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Method Man ft. Mary J Blige in "I'll Be There For You"

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Solange Knowles and the Hadley Street Dreams in I Decided

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Diana Ross and the Supremes in Reflections

blacklisted, 2.0

HBO premieres Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell's The Black List Vol. 2 tonight at 9pm EST. If you haven't seen the first volume, you will be in for a treat! To check out the New York Times review of the documentary, click here.

I am most certainly looking forward to the interview of world renowned artist Kara Walker.

Image: Kara Walker, Burn, cut paper and adhesive on wall, 92 1/8 x 48 inches, 1998.

hip-hop/dont stop

This Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation and poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph are giving a highly anticipated talk on the "power of hip-hop to reshape the American and global cultural landscape at this historic moment in US politics."

As a budding cultural critic and art-historian who is excited to see cultural producers and scholars break down the barriers and reveal the intersectionality between both worlds, I will undoubtedly be in attendance.

You can check out the discussion and performance at mcachicago.org

Image: Kori Newkirk, Hip-hop from Home (Fake that Floss) 2001.

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Perhaps one of the most important hip-hop trios of all time, the Fugees in "Fu-gee-la"

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SNL actor Craig Arminsen in "Obama Plays it Cool"

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Outkast, Sleepy Brown, and the Morris Brown College marching band in Morris Brown. Peep Janelle Monae's cameo!

spotted: michelle o

1. Where was I when the news broke that the New Museum exhibited Elizabeth Peyton's painting of Michelle Obama?

And 2. Why can't American Vogue (vis-a-vis Annie Leibowitz) get on board with Peyton and choose a more flattering/visually intriguing portrait of the First Lady for its March issue?

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I knew there was a reason why I was apprehensive posting Kanye's new video for Welcome to Heartbreak. According to friends of Visualité, Ye was taking cues from rock group Chairlift and their video, Evident Utensil.  Tisk, tisk, tisk...