Episode #33: Susurrous Scholarship, Pt. 2

More Sonic Translation

This week, brand new producer Alex Gomex gives us a sonic translation of a written text by Prof. John Jackson. It’s a chapter from Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness called “Peter Piper Picked Peppers, but Humpty Dumpty Got Pushed: The Productively Paranoid Stylings of Hip-Hop’s Spirituality.” Enjoy!

Music (in sequence)

Betty Who – Somebody Loves You (Intro)

DJ Red Alert – Live Set on 98.7 Kiss FM (1984)
Wannabemceez – KRS-One
Mathematics – Mos Def
K.O.S. (Determination) – Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
Meaning Of the 5% – Brand Nubian
Ragtime – Brand Nubian
Dance to My Ministry – Brand Nubian
Concerto in X Minor – Brand Nubian
They Schools – dead prez
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You *Loop – Lauryn Hill
Build Ya Skillz – KRS-One feat. Busta Rhymes
Breakthrough Intro – The Gaslamp Killer
We Dat Nice – Poor Righteous Teachers
Sucka Nigga – A Tribe Called Quest
Are You…Can You…Were You? (Felt) – Shabazz Palaces
Never Let Me Down – Kanye West
Amazing – Das Racist

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