President Obama Plus Hip Hop Plus Radio Open Source

23 Mar 2009 Author: Baratunde Thurston (Jack Turner)

Radio Open Source is a hot and innovative show. I was a guest on it a number of times when it was part of WGBH in Boston. Thought yall might dig this episode. h/t Dan Patterson

Adam Bradley is talking about the President of Flow — about how 30 years of hip-hop (”the most widely disseminated poetry in the history of the world”) laid down the rhyme-and-rhythm track for the Age of Obama. Add this to the open-source mix of Obama ingredients, along with the “black prophetic tradition” of church and civil-rights history:

via Open Source » Blog Archive » Obama & Hip Hop: The Transracial Drumbeat.

Tags: Adam Bradley, Hip-hop, President Barack Obama, Radio Open Source

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Val
lol Jack I read your title and immediately thought of Steele and his “hip hop outreach” for the GOP.
http://creepysleepy.com DHP
I've been a huge fan of Radio Open Source for years. Along with Dave Winer, Lydon, I believe, was one of the first podcasters. He's a true academic and can be a bit dry, but if you can get past those superficial barriers ROS will open a fantastic, remixed world of thought, culture, and ideas.
http://dan-patterson.com Dan Patterson
I've been a huge fan of Radio Open Source for years. Along with Dave Winer, Lydon, I believe, was one of the first podcasters. He's a true academic and can be a bit dry, but if you can get past those superficial barriers ROS will open a fantastic, remixed world of thought, culture, and ideas.
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