The new Thundercat album, “Drunk,” blends a wide range of sounds and features Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, Pharrell and Wiz Khalifa. Thundercat’s third full-length album, Drunk, just dropped — and it is full of the funky, eclectic songwriting and production the artist is known for. With major contributions from psychedelic hip-hop favorite Flying Lotus, the two artists, along...
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Lil’ Wayne, “New Black” Philosophy and The Complexity of Racial Identity
There is unfinished business in Black America, which the nuisance of “New Blacks” is making clear. That this unfinished business has the face of Lil’ Wayne attached to it only means we can’t hide from it. Carolina Panther Cam Newton and rapper Lil’ Wayne have put the character of the “New Blacks” back in the news...