Comments on: Nike P-Rods, and Falling for the Okey-doke http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/ Not the biggest or the most beautifulest, but more Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:02:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mkv to dvd http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2241 mkv to dvd Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:59:42 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-2241 I agree with your points."It was a good day." I agree with your points.”It was a good day.”

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]]> By: Crack and Hip Hop Politically Underdeveloped Young People | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Crack and Hip Hop Politically Underdeveloped Young People | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:00:49 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-837 [...] to be the street talking to the street. In commenting on the ways in which Nike used Cube’s “Today is a Good Day” for a skateboarding commercial he writes, It’s just another example of hip-hop’s transformation [...] [...] to be the street talking to the street. In commenting on the ways in which Nike used Cube’s “Today is a Good Day” for a skateboarding commercial he writes, It’s just another example of hip-hop’s transformation [...]

]]> By: Word Up: Blueprint X and hip-hop’s case of Alzheimer’s « The Ashcan http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Word Up: Blueprint X and hip-hop’s case of Alzheimer’s « The Ashcan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:15:14 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-638 [...] So maybe that’s all it is — we’ve caught feelings. Not over the culture as a whole, as we might have claimed in our KRS-One Knights of the Four Elements phase, but over our personal time in the spotlight; our paused screenshot in hip-hop’s voracious, incestuous, panoptic whirl of style and attitude. It’s not the death of hip-hop we’re crying over, it’s the lack of meaning Jay-Z is able to give to our lives. But who changed — Jay or me? Hip-hop or the general pop culture’s relationship with hip-hop? Rafi Kam looks at Ice Cube’s commercial for Nike and concludes that nostalgia is one hell of a drug. [Nike, P-Rods, and Falling for the Okey-Doke] [...] [...] So maybe that’s all it is — we’ve caught feelings. Not over the culture as a whole, as we might have claimed in our KRS-One Knights of the Four Elements phase, but over our personal time in the spotlight; our paused screenshot in hip-hop’s voracious, incestuous, panoptic whirl of style and attitude. It’s not the death of hip-hop we’re crying over, it’s the lack of meaning Jay-Z is able to give to our lives. But who changed — Jay or me? Hip-hop or the general pop culture’s relationship with hip-hop? Rafi Kam looks at Ice Cube’s commercial for Nike and concludes that nostalgia is one hell of a drug. [Nike, P-Rods, and Falling for the Okey-Doke] [...]

]]> By: @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com) | The World Matters http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-271 @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com) | The World Matters Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:38:18 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-271 [...] Jesse Thorn: Some insightful insights on Ice Cube, skateboards, and a Nike ad from @rafikam: Link [...] [...] Jesse Thorn: Some insightful insights on Ice Cube, skateboards, and a Nike ad from @rafikam: Link [...]

]]> By: MR http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-269 MR Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:45:59 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-269 I don't want to start a race debate, but that kid doesn't really look "white" to me, except if we consider latinos "white" too. Plus, from what I get, this looks more like an East LA area he is skateboarding in. Now, East LA isn't exactly that fancy and Paul grew up in the Valley, so he's not exactly a Beverly Hills kid either. The other issues you raise..I mean, it's an ad and Nike wanted to sell a product and honestly, I never digged skateboarding, but I wanted to buy a skateboard after watching that. It might be sad, I don't know, but this is just reality, it's just a great commercial, just as the Spike Lee MJ ads were great, or MJ and Bird doing Horse over McDonald's. The Sean Bell issue is a different thing to me...remember Hip Hop after Rodney King, remember Hip Hop after Sean Bell..that's the true definition of selling out and that was the point Hip Hop kind of died. Or when you see the kids of rappers throwing ridiculous sweet-16 birthday parties on MTV...that's actually really really sad. But the above...well, they try to sell. Can we really blame them for making a/the perfect commercial? I can't..I just keep watching it over and over again. I don’t want to start a race debate, but that kid doesn’t really look “white” to me, except if we consider latinos “white” too. Plus, from what I get, this looks more like an East LA area he is skateboarding in. Now, East LA isn’t exactly that fancy and Paul grew up in the Valley, so he’s not exactly a Beverly Hills kid either.
The other issues you raise..I mean, it’s an ad and Nike wanted to sell a product and honestly, I never digged skateboarding, but I wanted to buy a skateboard after watching that.
It might be sad, I don’t know, but this is just reality, it’s just a great commercial, just as the Spike Lee MJ ads were great, or MJ and Bird doing Horse over McDonald’s.
The Sean Bell issue is a different thing to me…remember Hip Hop after Rodney King, remember Hip Hop after Sean Bell..that’s the true definition of selling out and that was the point Hip Hop kind of died. Or when you see the kids of rappers throwing ridiculous sweet-16 birthday parties on MTV…that’s actually really really sad.
But the above…well, they try to sell. Can we really blame them for making a/the perfect commercial? I can’t..I just keep watching it over and over again.

]]> By: C.R. http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-268 C.R. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:35:03 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-268 I enjoyed reading your article, but I can't agree with that "The good old days ..." nostalgia. "Ice Cube in those days was a Race man and he made Race records". No, at THAT time, Ice Cube was a pop star and he made hit records. Also, how about all those St. Ides commercials Ice Cube did? And that was even before the Predator came out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELxJfRamYUY I enjoyed reading your article, but I can’t agree with that “The good old days …” nostalgia.

“Ice Cube in those days was a Race man and he made Race records”.
No, at THAT time, Ice Cube was a pop star and he made hit records.

Also, how about all those St. Ides commercials Ice Cube did? And that was even before the Predator came out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELxJfRamYUY

]]> By: Eli http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Eli Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:21:45 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-267 Lance Mountain also makes a cameo as one of the cops. Lance Mountain also makes a cameo as one of the cops.

]]> By: @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com) | BLOGCHINA http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-266 @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com) | BLOGCHINA Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:02:45 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-266 [...] Jesse Thorn: Some insightful insights on Ice Cube, skateboards, and a Nike ad from @rafikam: Link [...] [...] Jesse Thorn: Some insightful insights on Ice Cube, skateboards, and a Nike ad from @rafikam: Link [...]

]]> By: gordon gartrelle http://www.ohword.com/nike-p-rods-ice-cube-it-was-a-good-day/comment-page-1/#comment-249 gordon gartrelle Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:36:04 +0000 http://www.ohword.com/?p=400#comment-249 Great piece. Great piece.

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