Posts Tagged as ‘nate thompson’

April 15, 2009

Schoolly

When my teacher told me that Schoolly D was going to be coming into class, I thought it was pretty awesome and funny.  I had only heard of him because of PSK and by the word on the street that Ice T had stolen his whole deal.

Last Tuesday, Schoolly and some [...]

April 14, 2009

Writtenhouse

My Hip Hop & Black Culture class has been pretty great throughout the year, but the past week or so has been particularly cool.  Last week Chris Conway & Charlie K from the Germantown-based hip hop trio Writtenhouse were our guests.

Last tues, Chris gave the lecture about “finding the perfect” beat.  He taught on the [...]

January 24, 2009

I used to love H.E.R.

I’ve never been a huge fan of homework. But it’s not always doing math equations and reading 50pgs a day. For my Hip Hop and Black Culture class part of my assignment is to listen to this song, watch the video, and read the lyrics to prepare for a class discussion.

Video, lyrics, then a couple of reflections.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y12YgEIFcAY]