February 2012
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Stereoscopic Magic: On Whitney Houston, Black... →
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Forget her voice for a minute. Think about what she looked like. Rail thin, smooth skin, winning smile, mischevious almond-shaped eyes, high cheekbones — she looked like the model she had been. Conventionally and undeniably beautiful. Clive Davis recognized that those physical attributes…
When you start to cook, as when you begin to live, you think that the point is...
– Adam Gopnik
January 2012
18 posts
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
– Ray Charles
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Stick to your own parallel universe.
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Anonymous asked: Hello-
My name is Ben Ratskoff and I’m a student at Northwestern University in Chicago. While studying and working with black culture scholar Richard Iton, a professor at Northwestern, I’m conducting a study on Parisian black reactions to black nationalist tendencies in American hip-hop music. This is a part of a larger study on the articulation of black community among...
My name is Ben Ratskoff and I’m a student at Northwestern University in Chicago. While studying and working with black culture scholar Richard Iton, a professor at Northwestern, I’m conducting a study on Parisian black reactions to black nationalist tendencies in American hip-hop music. This is a part of a larger study on the articulation of black community among...
ffunkkkya asked: Hey, my name is Lea, and i was wondering if i could ask you one question, basically about that D'Angelo track on your tumblr. Im not spreading it, nothing like that, im not putting it anywhere, so im not going to illegaly share this track with others, just wanted to know how did you get it? If it was leaked, then where did you get it from? Im an old true fan of D'Angelo's music, and...
December 2011
5 posts
Wait’ll they get a load of me.
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November 2011
4 posts
One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.
– Steve Jobs
Four years [to get famous]. Six to get rich. First, you’re gonna have to...
– Benicio del Toro, Basquiat
October 2011
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The idea of going around to somebody else’s flat or house and sitting...
– David Gilmour
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Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of...
– Albert Einstein
September 2011
8 posts
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or...
– Jim Jarmusch
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Most young kings get thier head cut off.
– Jean Michel Basquiat
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The most bizarre thoughts you may have had in 1994 on an Ecstasy tab can turn...
– Grant Morrison
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August 2011
11 posts
Some of the software currently shaping [our] generation is unworthy of [us]....
– Zadie Smith
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