http://www.boldaslove.us/2009/05/21/on-theroot-com-the-rise-of-the-black-hipster/ Music, Culture & The New Black Imagination Sun, 12 May 2013 16:18:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.boldaslove.us/2009/05/21/on-theroot-com-the-rise-of-the-black-hipster/#comment-435 hD Tue, 26 May 2009 07:22:42 +0000 http://69.89.31.151/%7Eboldaslo/?p=382#comment-435 I’m a tad suspicious whenever NYT or anyone else makes these announcements. Growing up in suburban NJ in the 80′s, I (we) dressed like Kanye 25 years ago. Izod belts, Louis Vuitton wallets, RL oxfords, mixed w/Van Grack(!) and old Pierre Cardin topcoats from Antique Boutique on Broadway. All the while listening to the BarKays, Prince, Golden Earing, Miles, Cheap Trick, Marshall Crenshaw, Ian Hunter, Flash, Curtis Blow, MC Shan/KRS Battles, FISHBONE, Depeche, Echo + the Bunnymen, THE FIXX, UNTOUCHABLES and many other fantastic mixed up eclectic sounds of the day. News Flash,: What’s old is new again, point blank.

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