#dj swet

[lyrics724]

Retsu

[Letra de “Retsu” ft. Rosalía, Ihon & Foyone] [Coro][Verso 1: Foyone] Podrido como el dinero No puede’ morder la mano que te da de comer, es de acero Ese miedo tuyo lo que quiero Me nutro de ellos me quieren arrastrar al infierno Y yo me elevo sobre el fuego Pienso la jugada y luego muevo Lo que tengo en la mente se refleja en el tablero Aquí soy otra pieza en un diferente juego Un peón puede…

[iibrvkenlxng]

2021′in En Sevdiğim 100 Hip Hop Albümü

Yıllık gelenek oldu artık, listesiz olmaz. Yalnız tekrar hatırlatmakta fayda var; sıralamaya pek takılmanızı önermem zira ben de takılmadım. İlk 10(hatta 20) geçen yılın en çok sevdiğim albümleri, geriye kalanlarsa sıralamasız sevdiğim albümler tamamen. Dinlemediğiniz, ilk defa duyduğunuz isimler illaki olacaktır ki amaç da zaten bu isimleri size önermek. Ha bu arada her zamanki gibi EP’ler ve mixtape’ler yok ve yalnızca İngilizce albümlere yer verdim. Lesroll…

1 - Aesop Rock x Blockhead - Garbology 2 - Skyzoo - All the Brilliant Things 3 - Sullynomad - Good, God, and Gucci 4 - Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 5 - Killah Priest - Summer End Cafe 6 - JPEGMAFIA - LP! 7 - Lukah - When the Black Hand Touches You 8 - Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram 9 - Jaja00 - BlackBolshevik 10 - Miskeen Haleem & The Roses - Impeccable Form 11 - Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah - To Kill a Sunrise 12 - Ka - A Martyr’s Reward 13 - Topaz Jones - Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma 14 - Pink Siifu - GUMBO’! 15 - Observe - Le dernier royaume 16 - Mr. Hyde & Cherie Rain - Bonnie & Hyde 17 - Monday Night & Russo Beats - Dance With the Goombas 18 - Vic Spencer - Psychological Cheat Sheet 2 19 - Lukah - Why Look Up, God’s In The Mirror 20 - Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson 21 - Jay NiCE & Machacha - A Stream of Consciousness 22 - Killah Priest & Shroom - The Mantra 23 - Koralle - Fonografie 24 - Blu - The Color Blu(e) 25 - BVA - Lex Neville 26 - Lord Juco - Raised Right 27 - Starker & Benji Socrate$ - KNG JHSPHTS 28 - Postman L x Nonchalantly Zay - Caribbean Connection 29 - Rome Streetz & Ransom - Coup de Grâce 30 - Apollo Brown & Stalley - Blacklight 31 - Subculture & Goya Gumbani - Krystin 32 - Rigz - Wake Ups 33 - Chris Skillz & Zain - The Void 34 - Tha God Fahim x Your Old Droog - Tha Wolf on Wall St. 35 - Kanye West - Donda 36 - IAMGAWD & Doc da Mindbenda - Hell’s Angels & Heaven’s Demons 37 - Slaine - The Things We Can’t Forgive 38 - Remy Banks - The Phantom of Paradise 39 - Your Old Droog & Tha God Fahim - Tha YOD Fahim 40 - Jim Jones & Harry Fraud - The Fraud Department 41 - Muggs x Rome Streetz - Death & the Magician 42 - Jah-Monte - Seventy-Fifth & Amsterdam Side B: Lost in NYC 43 - Fat Ray - Santa Barbara 44 - Awon & Phoniks - Nothing Less 45 - Rahiem Supreme - The Fly Metaphysics 46 - Beneficence & Confidence - Stellar Mind 47 - Yelawolf - Mud Mouth 48 - Nowaah the Flood & Giallo Point - Right Over Left 49 - Mach-Hommy - Pray for Haiti 50 - Vic Spencer - Legend Laws of Power 51 - Malay Sparks, Clever1 & K-Sluggah - Frozen Mugs 52 - Rudy Williams - The Action Figure 53 - Your Old Droog - TIME 54 - YL - It Never Entered My Mind 55 - Backxwash - I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses 56 - King Micah the Infamous & Mightyhealthy - Kingmighty 2 57 - Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost 58 - Evidence - Unlearning, Vol. 1 59 - Willie the Kid - Keep Watching the Fly 60 - Tha God Fahim - Dump Gawd: Stock Lord 61 - Vince Staples - Vince Staples 62 - Starker x Gee Dubs - Mothra 63 - John Jigg$ & K-Sluggah - Twin Cannons 2 64 - Snotty - Other Side of the Wall 65 - Napoleon da Legend & Nejma Nefertiti - Alter Ego 66 - Rome Streetz & Futurewave - Razor’s Edge 67 - Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning 68 - McKinley Dixon - For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her 69 - Nas - Magic 70 - Nas - King’s Disease II 71 - Cognac Kingz - Ebenezer Maxwell (International Man of Leisure) 72 - Him Lo x Giallo Point - Ugonmakemekillyoazz 73 - $uicideboy$ - Long Term Effects of Suffering 74 - Navy Blue - Navy’s Reprise 75 - Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf 76 - Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B 77 - Substance810 & Onaje Jordan - A Righteous Offering78 - YL - Adaptation 79 - Starker x al.divino - Sacred 80 - Rob Gates - Rob Like Get Robbed 2 81 - DJ Swet & Milano Constantine - Block Work 82 - Lute - Gold Mouf 83 - All Hail Y.T. - Player Made 84 - Pouya - Blood Was Never As Thick As Water 85 - Mick Jenkins - Elephant in the Room 86 - R.A.P. Ferreira - The Light Emitting Diamond Cutter Scriptures 87 - Lord Juco & Finn - Details 88 - Rasheed Chappell & XP the Marxman - RX 89 - Raz Fresco & Ray Robinson - SUNray 90 - MadeinTYO & UnoTheActivist - Yokohama91 - Boldy James & The Alchemist - Super Tecmo Bo 92 - Steel Tipped Dove - Call Me When You’re Outside 93 - Vic Spencer & SonnyJim - Spencer for Higher 4 94 - Koncept Jack$on & Bane Capital - Good Product 95 - Ankhlejohn - As a Man Thinketh 96 - Dark Time Sunshine – LORE 97 - Defcee & Messiah Musik – Trapdoor

