I have a snitch who told me that Dr. Cornel West's second Hip Hop album, Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations, was hot.
I've always liked Cornel West, although I've questioned many of his views. However, I think it's great that he's released an album. It's got to be more positive that what we're listening to now. Plus, I hear that he's one of the greatest lecturers ever (according to Ms. Purity Chitwood, and she's a reliable source on those matters). So that means this album has got to be great.
If you don't know who Dr. Cornel West is, here is a breakdown:
*He's a prominent professor of African American studies and philosophy at Harvard U.
*He's also a best selling author, lecturer, and a social activist.
*West's book Race Matters won a Critics Choice Award and was listed as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1992. Other works included Keeping the Faith: Philosophy and Race in American (1993) and Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin (1995), co-authored with Michael Lerner. In 1996 he co-authored The Future of Race with his Harvard colleague, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (answers.com)
The album features songs by Prince, Andre 3000, Talib Kweli, KRS-One, Killer Mike and others.
Click here to read XXL Mag's review.
I've always liked Cornel West, although I've questioned many of his views. However, I think it's great that he's released an album. It's got to be more positive that what we're listening to now. Plus, I hear that he's one of the greatest lecturers ever (according to Ms. Purity Chitwood, and she's a reliable source on those matters). So that means this album has got to be great.
If you don't know who Dr. Cornel West is, here is a breakdown:
*He's a prominent professor of African American studies and philosophy at Harvard U.
*He's also a best selling author, lecturer, and a social activist.
*West's book Race Matters won a Critics Choice Award and was listed as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1992. Other works included Keeping the Faith: Philosophy and Race in American (1993) and Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin (1995), co-authored with Michael Lerner. In 1996 he co-authored The Future of Race with his Harvard colleague, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (answers.com)
The album features songs by Prince, Andre 3000, Talib Kweli, KRS-One, Killer Mike and others.
Click here to read XXL Mag's review.
1 comment:
I'll have to check it out. If Purity approves it, then it must be the truth. Have you heard that woman spit in person?
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