2009-06-27

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2009-06-27 08:42 am

What does this say: whites adopting black music but not black names?

Interesting post about baby names on one of Tom's Tumblrs, including side discussion in the comments about whether baby names and popular music move in opposite social directions, baby names from upper classes to lower, music from lower to upper (though it's not that simple).
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2009-06-27 09:21 am
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Pink Dollaz

In about 25 minutes of my listening Pink Dollaz has become one of my favorite groups of the year. H/t Lex, who calls them "terrific jerk ho-rap" ("jerk" being the name of the genre, or at least of the dance, also called "jerkin'").

Here's their MySpace, though I prefer some of the tracks streamed on YouTube. E.g. "Lap Dance," where the Dollaz adopt a sultry deadpan like Amil's for the rap, brattiness for the chorus. Meanwhile, as beats go big and slow, blips trickle from the faucet into the atmosphere.