98 - Estee Nack x Mr. Rose – Byakugan 99 - Hus Kingpin – Portishus 100 - Hiperlaxo - S U R

Instrumental hip hop severlere de 2021 çıkışlı birkaç albüm önerisi:

L'Orange - The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better Sun Thru Trees - One Won Now Madlib - Sound Ancestors Observe Since ‘98 - King Clout Farazi - Anti-Kahraman: 90 Nesli Ol’ Burger Beats - Monologue. Observe Since '98 - Bluto Døøf - ElbøwGrease MUJO情 & Grogou - Lo-Foods Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends 3 Farazi - 2020: Instrumentals Demahjiae - *guiding light Brock Berrigan - Smooth Sailing Elucid & Von Pea - The Dirtee Deacon Beat Tape MUJO情 & Hakone - Izanami Koralle - Still Life Vertical Jones - Monochrome: Frames (Instrumentals)

[southernvangard]

(Southern Vangard) Episode 306 - Southern Vangard Radio

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep306! Yes y’all it’s that time again, the boys are back in town, albeit it a day late but still twice a week - so don’t fret, worry or struggle, Doe & Meeks got you taken care of. The fourth quarter blitz is in full effect and we’re doing our best to give you a snapshot of that every week on every mix, so you’ll get that as well as an mid-mix interview with the one and only WORDSWORTH, who has a new album out now with JAY-EF called “UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.” We stay in Brooklyn and pick up Long Island for our Thursday interview session with BUB STYLES and CHUBS, who recently dropped “CORNER STORE CARNIVORES”. Check the snippets at the end of the mix until the full interview drops Thursday. CHOP CHOP it’s that #SmithsonianGrade #TwiceAWeek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mixshow #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK

Recorded live October 17, 2021 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA

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@southernvangard on #applepodcasts  #soundcloud #youtube #spotifypodcast #googlepodcasts #stitcherradio  #mixcloud #SmithsonianGrade #TwiceAWeek #WeAreTheGard

twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks

Talk Break Inst. - ""Witch Island" - C-Lance

"Avenue Olympics" - Bub Styles & Chubs

"Where's The Stuff, Larry?" - Bub Styles & Chubs ft. ARXV

"Red Stripe Special" - Bub Styles & Chubs

"Shot For Shot" - Mykill Miers & Pawz One ft. King Magnetic & DJ Rhettmatic

"Trying To Live" - Big Twins & Cuns

Talk Break Inst. - "Handcuffed Skeletons" - C-Lance

"Flowers" - ILLPO (prod. D.R.U.G.S. Beats)

