CULTURE CLASSICS – Ice Cube “It Was A Good Day”
On this edition of #CultureClassics we proudly present to you a laid back summertime jam with a gangsta twist, “Today Was A Good Day” from legendary West Coast MC, Ice Cube.
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CULTURE CLASSICS – Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The 1990’s were the heyday for black sitcoms and on this edition of #CultureClassics we’re celebrating one of the most popular and ground breaking black sitcoms of not only the 90’s but of all-time, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
CULTURE CLASSICS – Coming to America
#RunTheCulture Coming to America is one of the greatest comedies of all-time with no debate. So it’s only right we give it the #CultureClassic treatment. Before Wakanda, the African country The Culture wanted to migrate to was Zamunda. A fictional land introduced to us in 1988 in the film Coming to America. Coming to America is…
The Proud Family – CULTURE CLASSICS
#RunTheCulture This week’s #CultureClassic is the cartoon The Proud Family tv show which premiered in 2001. The Proud Family was a rare cartoon. Rare because it follows the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl trying to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. Cartoon shows are not normally led by black girls. Penny…
CULTURE CLASSICS – “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by Missy Elliot
#RunTheCulture Many artists make hits, many artists have had hit debuts. But only a very select few can say they changed the game with the first song they dropped. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot is one of those artists. “The Rain” by Missy gets the love it deserves as a #CultureClassic. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” dropped…
CULTURE CLASSICS – New Jack City
#RunTheCulture New Jack City was a game changing film. An instant #CultureClassic that still has influence in The Culture to this day. New Jack City is the 1991 crime drama directed by Mario Van Peebles (making his directorial debut). The film stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, and Mario Van Peebles himself and was released on March 8, 1991. Wesley Snipes…
CULTURE CLASSICS – Kid Cudi “Pursuit of Happiness”
This week in #CultureClassics we take a look back at one of the more unique MCs in all of hip-hop and his unique party anthem record as we breakdown “Pursuit of Happiness” by Kid Cudi.
CULTURE CLASSICS – The Wayans Bros. TV Show
#RunTheCulture The Wayans Bros TV show is a classic black sitcom that helped launched a television network in the mid 90’s created by and starring real life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans that played a major role in black television in its time. Coming from black Hollywood’s first family of comedy, The Wayans, Shawn and Marlon play brothers from Harlem living their…
Culture Classics – The Malcom X Movie
#RunTheCulture As the revolution is approaching, we want to feature one of the most pro-black and political engaged #CultureClassics in The Culture’s film vault, the Malcom X movie. One of the greatest black autobiographies (written by Alex Haley) turned into a biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader portrayed brilliantly by…
CULTURE CLASSICS – Fight The Power by Public Enemy
#RunTheCulture The Culture has been and will always be about resistance and “Fight The Power” by Public Enemy is one of hip-hop’s greatest examples and is a bonafide #CultureClassic. “Fight The Power” has been a hip-hop anthem for over 30 years. Famously released in the summer of 1989, the song was the theme for Spike…
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