisann Montebello” operates within the song and across the album. Today, I want to continue my discussion of «Hvite menn som pusher 50» by looking at the verses and parts of the video and live performance that I mentioned … Read More Tensions in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

+ Øyvind Holen, «Hvit menn som push 50», «Hvor jeg kommer fra», «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din», «Vestkantsvartinga», chirag, heisann montebello, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, pumba, rap

Language and “Heisann Montebello” in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

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Over the past few posts, I have been looking at songs on Karpe Diem’s Heisann Montebello. Today, I want to continue that discussion by looking at «Hvite menn som pusher 50» (“White men pushing 50”). This is the second song on the album, following «Au pair», a song that sets up the ways that the album will interrogate whiteness, white privilege, and wealth. This … Read More Language and “Heisann Montebello” in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

+ Øyvind Holen, «Attitudeproblem», chirag, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, OnklP, rap, Ståle Stiil

Art and Entertainment in Karpe’s «Attitudeproblem» Part II

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Last post, I started looking at Karpe Diem’s «Attitudeproblem» and teasing out the tensions within the song between art and entertainment. Today, I want to continue that discussion by looking at Chirag’s verse. Along with looking at art and entertainment, I also want to explore how Chirag’s verse comments on complaceny and material comforts, much in the same he questions at the end of … Read More Art and Entertainment in Karpe’s «Attitudeproblem» Part II

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