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Tuesday Afternoon Thread: Native Tongues Week
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Monday Afternoon Thread: Native Tongues Week
In the '80s and '90s, the core members of the Native Tongues talked and lived the concept of change—garish print shirts, African medallions, psychedelic album art, digging in the crates for rare grooves, friendly but competitive subliminal disses on wax, subverting stereotypes, and writing rhymes of transcendence and redemption. DJ Maseo said that the single and video for De … [Read more...] about Monday Afternoon Thread: Native Tongues Week
Sunday Afternoon Thread: Natives Tongues Week
The New York-based Native Tongues crew was a collective of like-minded hip hop artists who would help bring abstract and open-minded lyricism that addressed a range of topics—from spirituality and modern living to race, sex, and just having fun—to the mainstream. Together with the use of eclectic samples that would take on an increasingly jazzy sound, they would be pioneers of … [Read more...] about Sunday Afternoon Thread: Natives Tongues Week
