Roman and Raymond: Or, Nicki, Usher, and the Gendering of (Black) Genius
Because I intend, eventually, to weigh in with my own take on Roman Reloaded, I’ve been reading up on all the excellent feminist writing on Nicki Minaj. As I was making my way through the articles/blog posts/etc., the fabulous Ann…
Roman Go Bang
Not that I have time to work on this mix, but somebody seriously needs to mash Minaj/Weezy’s “Roman Reoladed” with Dinosaur L/Arthur Russell’s “Go Bang.” Just listen: Towards the end of “Reloaded,” Weezy’s “bang”s would fit perfectly in the…
Madonna, “Give Me All Your Luvin,” and Postmillennial Hipness: Or, 18 years later and bell hooks is still right
You’ve gotta give Madonna credit: she always keeps up with the trends, and has her finger on the hot new thing. As her new song and video, “Give Me All Your Luvin,” shows, Madge knows the new, postmillennial language of…
What’s your take on Roman Zolanski? Misogynist? Genius?
Or “Stupid Hoe” is not just stupid I’m still thinking through all that’s going on in Nicki Minaj’s “Stupid Hoe” single/video. It’s complicated. It’s REALLY complicated. I don’t think anyone can rigorously analyze the piece and give a uniformly, one-sidedly…
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