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Adam Bradley

@adambradley.bsky.social

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Professor of English & African American Studies @ UCLA, founding Director of the RAP Lab, writer at large @ NYT's T Magazine, author of some books. Lives in LA.

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Adam Bradley @adambradley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Yes, "Killing Me Softly With His Song." But also 1977's "Why Don't You Move In With Me." With songwriter Gene McDaniels (who wrote her hit "Feel Like Makin' Love"), Roberta shows out. And what other love song you know boasts a line about "raw vegetables and rice"? www.youtube.com/watch?v=00sO...

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Why Don't You Move in with Me

YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic

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Adam Bradley @adambradley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

My latest, on the women who are reshaping the sound of R&B--without neglecting tradition.

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Adam Bradley @adambradley.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Honored to be in such great company at the forthcoming "Future of Hip Hop Studies" symposium at Harvard's Hutchins Center. Come join us on February 6th--in person or via livestream! calendar.college.harvard.edu/event/the-fu...

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W. Ralph Eubanks @wralpheubanks.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

“Literature holds the power to force us to confront difficult topics and perhaps change the way we look at the world. Books and stories can be a light that leads toward the pursuit of truth in what might be dark times.” lithub.com/must-the-pro...

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Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

“I’ve seen this movie before” is what I thought after learning the outcome of this year’s presidential election. Almost immediately I realized that my thinking was too reactive. Just like eight yea…

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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Natural Fact: On Nina Simone magazine.waxpoetics.com/article/nina... On Milton Glaser Album Covers reaganray.com/2020/07/01/m...

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Adam Bradley @adambradley.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

New here, so much respect to those who've been building this! Two bio notes. I'm a: Hip-Hop Head: Just about as old as hip hop, but I keep my ears forever young. Ellisonian. Invisible Man told us: "And it is this which frightens me: Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?"

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