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I got thinking about this when I was making my hip-hop mixtape for Screamingskull. What hip-hop tracks have you come across which prove the public perception of hip-hop as mysoginistic, homophobic, and racist to be utter bollocks?
Heres a few I'm aware of:
One Self - Over Expose -
Yarah Bravo, Vadim's wife and regular rapper sets a few things straight about women's role in their perception in popular culture
DJ Vadim feat. Sarah Brown - Your Revolution Will Not Happen Between These Thighs
- brilliant feminist rap track with the legendary russian DJ Vadim, and brilliantly sharp and clever rhymes from Sarah Brown
The Last Poets - Niggers Are Scared of Revolution
can't be classed as hip-hop of course, but a real influence nonetheless, iconic track from the definitive proto-rappers
Mike Ladd - For All Those Killed By Cops
one of the most uplifting tracks I can think of, beautiful poetry over expert turntablism from Ladd
Man Parrish - Hip-Hop Beep Bop
'the' track by early hip-hop pioneer Man Parrish. Along with DJ's like Afrika Bamb Parrish set the stage for the Golden Age/Daisy Age of Hip-Hop to come. Parrish was anything but the hip-hop stereotype, he was a white gay man, who'd frequently DJ at New York's S&M clubs throughout the 80s.
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