"Bully Tactics" - Declaime

"'83 Kids" - Dillon & J57 ft. Blu

"From99" - Eternia & Rel McCoy ft. Wordsworth & Manny

"Flip the Mic" - Mic Swift the Sound Provider ft. Wordsworth, Ras Kass & Reks

"Sinister" - JAy Ef x Wordsworth

Mid-Mix Interview - Wordsworth

Mid-Mix Interview Inst. - "Alraune" / "Suicide At Sopron" - C-Lance

Talk Break Inst. - "Terror Haza - C-Lance

"East Flatbush" - Eddie Kaine & Big Ghost Ltd

"Block Work" - DJ Swet & Milano Constantine

"Valid" - Grafh & DJ Shay ft. Sheek Louch & Ransom

"Pirate Lords" - Flee Lord & Roc Marciano ft. Knowledge The Pirate

"Brass Jehova" - Bronze Nazareth & Roc Marciano

Talk Break Inst. - "The Hungarian Haunt" - C-Lance

Interview Snippets - Bub Styles & Chubs

SOUNDCLOUD

https://soundcloud.com/southernvangard/episode-306-southern-vangard-radio

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https://youtu.be/bs8mZVb9dzs

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MIXCLOUD

https://www.mixcloud.com/southernvangard/episode-306-southern-vangard-radio/

#SouthernVangard #DJJonDoe #EddieMeeks #CLance #BubStyles #Chubs #ARXV #MykillMiers #PawzOne #KingMagnetic #DJRhettmatic #BigTwins #Cuns #ILLPO #DRUGSBeats #Declaime #Dillon #J57 #Blu #Eternia #RelMcCoy #Wordsworth #Manny #MicSwiftTheSoundProvider #RasKass #Reks #JAyEf #EddieKaine #BigGhostLtd #DJSwet #MilanoConstantine #Grafh #DJShay #SheekLouch #Ransom #FleeLord #RocMarciano #KnowledgeThePirate #BronzeNazareth

[dragoni]

The Resistance is Strong 🎵

American Idiot, Green Day

Tiny Hands, Fiona Apple

Campaign Speech, Eminem

FDT (F*ck Donald Trump), YG and Nipsey Hussle

Demagogue, Franz Ferdinand 

Million Dollar Loan, Death Cab For Cutie

I’m With Her, Le Tigre  

Grab Em By Da Pussy, Mike Dean

My Enemy, Jimmy Eat World 

Nobody Speak, DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels 

T5, Swet Shop Boys 

Hallelujah Money, Gorillaz

I Give You Power, Arcade Fire

Fly On Your Wall, Angel Olsen

Pure Comedy, Father John Misty

[sombrasyluces]

Y ahí la ordené morir, ahí la anclé al tiempo, pero creció quizás alimentada por el olvido. Creció como la zarza en la maleza, a machete, sin ley alguna. Me abro paso entre las hojas, porque aún tengo que arañarme. Y van a mirar, van a presenciar morbosos como un alma pelea por su libertad. Ahora vuelve y lucha conmigo, veamos si de verdad te mereces la luz.

[buenasnochesmusicales]

Buenas noches... Dj Swet - Aleluya ft. Dano & Ébano

[swcctserpentarchive]

10  tracks.

𝚁𝚄𝙻𝙴𝚂 : post 5-10 songs that you would find in your muse’s song library. bold any favourites, italicize any songs that hold a personal meaning for them ( ex: it makes them feel nostalgic ), bold + italicize any guilty pleasure songs/bands.

𝚃𝙰𝙶𝙶𝙴𝙳 𝙱𝚈 :  @geneticasset ! (  ❤ ❤ ❤  ) 𝚃𝙰𝙶𝙶𝙸𝙽𝙶 :  @invigilandi ( for moose and/or juggie ! ) / @samemersons / @chaosblossomed / @yourpaljughead / @companionperfected / @empathicstars / @dangeress / @socialpariah

𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙶 𝙻𝙸𝚂𝚃 :

often  -  the  weeknd

elevate  -  dj  khalil  ft.  denzel  curry,  ybn  cordae,  swavay  and  trevor  rich

bury  me  face  down  -  grandson

dna.  -  kendrick  lamar

sunflower  -  swae  lee  ft.  post  malone

payback  -  vo

the  time  is  now  -  the  north  panics

happier  -  marshmello  and  bastille

familia  -  anuel  aa  and  nicki  minaj  ft.  bantu

aaja  -  swet  shop  boys  ft.  ali  sethi 

[hipvehop]

2021′in En Sevdiğim 100 Hip Hop Albümü

Yıllık gelenek oldu artık, listesiz olmaz. Yalnız tekrar hatırlatmakta fayda var; sıralamaya pek takılmanızı önermem zira ben de takılmadım. İlk 10(hatta 20) geçen yılın en çok sevdiğim albümleri, geriye kalanlarsa sıralamasız sevdiğim albümler tamamen. Dinlemediğiniz, ilk defa duyduğunuz isimler illaki olacaktır ki amaç da zaten bu isimleri size önermek. Ha bu arada her zamanki gibi EP’ler ve mixtape’ler yok ve yalnızca İngilizce albümlere yer verdim. Lesroll...

