Stanley Crouch Lectures at Washington and Lee.

[tom11zz884]

Negro Crotch.

[GreenStarMedia]

Did you know that Uncle Ruckus from the Boondocks is based on Stanley Crouch! this is the same guy who have call EVERY black intellectual niggers and negro has talked about all forms of black music. Oh yes he is truly Uncle Ruckus!

[MrBlues1942]

Stanley Crouch is a brilliant essayist. But to say the rap comes out of a Davey Crockett vernacular text is absurd. Rap comes out of a Blues construct. Blues is the oral vernacular text. The griotic text that brought( the Blues People) into America.Blues is (black of tongue). And rap came about with the destruction of inner city musical programs creating a ontic vacuum. Blacks fell back on what they always had, the voice. Crouch doesn't know what he's talking about. Intelligential gibberish. MMR

[FLCL2010TOKYOJAPAN]

any rapper will sell out. common's "universal mind control" sell out. Talib kweli's "eardrum" sell out. Lupe fiasco's Lazer's sell out. any of those underground rappers if they make to mainstream will sell out including immortal technique, jay electronica, Blu, brother ali etc.. quit trying to defend rap they are all in it for the money. they all have to please corporate forces.

[edscottable]

minstrel entertainment for white people. damn. true unfortunately.

[edscottable]

damnnnn! crouch cant think that all rap is bad. he just cant. that is a horrible thought. to condemn a total institution, parts and all. whats a crime is how susceptible some rappers are to doing WHATEVER they are told to say of themselves for a large sum of money. white teens and young adults and other non black listeners are who push rap into those multi platinum stratas. they are entertained by the bullshit and preposterousness of rap and buy it. then dispose it....because its disposable.

[danielcooper1000]

We can never find justice at the hands of corrupt judges. (See YouTube videos) Judge to Judge on Illegal Payments to Judges / Evil Triangle of Court Corruption / Richard Fine / Dr Shirley Moore /SBX 211. The fight to end this title wave of corruption in our country must start with the corrupt judges. We can not bring evidence of corruption to corrupt judges. Los Angeles Superior Court judges are illegally and unconstitutionally taking 50,000.00 each for a total of 23 million per year.

[ceossmartz]

LMAO @STANLEY SAYING HIP HOP STARTED FROM DAVEY CROCKETT LOL. HE DOESNT NO ANYTHING ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN OR AFRICAN HISTORY . HE GIVES ALL THE CREDIT TO THE WHITE MAN . LOL. HE LIKE UNCLE RUCKUS FROM THE BOONDOCKS

[saitamme]

@ceossmartz stanley crouch an uncle tom?! you are pitifully ignorant.

[MrGibbsatWar]

its uncle ruckus

[salvadorpringle]

@MrGibbsatWar He's too ugly to be Uncle Ruckus.

[iamtroy4]

I'm white. I listened to crouch. Even went to two of his lectures he gave on campus. The guy is incredibly talented.

[dagoat127]

Tragic how many white kids will listen and comment on a million rap videos(which also have a million views) But would never listen, let alone read Black intellectuals like Crouch and so many others simply because he is not "ghetto" or a "rapper" . A ghetto with more Crouch instead of lil Wayne would be much better off.

[dagoat127]

Agree or disagree....please read this this mans works....brilliant writer and thinker.

[wendileona]

No I think its a bias against hip hop. I think its brave to just really come and say it. But people who like it, support it and defend it, do so because its part of the culture to defend it no matter how detrimental or negative it is or can be.

[Romello4u]

Well we disagree, lazarus. I like Crouch, I think he is an improtant voice. However, my opinion remains that he is bias. He makes sweeping comments that dicounts the artistic relavance of all hip hop - not only here in this installment, but in other moments I have witnessed.

[Romello4u]

I believe that Stanley Crouch is a valuable intellect and a fearless social observer. However, this is an example of when he overintellectualizes his position. And he shows his bias against Hip Hop music. As a critic, how can he objectively diminsh the artistic value of (some) rap music, as broad as it is? Nevertheless, I enjoy hearing his viewpoints.

[lazarus0202]

I don't think it's a bias against hip-hop...He's always said he's sick of the gangsterism. To be biased usually means that someone's got an unfair prejudice because of influence from socialization or some other set of circumstances, like having a racist parent or being poisoned by a bad teacher. Crouch has an opinion, not a bias.