Comments on: NYOIL Interview Part I: Hip Hop 1968 Black Is Back!

By: Wednesday Morning Starting Five: 5 Years to Yell and Black | The Starting Five

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:21:11 +0000

[...] Black Athlete gave me my shot. Black Sports Network continued the dream. SLAM Magazine gave me a seam. The Starting Five became my team. Sports, politics, culture…race. [...]

By: Tuesday Morning Starting Five: John Wall Looks Great So Far | The Starting Five

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:30:31 +0000

[...] it NYOIL! I ain’t nothin’ [...]

By: 50rapmusic

50rapmusic — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:31:26 +0000

What really matters in all of this? What’s tangible and viable? A hip-hop school? Definitely. A discourse between conscious scholars and conscious gangsters. A discourse between unconscious scholars and unconscious gangsters? A dialogue between devils?

I appreciate the interview because you both grounded the conversation in the present (and the past and future). That’s not always easy to do. Much respect.

By: Thursday Morning Starting Five: The Those Who Were Left Behind Edition | The Starting Five

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:51:47 +0000

[...] I was a part of a great conversation on the state of Hip Hop Journalism with my man NYOIL on his blog talk radio show. The brotha is concerned how Hip Hop is being portrayed and reported in [...]

By: Tuesday Morning Starting Five: The Black Star Reunion Edition | The Starting Five

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:33:29 +0000

[...] NYOIl is working on a new project as we speak. I can’t wait for that. [...]

By: Short Interview With DJ Jazzy Jeff | The Starting Five

Short Interview With DJ Jazzy Jeff | The Starting Five — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:46:38 +0000

[...] comparing himself to MLK and I was disgusted. No hate, just disappointment. Thank God for cats like NYOIL (make sure you check out Father, [...]

By: Father, Father by NYOIL | The Starting Five

Father, Father by NYOIL | The Starting Five — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:14:57 +0000

[...] OIL is doing all he can to get the right people to hear his message. I really enjoyed our interview. He speaks to those who look like him first and then expands his message to all of those in [...]

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:11:23 +0000

Just saw your comment Modi. You got it bruh.

By: A Dream's Shadow Cast For the Dense Shallow | The Starting Five

A Dream's Shadow Cast For the Dense Shallow | The Starting Five — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:06:50 +0000

[...] NYOIL on the strength. Hit me up brothaman. [...]

By: September 11th 2001: Where Were You? What Were Your Thoughts? | The Starting Five

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:41:59 +0000

[...] a video sent to me by NYOIL 9/13: http://youtube.com/watch?v=w7MnLHuhNTE Sphere: Related Content [...]

By: USA Senior Men’s Basketball Team Wins the Gold Medal Despite Ourselves | The Starting Five

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:27:28 +0000

[...] incredulous sentiment? Those who root against our countrymen, what are they telling their sons? As NYOIl spits in on one of his tracks off his classic CD Hood Treason: “This is the hate that love [...]

By: Friday Fire 2: What Are Your Thoughts On the Word Nigger? Should Anyone Use It? | The Starting Five

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:55:57 +0000

[...] copped Nas’ Untitled (formerly Nigger) and NYOIL’s Hood Treason. Both are hot and I’m not just saying this for my own [...]

By: MODI

MODI — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:53:00 +0000

There is so much different shit going on in this interview that I feel silly selecting this one point. However, it resonated when NYOIL said:

“I lived in New York my whole life and I moved down to Maryland. …So I’m driving through, I look left and I look right seeing all these opulent houses. I’m blown away. I’m wondering who owns these homes? I’m figuring–living in New York that they had to be White. Dude coming out the door had on a pair of Tims and jeans… It blew my mind. I didn’t know what was going on.”

I had almost the exact same experience upon driving through Maryland before moving there a few years later. I was in communities that my whole NYC life experience told me HAD to be white, but weren’t. Of course, NYOIL was talking from the psychological perspective from a black POV, but I have come to the conclusion that there are aspects of the NYC experience that are very damaging to whites psychology on how the intersection of race and class is viewed. Without leaving NYC, you are conditioned to believe that the most beautiful neighborhoods are exclusive to white people, and that black folk must live amongst white folk if they want a piece. It is extremely unheathy on multiple levels for both black and white. If you grow up in NYC and don’t travel to other cities, your race/class paradigm is completely skewed.

PS: thanks for “She Watch Channel Zero” — one of my all-time favorites…

By: America Goes Nuts Regarding Jesse Jackson’s Off Air Comments About Barack Obama | The Starting Five

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:23:37 +0000

[...] corner of my soul that is about to become the most vocal. I’m very appreciative for the NYOIL interview for it made peace the steps I personally need to take in whatever happens to me personally and [...]

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:12:03 +0000

The conversation we had allowed me to touch a little deeper than usual. Peace for that.

I thank you for getting back to me so soon and allow me to enter the time and space we spoke about.

Like I told you before brothaman whatever you need…

Part II will be posted in the morning.