1 - Aesop Rock x Blockhead - Garbology 2 - Skyzoo - All the Brilliant Things 3 - Sullynomad - Good, God, and Gucci

4 - Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 5 - Killah Priest - Summer End Cafe 6 - JPEGMAFIA - LP! 7 - Lukah - When the Black Hand Touches You 8 - Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram 9 - Jaja00 - BlackBolshevik 10 - Miskeen Haleem & The Roses - Impeccable Form 11 - Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah - To Kill a Sunrise 12 - Ka - A Martyr's Reward 13 - Topaz Jones - Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma 14 - Pink Siifu - GUMBO'! 15 - Observe - Le dernier royaume 16 - Mr. Hyde & Cherie Rain - Bonnie & Hyde 17 - Monday Night & Russo Beats - Dance With the Goombas 18 - Vic Spencer - Psychological Cheat Sheet 2 19 - Lukah - Why Look Up, God's In The Mirror 20 - Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson 21 - Jay NiCE & Machacha - A Stream of Consciousness 22 - Killah Priest & Shroom - The Mantra 23 - Koralle - Fonografie 24 - Blu - The Color Blu(e) 25 - BVA - Lex Neville 26 - Lord Juco - Raised Right 27 - Starker & Benji Socrate$ - KNG JHSPHTS 28 - Postman L x Nonchalantly Zay - Caribbean Connection 29 - Rome Streetz & Ransom - Coup de Grâce 30 - Apollo Brown & Stalley - Blacklight 31 - Subculture & Goya Gumbani - Krystin 32 - Rigz - Wake Ups 33 - Chris Skillz & Zain - The Void 34 - Tha God Fahim x Your Old Droog - Tha Wolf on Wall St. 35 - Kanye West - Donda 36 - IAMGAWD & Doc da Mindbenda - Hell's Angels & Heaven's Demons 37 - Slaine - The Things We Can't Forgive 38 - Remy Banks - The Phantom of Paradise 39 - Your Old Droog & Tha God Fahim - Tha YOD Fahim 40 - Jim Jones & Harry Fraud - The Fraud Department 41 - Muggs x Rome Streetz - Death & the Magician 42 - Jah-Monte - Seventy-Fifth & Amsterdam Side B: Lost in NYC 43 - Fat Ray - Santa Barbara 44 - Awon & Phoniks - Nothing Less 45 - Rahiem Supreme - The Fly Metaphysics 46 - Beneficence & Confidence - Stellar Mind 47 - Yelawolf - Mud Mouth 48 - Nowaah the Flood & Giallo Point - Right Over Left 49 - Mach-Hommy - Pray for Haiti 50 - Vic Spencer - Legend Laws of Power 51 - Malay Sparks, Clever1 & K-Sluggah - Frozen Mugs 52 - Rudy Williams - The Action Figure 53 - Your Old Droog - TIME 54 - YL - It Never Entered My Mind 55 - Backxwash - I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses 56 - King Micah the Infamous & Mightyhealthy - Kingmighty 2 57 - Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost 58 - Evidence - Unlearning, Vol. 1 59 - Willie the Kid - Keep Watching the Fly 60 - Tha God Fahim - Dump Gawd: Stock Lord 61 - Vince Staples - Vince Staples 62 - Starker x Gee Dubs - Mothra 63 - John Jigg$ & K-Sluggah - Twin Cannons 2 64 - Snotty - Other Side of the Wall 65 - Napoleon da Legend & Nejma Nefertiti - Alter Ego 66 - Rome Streetz & Futurewave - Razor's Edge 67 - Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning 68 - McKinley Dixon - For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her 69 - Nas - Magic 70 - Nas - King’s Disease II 71 - Cognac Kingz - Ebenezer Maxwell (International Man of Leisure) 72 - Him Lo x Giallo Point - Ugonmakemekillyoazz 73 - $uicideboy$ - Long Term Effects of Suffering 74 - Navy Blue - Navy's Reprise 75 - Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf 76 - Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B 77 - Substance810 & Onaje Jordan - A Righteous Offering 78 - YL - Adaptation 79 - Starker x al.divino - Sacred 80 - Rob Gates - Rob Like Get Robbed 2 81 - DJ Swet & Milano Constantine - Block Work 82 - Lute - Gold Mouf 83 - All Hail Y.T. - Player Made 84 - Pouya - Blood Was Never As Thick As Water 85 - Mick Jenkins - Elephant in the Room 86 - R.A.P. Ferreira - The Light Emitting Diamond Cutter Scriptures 87 - Lord Juco & Finn - Details 88 - Rasheed Chappell & XP the Marxman - RX 89 - Raz Fresco & Ray Robinson - SUNray 90 - MadeinTYO & UnoTheActivist - Yokohama 91 - Boldy James & The Alchemist - Super Tecmo Bo 92 - Steel Tipped Dove - Call Me When You’re Outside 93 - Vic Spencer & SonnyJim - Spencer for Higher 4 94 - Koncept Jack$on & Bane Capital - Good Product 95 - Ankhlejohn - As a Man Thinketh 96 - Dark Time Sunshine – LORE 97 - Defcee & Messiah Musik – Trapdoor 98 - Estee Nack x Mr. Rose – Byakugan 99 - Hus Kingpin – Portishus 100 - Hiperlaxo - S U R

