#Andre3000 is offering us more than bars. He is offering interruption, reflection, pathways to meditation and opportunities for imagination. And yes, to me, this is hip-hop. Why? Because Andre is hip-hop. Our culture remains deep as the rivers even as it twists and turns to capture us in real time. This is a snapshot of time for that brother and I thank him for offering his truth. We needed it. #HipHopEd
@chrisemdin New Blue Sun is free; it's complex, nuanced, and creatively incongruent with that which is considered normal... Sounds like the textbook definition of Hip-Hop to me! 💪🏿 #OnPurpose
@chrisemdin Yes. "Because Andre is hip-hop". Hip-hop, like Blackness, transcends prescribed ideals or norms of definitions. It is allowed to exist in a robust way. #HipHopEd
@chrisemdin My 1st & 2nd grade students listened to it as they worked today.
@chrisemdin Black academics trying intellectualize this as anything to do with hip hop is ridiculous. B-boying, DJing, rapping, and graffiti are the elements of hip hop. This has none of them. You can embrace 3000 as nuanced and such bc he def is. He literally said he left hip hop behind.
@chrisemdin I’m listening to #Andre3000 new album and it is peaceful, deep and healing.
@chrisemdin I’ve listened to the album twice and it’s ok. I don’t believe it is hip hop and do agree that it’s Black music. I’ve enjoyed reading parables of the sower to it and it makes me hungry for vintage OutKast which is nice.
@chrisemdin & he’s doubly great for knowing we would need such an album to balance things out with the current social media timeline.