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NPR: Hip-Hop Albums That Reflected 2017 Politics

NPR Music's roundup of the year's 21 best hip-hop albums is themed around the politics of race, space and place.

Brick Body Kids Still Daydream by Open Mike Eagle

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With the first song of his 2014 masterpiece, Dark Comedy, Open Mike Eagle reintroduced himself by...

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Laila’s Wisdom by Rapsody

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Laila’s Wisdom is the second studio album by Rapsody, released on September 22, 2017 through Jamla...

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Hndrxx by Future

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Hndrxx (stylized as HNDRXX and pronounced "Hendrix") is the sixth studio album by American rapper...

Jennifer Kirkland (1 KP) created a post

Jan 27, 2018

Bardic Voices by Mercedes Lackey
I'm re-reading this series, as since my husband's death I find comfort in the literature I read as a teen or a young adult. And what I'm finding now, nearly thirty years later, is the same kind of anti-racism text as is found in Real Life Politics today. One of the Free Bards (Kestrel) is talking about Humans Only signs and varying things being declared as evil...

and I'm thinking... didn't I just hear this story on NPR?

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Bren (4 KP) rated A Very Fatal Murder in Podcasts

Jun 2, 2018

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I really enjoyed this podcast from the Onion. In this, we are listening to "OPR" which styled itself very much like something you would hear on NPR, complete with a fake pledge break about halfway through. I found it by mistake when I looking for a new True Crime podcast to listen to. I was glad I did. The satirical tones were pretty good, and while I generally believe you can't take satire too far, this did have some gags that were a bit much or seemed to drag on to me. Overall, it was well done and very much worth a listen!

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Smashbomb (4687 KP) created a post in Smashbomb AMA

Jun 12, 2019

AMA: SANDHYA MENON (AUTHOR)
We are excited to announce that our first AMA 'ask me anything' session will be with author @Sandhya Menon who has agreed to answer a number of 'Ask me anything (AMA)' questions for Smashbombers.

Sandhya is a New York Times bestselling author and has written 4 novels, and has 3 on the way! Her books have been featured in several cool places, including on The Today Show, Teen Vogue, NPR Book Review, Buzzfeed, and Seventeen.

Sandhya is probably best-known for her bestseller @When Dimple Met Rishi - which is currently rated a 7.8 on Smashbomb :)

Joanne's other works include:

      @From Twinkle, with Love

      @There's Something About Sweetie
      @Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love

Please leave your questions in the comments below, all of which will be sent over to Sandhya for her responses. Please remember to be inventive and original in your questions ?

(Image credit: sandhyamenon.com)

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NPR: Hip-Hop Albums That Reflected 2017 Politics

Brick Body Kids Still Daydream by Open Mike Eagle

Damn. by Kendrick Lamar

Luv Is Rage 2 by Lil Uzi Vert