Instrumental hip hop severlere de 2021 çıkışlı birkaç albüm önerisi:

L'Orange - The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better

Sun Thru Trees - One Won Now

Madlib - Sound Ancestors

Observe Since '98 - King Clout

Farazi - Anti-Kahraman: 90 Nesli

Ol' Burger Beats - Monologue.

Observe Since '98 - Bluto

Døøf - ElbøwGrease

MUJO情 & Grogou - Lo-Foods

Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends 3

Farazi - 2020: Instrumentals

Demahjiae - *guiding light

Brock Berrigan - Smooth Sailing

Elucid & Von Pea - The Dirtee Deacon Beat Tape

MUJO情 & Hakone - Izanami

Koralle - Still Life

Vertical Jones - Monochrome: Frames (Instrumentals)

Son olarak, 2021 çıkışlı albümlerden-janra fark etmeksizin- favori albüm kapaklarımı derlediğim seri için de sizi burdan alalım.

[podcastpalace]

Episode 479 | "Raisins In The Yams" by The Joe Budden Podcast .... Although Meek Mill released music on his new album, 'Expensive Pain', he's garnered attention primarily for the album's artwork (25:00). Joe and the crew debate if plastering his explicit cover art on public buses is a strategic marketing tactic or was it simply a misstep on Meek and his team (40:30). Summer Walker reveals an engaging tracklist/timeline for her new album (49:55) which includes a narration titled "Ciara's Prayer" and leads to an interesting discussion around Ciara and Russell Wilson's dynamic (55:30). Also, this past weekend was filled with sports events lead by, Deontay Wilder losing to Tyson Fury (1:23:45), Jon Gruden leaked emails (1:45:25), and MORE! Become a Patron of The Joe Budden Podcast for additional bonus episodes and visual content for all things JBP: Tap in here  Sleeper Picks Joe | Don Toliver - “Swangin’ On Westheimer” Ice | Icewear Vezzo - “Get Bacc” Parks | Dj Swet & Milano Constantine - “Block Work” Ish | Kane Brown - “Blessed & Free” (H.E.R.)

[lyrics724]

Mantra Jin 陣

[Letra de “Jin 陣 ” ft. Dano] [Verso: Dano] Siento tal vez Que ya no soy el niño de ayer Se cayó la escalera que va Desde el cielo al infierno He tardado en ver En cuadro entero… Mi excusa de cada día Soy el primero al que mataría… Carga la bala… Siento tal vez Que ya no soy el niño de ayer Se cayó la escalera que va Desde el cielo al infierno He tardado en ver En cuadro entero… Mi excusa de cada…

[supreme-noulich]

DJ SWET X ALELUYA feat. DANO & ÉBANO (Mudra 2017)

``niños de quince años entrenando en el corte...``

[wellesleyunderground]

WU Reviews: The Problem With Apu by Shelly Anand '08 (@shellypolitik) & Shloka Ananthanarayanan '08 (@shlokes)

(Source)

Hari Kondabolu is a New York-based stand-up comic. He is also of Indian origin and therefore has a long-standing gripe with the character of Apu in The Simpsons. His hour-long documentary, The Problem With Apu, features conversations with South Asian actors, Simpsons writers, and people on the street, some of whom were genuinely flabbergasted that their favorite character on The Simpsons is voiced by a white guy (Hank Azaria, who refused to be a part of this documentary).

‘08 alums Shelly and Shloka are both Indian women living in America but with very different backgrounds. Shelly was born and raised in the American South (what up ATL alums) while Shloka grew up in Bahrain surrounded by Indian immigrants and only moved to New York when she was a teenager, where she went to an international high school. Below are their takes on The Problem with Apu, which are only two of the myriad reactions people across the South Asian diaspora may end up having to this documentary.

Shloka:

I already knew what I was getting into when I started watching this documentary. I’ve seen some of Hari Kondabolu’s stand-up so I was fully aware of the premise. What startled me was his personal story of why he hated Apu so much. Turns out, as a kid growing up in America, apparently people would just yell out “Hey Apu!” or “Thank you come again!” if they saw a brown person? I never experienced that kind of overt racism growing up (also The Simpsons wasn’t particularly big in Bahrain), so while I’ve personally never really cared about that character, this documentary made me much more angry on behalf of all the brown folk who did face discrimination because of Apu.

