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The Experiment: A Brief History of Willful Ignorance

The Experiment: A Brief History of Willful Ignorance

Backstory:

Growing up, I always liked horror, sci-fi, comic books and computers. And whether it was because I was actually good at math and science and wore glasses, or something else… for whatever reason, people always considered me sort of a mad scientist.

It helps that in the 80’s and 90’s I was also into Hip Hop and video production and like others, referred to my home studio as “the lab” (or…

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Japanese Funk Edition Funk U Cafe Ep. 9 - Funky Samurai Did you know there was a thing called Japanese Funk?

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Funk U Cafe 3

Funk U Cafe 3

Episode #3 – Kurt Nice Bornday Show

featuring

Black Moon, Artifacts, Noreaga, Slum Village and Common.

Funk U Cafe is a Show With DJ SonSu and Kurt Nice. Rare Grooves, Break Beats, Classic Rhythm and Blues ,Hip Hop , Disco, Jazz, and coffee talk!

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What's the best thing about Hip Hop?

What’s the best thing about Hip Hop?

When people think of the benefits of Hip Hop as a culture, what comes to mind?

Number one for many is economic.

Hip Hop created a lane for many to thrive in that uses their innate creative and entrepreneurial skills for financial gain. Before Hip Hop became popular in the 1980’s and 90’s, there was no lane for mobile deejays to get Worldwide fame and charge 100k per event. There also wasn’t a…

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Creating the Message – an interview with Duke Bootee

One of the many things I agree wholeheartedly with KRS about, is the importance of self-creation to the foundation of Hip Hop Kulture. The idea of self-creation is, at least in part, a product of the concept of “knowledge of self”, from the 5% ideology. The search for knowledge of self is a continual process as you grow into a better human being and so is the continued desire to self-create or…

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Clinton Faced Yuuge Media Problem

Clinton Faced Yuuge Media Problem

For many of us, it was no secret how the most admired person in the history of the Gallup poll was turned into the “most flawed, establishment Democrat” ever nominated. The way we got here was through the media’s biased filter. And although these same flawed media outlets will demand that Hillary Clinton acknowledge her flaws and faults in order to accept blame for losing the electoral college,…

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The Birth of Hip Hop Music

The Birth of Hip Hop Music

On August 11, 1973, Clive Campbell aka Kool DJ Herc told me that his sister, Cindy aka Queen Pep, asked him to deejay a party for their apartment building on Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx. This jam came to be known as the galvanizing event that led to the Hip-Hop Music genre. One year later, in November of 1974, the Universal Zulu Nation would take it one step further and begin to organize Hip Hop…

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Thanks President Obama!

No longer will we have a classy, intelligent, articulate mature adult in the White House because President Barack Obama’s second term is over. History will smile on his legacy unlike many who don’t see it now. Here are the numbers.

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Politics and Hip Hop

Politics and Hip Hop

From the book – Hip Hop… Know What I’m Sayin by Kurt Nice (Amazon.com) This piece was published in the above book, in 2012, but notice how relevant it is today. What has the present day political culture taught us about society? In America, the political discourse is a direct reflection of the mainstream culture. Whatever values are…

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What's the Best Cypher in Hip Hop History?

What’s the Best Cypher in Hip Hop History?

It’s funny that now, I can, sort of, take pride in being a Hip Hop nerd in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Back in the day, the strange tech guys that were into video and Hip Hop, like myself, were an eclectic bunch. Some of us wore glasses, dressed weird, traded obscure Hip Hop facts and all shared a love of documenting the culture. Recording everyday street life or better yet, ‘all down’, candid moments…

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The Media Meltdown of 2016

The Media Meltdown of 2016

In no uncertain terms, we will long suffer the consequences of 2016. The decisions made on a global and national scale will come to affect us in the months and years to come. What we’ve realized this year is that the system is broken. That system is our system of generating progress and maintaining it. Whatever system is supposed to exist that’s tasked with ensuring that society and culture moves…

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Bernie was never as popular as Hillary

Bernie was never as popular as Hillary

Once again, we have proof that the ALT-Left’s claim that Hillary Clinton was the WORST choice for POTUS was full of holes. The so-called progressive left said that Hillary didn’t resonate as much with the American people as their hero Bernie Sanders. Well, first, Hillary beat Bernie Sanders by over 3M votes in the primary (which wasn’t rigged). Then, she won the popular vote to Donald Trump in…

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What did we learn in 2016?

What did we learn in 2016?

Well, the dummies have come home to roost! Years of media manipulation and dumbing down of America has resulted in a society-wide cynicism and willful ignorance unmatched by modern generations. Even outside the U.S., the Brexit vote both surprised and confused the World community at the seemingly backward drift of the modern man. However, it’s not really men in general. It’s a particular kind, of…

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My Thoughts on Hip Hop History Month

My Thoughts on Hip Hop History Month

The concept of Hip Hop History Month is lost on today’s society. There is not enough appreciation for the rich culture and economic opportunities afforded by the existence of Hip Hop to properly celebrate its success or awareness. At this point, modern-day mainstreamers think it’s OK to confuse music taste with respecting the architects of cultural liberation. Liking Public Enemy’s music is…

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Make Hip Hop Great Again

Make Hip Hop Great Again

In the World, Hip Hop represents the minority more than the mainstream majority. Whether that minority is a racial group or an underground ideology, the voice of the voiceless is magnified in Hip Hop. Only in recent years has hip-hop music brazenly disrespected its true Hip Hop roots for something more mainstream. Some of us haven’t forgotten where this all came from though. In fact, with so much…

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How Hip Hop Business Creates Shared Value pt 2

How Hip Hop Business Creates Shared Value pt 2

New Model vs. Old Model Old Model The traditional model of calculating the value of entrepreneurship is by its economic impact. In a research paper titled, What is the Value of Entrepreneurship; A Review of Recent Research, by C. Mirjam van Pragg and Peter H. Versloot (Pragg and Versloot), data is examined from 1995 – 2007. Their findings show that firms have traditionally been valued as a…

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