Why Eminem Isn’t Elvis

(Written for HuffingtonPost Black Voices) In July, RollingStone.com commissioned Village Voice pop music columnist Chris Molanphy to craft a feature called “Introducing the King of Hip-Hop.” The request came after the success of Molanphy’s previous post for the website, “Introducing the Queen of Pop” — in which Molanphy measured female music artists’ commercial performance in nine […]

Dan On CNN, Discussing Common And Conservatives

There’s a first time for everything. The rapper Common — still smelling of Gap clothing and Erykah Badu’s incense — called “vile,” “misogynist,” and “violent.” The writer Dan Charnas called to talk about it on CNN. Kinda cool.

How We Will Win

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1721352&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1How We Will Win from Dantrification on Vimeo. Dan Charnas says it ain’t about Obama. (iPhone users: Click here for the YouTube version)

Can the Democrats redraw the map?

http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1242232&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1Can the Democrats redraw the map? from Dantrification on Vimeo.