Shelly:

I am a big fan of Hari and was excited for him to tackle this topic in a documentary; I had seen him first address the problem with Apu on W. Kamau Bell’s show Totally Biased a couple of years ago. I definitely related to what Hari and the other featured South Asian actors and comedians had to say about growing up with the Apu stereotype. I do recall being asked if my parents owned a gas station or a 711. When my father became CEO of a company in his field (electrical engineering), a manager came up to him and said something along the lines of he thought Indian people only worked and/or owned Dunkin Donuts, to which my father responded “I’d be happy to help you find a job there.” (Go Papa!). #radbrowndad

We dealt with a lot of racism living in the South. People were always making fun of my mom’s accent--from her patients (she’s a psychiatrist) to clerks in stores--and she still deals with this racism to this day. My dad felt the pressures of assimilation and actively got rid of his accent by impersonating radio djs. People at times think he is second generation like me because he no longer has an accent and now has lived here for most of his life. The only time it comes out is when he is code switching, sitting with family and friends, in a safe space where he can be his true self. I wish I could say that “The Problem of Apu” was a thing of the past but it has gotten worse in the post-9/11 current Trump world. Even today, I have had people do the Indian head bob or do a fake Indian accent thinking it is funny. Of course, the accent and head bobs are just one of many issues South Asian kids face in the U.S. Having non-Christian religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, to name a few) made us subject to ridicule and still does to this day. And Indian food and yoga weren’t so cool when we were growing up. Our whole identity and culture was under attack. It still is today, with Islamophobia, continual ignorance over non-Western religions (Sikhs and Hindus being subject to Islamophobia because we’re brown and have turbans), and cultural appropriation of food and religion (ahem, YOGA and that chicken tikka masala bullshit, oh and don’t get me started on “chai tea”). I am excited to see not only more representation of desis on American film and television, but am grateful for folx like Hari that use their platform to address the issues us desi kids faced growing up.

Shloka:

The Problem with Apu addresses a number of problems. First, there’s the idea of how this character even came to be. There are conflicting stories about whether the writer thought that an Indian store owner was a complete stereotype, but had to concede when Hank Azaria came out with the voice and a room full of white guys laughed. Azaria himself didn’t take part in this documentary and continues to do the voice all over the place, despite a half-hearted attempt at acknowledging its racist undertones in an old HuffPo article. Then there’s the problem of representation. People argue that The Simpsons has broad stereotypes of Italians or Scottish people, so why be so fixated on Apu? 

Kondabolu’s rebuttal (of course) is that there are nuanced portrayals of Italians and Scots all over TV and movies. Whereas for the longest time, the only representation of an Indian in American media was this servile store clerk who bought into every stereotype under the sun. Kondabolu proposes a number of ways The Simpsons could redeem themselves - have a brown actor do the voice, add some new South Asian characters who demonstrate other aspects of the diaspora, or just kill off Apu and be done with the whole mess once and for all. Sadly, I doubt any of these will come to pass. When he interviews his own parents, they have a weary sense of resignation - they came to this country and did what they had to do. They think Apu is a terrible portrayal, but to them, they have fought many other battles and this question of media representation pales in comparison to their real journey to buy in to the American dream.

Shelly:

It definitely seemed like the goal of the film was for him to go head to head with Hank Azaria. I don’t know if the problem of Apu can really be resolved with respect to the show. It’s been, what, almost 30 years since the show was started? Does anyone ever watch the Simpsons anymore? The Problem with Apu isn’t the Simpsons itself, but that it started this trend where it was acceptable to mock and ridicule South Asian people for the way they talk and their professions. The film discusses how the Apu caricature made it really really difficult to be an South Asian actor in this country; most of the actors and comedians Hari interviews talk about how they  have been expected to audition for roles (btw Aziz Ansari addresses this issue really well in Season 1 of Master of None). I learned about the term “patanking” for the first time, which is the stereotypical accent, head-bob, caricature South-Asian actors are often asked to portray when offered miniscule roles (like taxi driver, 711 owner etc.)

However, I wish there was more discussion of how the caricature of Apu effects South Asian immigrants like our parents. There are many South Asian immigrants who own and/or work in gas stations and hotels. How does the Problem of Apu impact them? I know here in Georgia, there are a number of South Asians who own gas stations in rural areas and many of their lives have been threatened because of xenophobia. While the actors complain about playing gas station owners and taxi drivers, they don’t complain about the stereotype of the model minority myth, playing doctors, lawyers, tech startup bros, etc. There is an element of classism to all of this. We are fine with the model minority myth (that we are successful immigrants) but not with the prospect of someone assuming that we are working class.

