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Hip hop, Sociology, and the Sociology of Hip Hop.
Reppin' Cincinnati
Quite a way to start off your essay!

These words were written in 1950 and still strike a nerve today.

Aimé Césaire. 1950. Discourse on Colonialism.

#AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BookSky
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge."

Aime Cesaire. 1944. Poetry and Cognition.

#Poetics #Poetry #AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BooksSky
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Top 21 #HipHop Albums of 25

Che Noir
JID
Clipse
Devine Carama
Juicy J x Logic
Aesop Rock
Blu
Landon Wordswell
Black Milk
Brother Ali
Vinnie Paz
Cannibal Ox
The Bad Seed
Sha Stimuli
Blueprint
Chance
Myka 9 x Blu
Mobb Deep
OC from NC
Dillon x Paten Locke
Reuben Vincent x 9th Wonder

#MusicSky
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy Hip Hop History Month!!

Here is a fun playlist to accompany you as you celebrate!

#HipHop #HipHopSky #MusicSky #HipHopHistory #Rap #RapMusic

open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
A History of Hip Hop | A WhatUpWally? Playlist
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November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"... there are times in a nation's history when its political climate makes it imperative for intellectuals to take sides."

Henry and Susan Giroux. 2004. Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Era.

#AcademicSky #CriticalPedagogy #BookSky
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The republican party has been trying to destroy public education since integration.

Orange and its merry band of klansmen are nothing new, we just weren't paying as close attention before orange annointed itself king.
October 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The German anti-fascist philosophers, activists, and artists believed art played a major role in supporting the revolution and resistance. They debated aesthetic theory and wrote great texts about art and revolution.

What role do you think art plays in the anti-fascist movement today?
October 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Top 15 #HipHop Albums of 25

Che Noir x The Other Guys
JID
Clipse
Amadeus360 x Devine Carama
Juicy J x Logic
Aesop Rock
Blu x August Fanon
Landon Wordswell
Black Milk x Fat Ray
Brother Ali x Ant
Vinnie Paz
Cannibal Ox
Shade Cobain x The Bad Seed
Sha Stimuli
Blueprint

#MusicSky
September 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Herbert Marcuse on the power of art:

"Art cannot change the world but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world."

#HerbertMarcuse #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool #AcademicSky #BookSky #Books
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Being quiet in the face of racism
is racism.
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It was easy to talk about racism in 2020, but what are you doing today when it is dangerous to address the prevailing culture and systems of racial oppression?

Did your activism become a way of life, or was it just a performance for the gram??

#Racism #AntiRacism
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Systemic Racism and the White Racial Frame

Source: Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.

#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #WhiteRacialFrame #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Racism #AntiRacism
September 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Book Rec:

If you are looking for a great book to contextualize our contemporary political climate, check this one out!

Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.

#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Politics #Racism #AntiRacism
September 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
August 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Finished and highly recommended!!

#BookSky #Books #AcademicSky #Ferguson #RIPMichaelBrown
August 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Where are the protectors of hip hop culture?

It seems like academics are the most concerned with preserving and elevating the culture, while only a few artists are doing the same.

KRS is not gonna be around forever.

Hip hop is much more than just rap!

#HipHop #HipHopSky #Culture
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Happy Birthday Hip Hop!!

Here is a dope history of hip hop playlist to celebrate to:

open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...

#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
A History of Hip Hop | A WhatUpWally? Playlist
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August 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Top 5 Bands of the 90s & 2000s

Linkin Park
Rage Against the Machine
Thrice
AFI
System of a Down

#Music #MusicSky #LinkinPark #RageAgainstTheMachine #Thrice #AFI #SystemofaDown #RockMusic
August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The utopian idea of an aesthetic reality must be defended even in the face of ridicule, which it must necessarily evoke today. For it may well indicate the qualitative difference between freedom and the prevailing order."
- Herbert Marcuse 1967

#Marcuse #Art #AcademicSky #BookSky #CriticalTheory
August 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"... art is able to shatter the false reality of the status quo."
- Herbert Marcuse

#Art #herbertMarcuse #Marcuse #AestheticTheory #ArtSky #AcademicSky #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool
August 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Artists and philosophers should be the truth tellers in dark times like these.

#Art #Philosophy #truth
August 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There is so much dope hip hop from new and older artists. It is impossible to keep up, but I try!

Here is a running playlist of the top albums of the year. I add to it every week. Enjoy!

open.spotify.com/playlist/2bY...

#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
2025 Top Hip Hop Albums
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August 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Big ups to @mannyfaces.com for the new book!!

Can't wait to dive in.

#HipHop #HipHopSky #HipHopED #AcademicSky #Books #BookSky
July 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM