Last Night At The Schomburg

April 25, 2006 by Marc Lamont Hill

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(Photos courtesy of Alice Backer from www.kiskeyacity.blogspot.com)

Last night’s hip-hop panel at the Schomburg turned out to be quite interesting and useful, both for the attendees and panelists. As always, Cornel West was brilliant and moderated the panel quite well. The panelists, however, each brought their own unique insights to bear on the political possibilities of hip-hop. It was truly an honor to sit on the same panel with Greg Tate (one of the great hip-hop writers and cultural critics of his generation), Akiba Solomon (another brilliant writer and fellow Philadelphian who tore the house down), Carlito Rodriguez (visionary BET producer and former Source magazine honcho), and Imani Perry (law professor, author of “Prophets of the Hood”, and one of the leaders of hip-hop studies). Unlike many panels, particularly hip-hop panels, there was no grandstanding or needless bickering (check KRS-One’s tirade at Stanford’s hip-hop conference for a counter-example). Instead everyone engaged in a thoughtful, sincere, and productive conversation.

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12 Comments

1. vap wrote:

Akiba is good people. She’s always been a strong sista. Would love to have been there to hear her speak.

Glad to hear things went well.

April 25, 2006 @ 10:13 am

2. marc lamont hill wrote:

i’ll make the files available so u can hear it…

April 25, 2006 @ 11:19 am

3. SammyBee wrote:

Dayum. I wish I was there. Sounds like a great discussion.

April 25, 2006 @ 3:27 pm

4. omodiende wrote:

i go to bed now, frustrated and without resolve.

April 26, 2006 @ 12:07 am

5. omodiende wrote:

Hmmm no mention of Omo in there.

Is Marc avoiding this issue? Schedule too busy? His fingers are too petite?

April 26, 2006 @ 10:00 pm

6. SammyBee wrote:

Omo – your points were valid as well its just that I relate with Ting’s statement on the art history thing. . . being that thats the field that we’re both in. Sorry, I’ll make it a point to give you a shout out in my next off the wall post.

April 26, 2006 @ 10:06 pm

7. ting wrote:

Ain’t NUFFIN wrong with selling my work out of the trunk! As long as the check says $1,000, it don’t MATTA!!! WHOO WHOO! Get em while their HOT!

April 27, 2006 @ 10:44 am

8. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

GOOD ONE SAMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 27, 2006 @ 2:57 pm

9. omodiende wrote:

I recently acquired a large piece of art that is both pet and portrait. It is a rare Snoop lithograph with him as both a human and a dog (lenticular morph as you walk past it). Also the eyes light up.

Given his recent arrest in London, I am certain it has increased in value. Can one of you come for an appraisal? I am worried it may lose value because it is battery operated art instead of the more traditional and fancy plug-in art.

April 27, 2006 @ 7:46 pm

10. ting wrote:

LMAAAAAAOOOO!!!!!

April 27, 2006 @ 7:54 pm

11. omodiende wrote:

omo otun

April 28, 2006 @ 6:51 am

12. omodiende wrote:

here is an older website that references him http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/o/omootun/

and here is one of my paintings with details http://www.absolutearts.com/cgi-bin/portfolio/art/your-art.cgi?login=omootun&title=Beats_for_the_gods-1005496132t.jpg

oh, and btw, THANKS!

April 28, 2006 @ 7:00 am

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