I did appreciate how the documentary placed Apu in the historical context of ridiculing and mocking people of color in the United States specifically with respect to Blackface. Whoopi Goldberg is interviewed and talks blackface in Hollywood at the turn of 20th century. At one point Hari asked Whoopi if Apu could be considered blackface and she confirms that it is. I remember a couple of years ago, Popchips did a commercial with Ashton Kutcher, who literally painted his face brown and did an indian accent. I know when I was growing up, something like that would have been seen as acceptable, but celebrities like Himanshu Suri (of Das Racist and Swet Shop Boys fame) called it out and I believe Popchips ended up pulling the ad. That was really affirming for me.

Shloka:

This documentary is only an hour-long and I can see why. There isn’t really much meat to this story and after a while it does get a bit repetitive and seems to be stating the obvious. But again, I’m a liberal brown person. The people who really ought to be watching this are the ones who never will. I think it would be eye-opening for a lot of people who are oblivious to the challenges minorities face in day-to-day life. While I found myself growing bored of the Apu premise, I loved how many South Asian people from all walks of life were interviewed in this movie, from the former Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, to comedienne, Aparna Nancherla. And this speaks to my ongoing thirst to see more brown people on TV. I don’t watch The Simpsons and I think Apu is a ridiculous character. But as more South Asians emerge on screen in shows like The Mindy Project or Master of None, they are filling a void in the media landscape that I never acknowledged before. 

While I’ve never been openly discriminated against, I’ve had moments when people made assumptions about me because I was brown or were shocked that my “English is so good.” Sometimes their assumptions are right, but sometimes they’re wrong, and it is frustrating as a minority to not be given the privilege to be my own person instead of immediately being put in a box. When I talk to a white person, I treat them like an individual being and don’t categorize them right off the bat, because I have seen thousands of different representations of white people in the movies and TV. But when a white person is talking to me, are they immediately thinking I might be like Apu and I have to convince them otherwise? What a terrifying prospect.

Shelly:

It was definitely repetitive and it also focused on just one small facet of the myriad of issues South Asians and South Asian Americans face with respect to discrimination in this country. Not only are our [assumed] accents ridiculed, but our lives are threatened because of religion [either real or perceived] and because we are from non-European immigrant community. I can’t tell you the number of times my mother has heard “go back to your country.” Hell, I was called a “foreign dyke bitch” in North Carolina in a grocery store parking lot (what a trifecta!). The mockery of the accent is indicative of a larger theme that many of us in the immigrant community face: you don’t belong here. I wish that was addressed a bit more. We also have our own dirty laundry in the community-- shadeism and anti-black racism. Not that we need to do a documentary airing our dirty laundry but identity is a complicated beast (not to mention others like caste, Islamophobia from non-Muslim South Asians etc.).

Overall, I am happy the film exists and happy that the caricature of desi folx has been placed in the context of other discriminatory caricatures like black face -- I think that link is critical to helping the desi community build foundations of solidarity with the black community and other communities of color in the U.S. I see Hari’s film as the tip of the iceberg and I’m excited to see more.

[misskatieleigh]

Tagged by @semisweetshadow *smooch*

1: A song you like with a color in it

Green Eyes - Judah & the Lion

2: A song you like with a number in the title

T5 - Swet Shop Boys

3: A song that reminds you of summertime

1234 - Feist

4: A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about

When I Come Around - Green Day

5: A song that needs to be played LOUD

Best of You - Foo Fighters

6: A song that makes you want to dance

All I do is Win - DJ Khaled 

7: A song to drive to

Rivers and Roads - The Head and the Heart

8: A song about drugs or alcohol

Third Eye Blind - Semi-charmed Life

9: A song that makes you happy

Fountain of Youth - Local Natives

10: A song that makes you sad

Fools - Troye Sivan

I’m gonna tag: @sassysnowperson, @the-bi-writer, @kashmir1, @writinredhead, @drinkupthesunrise

[mishthi]

Inspired by Doris Duke's Shangri La in Oahu, Mishthi Music's Taz Ahmed curates a mixtape inspired by the sounds of Hawaii, orientalist imaginations, crashing waves, and political music by Muslim-ish artists. We live in a time of Muslim bans and hate crimes and these tracks challenge you to re-imagine a better and more re-centered world. Tracks include exotica (Les Baxter, Korla Pandit, Martin Denny), Calcutta classical music on a Hawaiian slide guitar (Tau Meo, Debasish Bhattacharya), banging EDM DJ mixes (Desi Sub Culture, DJ TIkka Masala, Jai Wolf), politically-charged rap (Anik Khan, Brother Ali, Swet Shop Boys) and much much more.

