It’s good to hear Fab 5 Freddy talk about the Afrocentric movement in hip-hop, because it was such an important component of the culture at one point. In the late 80s/early 90s, it was like everywhere you turned folks were embracing their roots, their African heritage, via medallions or T-shirts, or style and colors of the clothes themselves. And the music reflected it as well. You had acts like Public Enemy, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Poor Righteous Teachers, and even alternative groups like Arrested Development. I think the movement climaxed in 1992 when Spike Lee’s biopic, Malcolm X, came out. From there, the West Coast gangsta rap era took over, and hip-hop went in a completely different direction altogether.
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April 24th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
[...] H.A.R. wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt’s good to hear Fab 5 Freddy talk about the Afrocentric movement in hip-hop, because it was such an important component of the culture at one point. In the late 80s/early 90s, it was like everywhere you turned folks were embracing … [...]