"Black Woman Warrior Poet"

[aintnojigga]

“Came from the bottom of bottom, to the Top of the Pops”

Jay-Z, photographed backstage with the cast of Annie in January 2000, after performing ‘Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)’ live on the long-running British music chart show Top of the Pops. The day before the show Hov contacted the West End play’s writer and director Martin Charnin and asked if the current cast would join him in his performance of the Annie-inspired track.

As the creator of Annie, Charnin was the person who Hov had to contact back in 1998 to be granted permission to sample the play’s song ‘It’s the Hard-Knock Life’. ”Jay-Z found something in a lyric and applied it to his own life, and it was absolutely wonderful. He is a terrific writer,” Charnin said of one of Hov’s most commercially successful singles, which made the playwright around $250,000. Almost 13 years after their first contact Hov was involved in the discussion to remake the play with a largely black cast. Charnin’s previous Hollywood movie experience had upset him, but he was optimistic thanks to the inclusion of Jay-Z and allowed production of the film to move forward.

[buttart]

RAP IDOLS FOR THE QUEER KIDS PART 2

Katey Red

Le1f

Mykki Blanco

Nicki Minaj

Njena Reddd Foxxx

Peaches

Sissy Nobby

Zebra Katz

part 2 is up!! part 1 is here

[buttart]

RAP IDOLS FOR THE QUEER KIDS PT. 1

this project is finished!! too many images for one photoset unfortunately but here y’all go, part one!

Angel Haze

Azealia Banks

Big Momma (gif warning)

Brooke Candy

Cakes Da Killa

Dai Burger

Big Freedia

Janelle Monae

JBDubs

part 2 is here

[lordeknows17]

Mannie Fresh DJ Set: " We Bounced Everything"

Set List:

"September," Earth Wind and Fire - 2:05 "Beat It," Michael Jackson - 3:40 "Showtime at the Apollo Theme" - 4:25 "Boogie Down Bronx," Man Parrish - 5:20 "California Love," Tupac feat. Dr. Dre - 6:12 "Let's Wait Awhile," Janet Jackson - 7:34 "(Lay Your Head On My) Pillow," Tony Toni Tone - 8:04 "Somewhere With You," Kenny Chesney - 8:59 "One More Night," Maroon 5 - 9:45 "Funky Soul Makossa," Nairobi - 10:10 "Billie Jean," Michael Jackson - 10:20 "Back That Ass Up," Juvenile feat. Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne - 10:54 "I Can't Go For That," Hall & Oates - 13:15 "Good Life," Kanye West feat. T-Pain - 15:10 "Friends," Whodini - 16:22 "Trying Girls Out," The Persuaders (used by Kanye West for "Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2)," Jay Z) - 17:09 "That's How Long," The Chi-Lites (used by Just Blaze for "December 4th," Jay Z) - 17:38 "A Dream," DeBarge (used by Daz for "I Ain't Mad At Cha," Tupac) - 18:05 "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City," Bobby "Blue" Bland (used by Kanye West for "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)," Jay Z) - 18:30 "Sunrise," The Originals (used by Kanye West for "Guess Who's Back," Scarface feat. Jay Z, Beanie Sigel and Kanye West) - 18:55 "Start This Off Right Tonight (Remix)," Trouble Funk - 22:10

[lordeknows17]

[frank-e-sleep-no-more]

Canto A Eleggua - performed by Sexto Sentido

[chasitysamone]

4 Colored Girls by cherrycollaborative

Audra The Rapper

Brittany Sky

Chasity Samone

Juju

[foreversean]

Here are all the food truck logos I made for the new Lucas Bros. Moving Co. episode!

[mainmanblackdynamite-deactivate]

I wish these were all real

[kerrielleishere-deactivated2017]

I’m happy now.

[democrips]

IM SO FUCKIN EXCITED

[yo-you-mad-brolic]

This will be wild

[prettygordito]

please don’t call this his debut album

[khaliflow3r]

!!!!!!!!! Not a debut though

[kiethepoet]

I’m gonna die 💀

[ofwgdavid]

[lordeknows17]

Tyler the Creator

[cashmerethoughtsss]

[hiphopfightsback]

My all time favorite hip-hop documentary is Bazooka Tooth, which centers around the legendary alternative/abstract/indie hip-hop label Definitive Jux and the profoundly talented artists that defined its early formation. If you’re a fan of Cannibal Ox, El-P, Aesop Rock, Def Jux, or  underground hip-hop in general, this is a must see. Bazooka Tooth was recorded back in 2001-2002 when Def Jux was first starting to really take off and Cannibal Ox had recently released the label’s all time best selling album The Cold Vein (in my top 10 favorite hip-hop albums).

