In Bayles’ telling, rap’s old school period was not just prior to the advent of rich sampling, but also prior to what we might call the gangsta-rap scam . Old-school rapping did the dozens, did f-bomb-dropping comedy, did “battle rap” exhibitions of verbal prowess, and was . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, what a tangled web did Obama weave, When first he “composited” Genevieve. Vanity Fair has published extracts from a forthcoming biography of Barack Obama featuring letters he sent one of his college girlfriends, Alex McNear, and journal entries written by Genevieve Cook, a girlfriend . . . . Continue Reading »
In the hearts of civil rights and MSM leaders. Over a certain usable aspect of the boy’s killing. Yeah, Shelby Steele is taking no prisoners in his latest: In fact Trayvon’s sad fate clearly sent a quiver of perverse happiness all across America’s civil rights establishment, and . . . . Continue Reading »
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