Bali Ha'i by Tak Shindo

Resident Alien by Doctors & Engineers

Sei Valo Sei Valo by Shyamal Chowdhury & Hawaiian Symphony

Cleopatra by Anik Khan

R.E.D. by A Tribe Called Red (ft. Yassin Bey & Narcy & Black Bear)

Zombie by Swet Shop Boys

Playful Melina On Diamond Head by Debashish Bhattacharya

Brown Boy Lost by Kaly

Kehna Hi Kya by Desi Sub Culture vs DJ Khanvict Refix

Indian Summer by Jai Wolf

Maja by Yusuf Siddiquee

ilaahadda by OCHOBOYS

Chupa (Habibiboi x Bassbear remix) by Rainey

Choli Ke Remix Kyahe by DJ TIkka Masala

Habib Galbi by A-WA

Tehran by Les Baxter

Djin by Mashrou' Leila

Love Galore by SZA

Colonizer by HDLSS

H.A.I.R. by Humble the Poet

Let It Grow by SETI X

Indian Summer by The Kalua Beach Boys

Brown Girls by Vivek Shraya & Queer Songbook Orchestra

The Florist by Nilufer Yanya

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Nina and the Moon by DJ Tikka Masala

Amerika by Young the Giant

Twist the Knife by The Kominas

Rokhto by Big Baby Gandhi

Focus by Haseeb

Islamophobia by Professor A.L.I. (ft. Jinnsanity, K.B., Ras Ceylon & Swap)

Procession of the Grand Moghul by Korla Pandit

Korla Pandit by Brooklyn Shanti & Jason Chu

Never Learn by Brother Ali

Return to Paradise by Martin Denny

 Mixtape was curated by Taz Ahmed (www.tazzystar.me) while on an art residency at Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design (www.shangrilahawaii.org) in August 2017.

[birdbathbabies-blog]

With a Celebration of Swans starting up in Whitehorse we felt it was time to pay homage to our fine feathered friends - yes we are talking about birds.  Neither fish, nor foul birds play an important role in our ecosystem and are the only invertibrates that lay eggs!

Two Little Birds - Diyet and the Love Soldiers

Swan Dive - Waxahatchee

Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron and Wine

Animal Tracks - Mountain Man

Birds and Ships - Billy Bragg, Wilco and Natalie Merchant

Birds of a Feather, We Rock Together - Vulfpack, Antwaun Stanley

Birds - Neil Young

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might be Giants

The Bird - Anderson. Paak

Birding - Swet Shop Boys

Winter's Come and Gone - Gillian Welch

Birdwatchers - DJ Frane

[theblipster]

pL@yl!$ts x summer 2017

i. Out in Dem Streets   [spotify]

Bad Boy for Life // Puff Daddy, Black Rob, & Mark Curry

Shining // DJ Khaled f. Jay Z & Beyoncé

Kill Jill // Big Boi f. Killer Mike & Jeezy

Want You Back // HAIM

Green Light // Lorde

I Can Only Stare // Sleigh Bells

Anthem // Swet Shop Boys

C.R.E.A.M. // Wu-Tang Clan

HUMBLE. // Kendrick Lamar

Bodak Yellow // Cardi B

What Up Gangsta // 50 Cent

Dark Red // Steve Lacy

Mask Off // Future

Portland // Drake f. Quavo & Travis Scott

FOR MY PEOPLE // Joey Bada$$

Pacifics // Digable Planets

BagBak // Vince Staples

Deez Hands // Swizzymack f. Quinta B.

Let the Music Play // Shannon

That’s What I Like // Bruno Mars

Beez in the Trap // Nicki Minaj f. 2 Chainz

Go Gina // SZA

Pump It Up // Joe Budden

It’s A Vibe // 2 Chainz f. Ty Dolla $ign, Trey Songz & Jhené Aiko

Slide // Calvin Harris f. Frank Ocean & Migos

Cut to the Feeling // Carly Rae Jepsen

Fake Happy // Paramore

Slip Slide // Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment f. B.o.B., Busta Rhymes, BJ the Chicago Kid & Janelle Monaé

I Miss Those Days // Bleachers

Goodbye Soleil // Phoenix

Crooklyn // Buckshot, Masta Ace, & Special Ed

ii. night time’s the right time   [spotify]

dangerous // the xx

disco kid // chaz bundick meets the mattison 2

hot thoughts // spoon

shame and fortune // yeah yeah yeahs

kowalski // primal scream

only shallow // my bloody valentine

the prayer // bloc party

nights // frank ocean

never thought i’d see the passionfruit // vacations (drake x sade)

get free // major lazer f. amber coffman

let it happen // tame impala

friend zone // thundercat

location // khalid

new dorp. new york. // sbtrkt f. ezra koenig

oui // jeremih

dywm // nao

aurelia // tom tripp

heebiejeebies // aminé f. kehlani

girl like you // toro y moi

body talk // foxes

get it together // drake f. black coffee & jorja smith

enough!! // a tribe called quest

redbone // childish gambino

drown in it // syd

anniversary // tony! toni! toné!

o-o-h child // the five stairsteps