Comments on: When hip hop, science, and education collide http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 19:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Geelong College http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1595328 Geelong College Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1595328 That;s great that GZA is also working with a Columbia professor on an educational program that is well known and that uses rhyme-writing and some of the cultural trappings of freestyle rap to teach science in New York City public schools.Nice. That;s great that GZA is also working with a Columbia professor on an educational program that is well known and that uses rhyme-writing and some of the cultural trappings of freestyle rap to teach science in New York City public schools.Nice.

]]> By: Professor59 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1594790 Professor59 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1594790 Maybe these guys could explain a few things to Insane Clown Posse.  I hear they have some questions about science-y stuff. Maybe these guys could explain a few things to Insane Clown Posse.  I hear they have some questions about science-y stuff.

]]> By: Col McGillveray http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1594422 Col McGillveray Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1594422 "Zig-zag-zig Allah" gets a shout out on the first Spice Girls single “Zig-zag-zig Allah” gets a shout out on the first Spice Girls single

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1594176 Jonathan Roberts Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1594176 No, not really. No, not really.

]]> By: Pamela Andrews http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1594166 Pamela Andrews Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1594166 GZA= Genius zig-zag-zig Allah. His name comes from the theology of the Nation of Gods and Earths, or the Five Percenters.  Michael Muhammad Knight has written some interesting stuff about these guys.  GZA= Genius zig-zag-zig Allah. His name comes from the theology of the Nation of Gods and Earths, or the Five Percenters.  Michael Muhammad Knight has written some interesting stuff about these guys. 

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1594109 noah django Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1594109 this is now a smart, educational hip-hop thread: http://www.teako170.com/stopbomb.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDd7UbJmdmw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPnM2Q1nwU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyjowd3AxEI this is now a smart, educational hip-hop thread:
http://www.teako170.com/stopbomb.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDd7UbJmdmw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPnM2Q1nwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyjowd3AxEI

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1594101 noah django Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1594101 m(_ _)m ゴメンナサイ aw, I don't think you're an *idiot* maggie.  quite the opposite.  now I feel bad that we all ganged-up on you ITT.  but calling people out *is* part of hip-hop.  anyway, good looking on the rest of the post and link, I'm quite sure I wouldn't have seen it otherwise.  props. m(_ _)m ゴメンナサイ
aw, I don’t think you’re an *idiot* maggie.  quite the opposite.  now I feel bad that we all ganged-up on you ITT.  but calling people out *is* part of hip-hop.  anyway, good looking on the rest of the post and link, I’m quite sure I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise.  props.

]]> By: Al Corrupt http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1594077 Al Corrupt Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1594077 GZA's 'Liquid Swords' is one of the finest hip hop albums i ever heard. The beats are classic, gritty Wu Tang, linked with music and dialogue (and themes) from the incredible 80's samurai flick - 'Shogun Assassin'. (Easily the best film around, on the subject of weaponized prams and strollers) http://youtu.be/E0wQhiptQBE GZA’s ‘Liquid Swords’ is one of the finest hip hop albums i ever heard.
The beats are classic, gritty Wu Tang, linked with music and dialogue (and themes) from the incredible 80′s samurai flick – ‘Shogun Assassin’. (Easily the best film around, on the subject of weaponized prams and strollers)
http://youtu.be/E0wQhiptQBE

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1594071 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1594071 Yes, I know. But somehow I never put two and two together on that. I know. I'm an idiot. I really have no excuse.  Yes, I know. But somehow I never put two and two together on that. I know. I’m an idiot. I really have no excuse. 

]]> By: Andrei M http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593968 Andrei M Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593968 "I be the body dropper, the heartbeat stopper Child educator, plus head amputator" “I be the body dropper, the heartbeat stopper
Child educator, plus head amputator”

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593967 noah django Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593967 >has listened to Wu-Tang >So I've just never heard anybody else say it to me. b-but, they say their names *in* the songs >has listened to Wu-Tang
>So I’ve just never heard anybody else say it to me.

b-but, they say their names *in* the songs

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593961 noah django Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593961  also here: http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/the-neuroscience-of-the-human.html  also here:
http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/the-neuroscience-of-the-human.html

]]> By: Alan Wexelblat http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593960 Alan Wexelblat Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593960 Yeah I went to his talk at MIT a couple months ago. Interesting guy, even if he did dodge the questions on hip-hop and misogyny. Yeah I went to his talk at MIT a couple months ago. Interesting guy, even if he did dodge the questions on hip-hop and misogyny.

]]> By: Gendun http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593903 Gendun Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593903 "Oh, and it turns out that GZA is pronounced "Jiz-ah", and is derived from "genius"." Welcome to 1993. Also in science and hip hop news, check out this just-published fMRI study on freestylers: http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121115/srep00834/full/srep00834.html “Oh, and it turns out that GZA is pronounced “Jiz-ah”, and is derived from “genius”.”

Welcome to 1993.

Also in science and hip hop news, check out this just-published fMRI study on freestylers:
http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121115/srep00834/full/srep00834.html

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593877 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593877 No. More like somebody has listened to Wu-Tang and enjoyed it enough to be excited about this project, but is not enough of an aficionado to have ever had a spoken conversation about GZA, specifically. So I've just never heard anybody else say it to me. No. More like somebody has listened to Wu-Tang and enjoyed it enough to be excited about this project, but is not enough of an aficionado to have ever had a spoken conversation about GZA, specifically. So I’ve just never heard anybody else say it to me.

]]> By: seyo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593875 seyo Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593875 you beat me to it, but I will post it anyway: Raekwon: And the GZA, the G is just the Genius, he, he's the backbone of the whole shit RZA (pronounced rizzah, short for Razor): It's self explanatory, Genius Method Man: He the head, let's put it that way. We form like Voltron, and GZA happen to be the head. You know what I'm sayin. you beat me to it, but I will post it anyway:

Raekwon: And the GZA, the G is just the Genius, he, he’s the backbone of the whole shit

RZA (pronounced rizzah, short for Razor): It’s self explanatory, Genius

Method Man: He the head, let’s put it that way. We form like Voltron, and GZA happen to be the head. You know what I’m sayin.

]]> By: Brian Denton http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593855 Brian Denton Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593855 He the head. Let's put it that way. [Wu-Tang] form like Voltron and the GZA happen to be the head. He the head. Let’s put it that way. [Wu-Tang] form like Voltron and the GZA happen to be the head.

]]> By: Rob Wheeler http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593853 Rob Wheeler Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593853 I came across this story while playing Method Man's Tical album on my laptop. So as a bit of a nerd myself, I REALLY appreciate this. I came across this story while playing Method Man’s Tical album on my laptop. So as a bit of a nerd myself, I REALLY appreciate this.

]]> By: Cool K http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/when-hip-hop-science-and-edu.html#comment-1593847 Cool K Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196982#comment-1593847 "Oh, and it turns out that GZA is pronounced "Jiz-ah", and is derived from "genius"."  Looks like someone is a Wu Tang funk faker... “Oh, and it turns out that GZA is pronounced “Jiz-ah”, and is derived from “genius”.” 

Looks like someone is a Wu Tang funk faker…

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