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Monday 9.10 - Brother Ali

9/10/2018

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Brother Ali “Us” from Us – ‘09
  • Genre: Hip-hop / Rap
  • Important Humans: Jason Newman (b. 1978)
  • Origins: Minneapolis (Minnesota and Wisconsin)
  • Years Active: ‘98-present
  • Important Facts:
    • Suffers from Albinism
      • Genetic disorder – lack of pigment in skin, eyes, and hair
      • Legally blind
    • Often speaks of media’s myopic focus on his disability
      • “felt most at home with African-Americans”
      • Both Jason and African-Americans are minorities in his hometown
    • Converted to Islam; has been a Muslim for 13 years
    • Much of discography produced by Ant from Atmosphere
    • “Us” was originally titled “Street Preacher”
    • On Rolling Stone’s Artists to Watch List
    • Featured multiple times in The Source
    • Performed on the Late, Late Show, Conan, and with The Roots on Fallon
    • Heavily influenced by the “golden age” of rap in the ‘80s
      • KRS-One, Rakim, etc…
    • Frequently collaborates with MURS and other underground hip-hop artists
3 Comments
Dante
10/11/2018 12:19:14 pm

I liked the tempo and the mesaage of the song they he was using rap to identify himself

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Kristen R.
10/11/2018 12:30:10 pm

I really liked brother Ali " us" because it tells a story and you can feel the sadness and anger with the words he's saying. I also like the fast tempo. Something I disliked was that there's not really any instruments. Rate 8/10

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Bryan M.
10/19/2018 01:22:42 pm

I liked this song for its rhythm and its lyrics by Brother Ali. I really felt some the sadness and anger that was addressed through out this song. I would give this song an 8.

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