Bazooka Tooth: Cannibal Ox & Def Jux (Part 1)

Bazooka Tooth: Cannibal Ox & Def Jux (Part 2)

Bazooka Tooth: Cannibal Ox & Def Jux (Part 3)

The Show

Rhyme and Reason

A Tribe Called Quest: Beats, Rhymes and Life

Welcome 2 Deathrow Part 1

Welcome 2 Deathrow Part 2

MF DOOM - Redbull Music Academy Lecture

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)

Public Enemy - Prophets of Rage

Beef 1, Beef 2, Beef 3, Beef 4

Big Pun - The Legacy

Wu - The Story of the Wu Tang Clan

Up In Smoke Tour

Jay Z Reasonable Doubt - Classic Albums

The Art of 16 Bars

Scratch

Eminem Documentary - The Glory Days

Biggie & Tupac

Style Wars

How Hip-Hop Changed The World: Part 1, Part 2. & Part 3

Tupac - Thug Angel

Def Jux: Revenge of the Robots

N.W.A - The World’s Most Dangerous Group

Snoop Dogg Behind The Music

DMX Behind The Music

50 Cent Behind the Music

Nas VH1 documentary

The Game - Life After Math

Planet Rock The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation

40 Years of hip hop by KRS-ONE

The Freshest Kids

Beat Kings w/ Wu’s DJ Mathematics

And Ya Dont Stop

Bosses In the Booth

The Field

United Ghettos of America

Jay Z - Fade to Black

Tupac - Ressurection

Big Fun In The Big Town

Madlib, Babu and Cut Chemist - Brasilintime

Lil Wayne - The Carter Documentary

U-God - Rise Of A Fallen Soldier

Method Man features in Strip Club documentary

48 Hours with Raekwon

Old Dirty Bastard - Dirty Thoughts

Wu-Tang Saga

Dr. Dre Documentary

Eazy-E - The Ruthless Documentary

Black Mafia Family - The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Drug Empire

U.G.K - Kings of the Underground

Beastie Boys - Beastieography

Louis Theroux - Gangsta Rap

The Notorious B.I.G - Life After Death

J Dilla - Still Shining

Sampling Documentary - Copyright Criminals

Mobb Deep - Infamous Allegiance Part 1

Mobb Deep - Infamous Allegiance Part 2

G-Unit - True Story

Ice-Cube - The Making of a Don

Young Jeezy - A Hustlerz Ambition

Dipset Byrdgang All Access Killa Season

Lil Boosie - Bad Azz

Lil Boosie - Last Dayz

Gucci Mane - No Pad No Pencil

Tony Yayo - Thoughts of a Predicate Felon

DJ Whoo Kid and 50 Cent - Return of the Body Snatchers

Sydney Hip Hop Culture

Whats up Fatlip? (A Spike Jonze short)

Behind the Scenes of Battle Rap - The Reemergance

MTV Diary - Method Man And Redman

Suge Knight - On The Real

Lil Kim - Driven (Behind the music)

Whatever Happened to Hip-Hop?

Vanilla Ice Documentary (lol)

Jay Z - The Rise of Jay Z

Eazy-E Documentary

Ice T - Behind the Music

Big Daddy Kane Documentary

Kanye West - Where The Lonely Kids Go When The Bell Rings

The Neptunes - 8th Planet

Danny Brown - Old Documentary

Outkast - Driven

ESPN 30 for 30 - Straight out of L.A (NWA & Raiders documentary): Part 1 , Part 2, & Part 3

Kid Cudi - The Journey Of Mr. Rager

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If you appreciate this post should also check out my lists for The 80 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2013 and The Best 60 Hip-Hop Songs of 2012.

[gayscifiguy]

Afrofuturism appreciation post

Lt. Uhura played by Nichelle Nichols in the original Star Trek

Morpheus played by Laurence Fishburne is The Matrix

Agent Jay played by Will Smith in Men in Black

Zoe Washburne played by Gina Torres in Firefly

Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust

Eli played by Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli

Musical artist and fashion-forward android Janelle Monáe

The legendary Miss Grace Jones

[spidergvven]

[lordeknows17]

Gina Torres as Wonder Woman

Nicki Minaj as Power Girl

Laverne Cox as Huntress

Lucy Liu as Zatanna

Beyoncé as Black Canary

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