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Jessy Terrero On Hip-Hop Videos Objectifying Women | People’s Party Clip 0 (0)

In this clip from People’s Party, Talib Kweli and co-host Jasmin Leigh talk with director Jessy Terrero about the criticism of hip-hop music videos objectifying women. Jessy looks back at how rap videos first started and how that objectification criticism has changed over time. Talib and Jessy also discuss how responsible, if at all, directors are to inject their own morals into the music videos of others. Full episode arrives on Monday 4/27 at 9AMet/6AMpt. 🔔 Subscribe to UPROXX Video and ring the bell to turn on notifications: https://uproxx.it/5rzazsh 🎙️ New Episodes of People’s Party with Talib Kweli every Monday [See More…]

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Everlast On The Hidden Backstory Of House Of Pain’s Mega-Hit ‘Jump Around’ | People’s Party Clip 0 (0)

In this clip from People’s Party, host Talib Kweli and co-host Jasmin Leigh talk with House of Pain frontman Everlast about his mega-hit “Jump Around.” Everlast shares the backstory of the song — including the fact that Ice Cube passed on the beat. He also addresses the source of what just might be the world’s most controversial sample. When Kweli remarks on the fact that the track launched around the same time as Kriss Kross’s “Jump,” Everlast tells the story of rushing their song onto the radio after learning that Joe Nicolo, co-founder of Ruffhouse Records, had heard the track [See More…]