{"id":120,"date":"2012-02-11T22:15:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T22:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/?p=120"},"modified":"2012-02-11T23:06:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T23:06:50","slug":"blue-scholars-hussein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2012\/02\/11\/blue-scholars-hussein\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Scholars &#8211; &#8220;Hussein&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a track by Blue Scholars, a Seattle-based group that doesn&#8217;t get a lot of mainstream attention but definitely should. \u00a0While many rappers have embraced President Obama, others have questioned his ability (or willingness) to effect real change. \u00a0&#8220;Hussein&#8221; gives voice to the frustration among some rappers that just a few people in the U.S. seem to be getting ahead&#8211;at the expense of many others who are &#8220;scrapin&#8217; resin out a pipe dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blue Scholars- Hussein (2011)\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QbssPOsHwNs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And just to establish the credibility of Blue Scholars, I am including a link to one of my favorite songs of theirs, &#8220;Bruise Brothers,&#8221; off their 2004 album <em>Blue Scholars. \u00a0<\/em>Here&#8217;s where exceptional lyricism and a good beat come together to make what rap <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">should<\/span>\u00a0be. \u00a0(Song starts 7 seconds in)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blue Schoolars - Bruise Brothers\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJQNpncmWh8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a track by Blue Scholars, a Seattle-based group that doesn&#8217;t get a lot of mainstream attention but definitely should. \u00a0While many rappers have embraced President Obama, others have questioned his ability (or willingness) to effect real change. \u00a0&#8220;Hussein&#8221; gives voice to the frustration among some rappers that just a few people in the U.S. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2012\/02\/11\/blue-scholars-hussein\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blue Scholars &#8211; &#8220;Hussein&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}