PinnedHanif Abdurraqib108 Favorite Albums Of 2023Ok! You survived another bout with linear time and have arrived here, once again. The number is a touch bigger than it was last year, which…12 min read·Dec 31, 2023--32--32
PinnedHanif Abdurraqib100 Favorite Albums of 2022Ok! Hello and happy Making It To The End Of The Year. The first thing you might notice this time around is that I have, for the first time…9 min read·Dec 30, 2022--7--7
PinnedHanif Abdurraqib83 Favorite Albums Of 2021The first thing you might notice this time around is that the arbitrary number of albums in this years-old tradition has dropped just a tad…7 min read·Dec 30, 2021--3--3
PinnedHanif Abdurraqib93 Favorite Albums Of 2020Well, it seems this number keeps jumping higher and higher. There was a clearer method of listening this year, with more time at home to…8 min read·Dec 30, 2020--7--7
Hanif AbdurraqibOn Loren Reed’s “Emo Prison Bars”If you are a person who has ever been incarcerated, or if you are a person who communicates with incarcerated folks by phone with any kind…3 min read·Jan 28, 2021----
Hanif AbdurraqibinGENWhen Network TV Censored ‘Do the Right Thing’As a child, I knew Radio Raheem died but not how. Only later did I realize a trash can through a window was a reasonable response.·6 min read·Nov 27, 2020--4--4
Hanif AbdurraqibinGENDeath Has Become a Political PropAfter so many months of casualties, the only deaths we talk about are the ones that carry a message·5 min read·Oct 29, 2020--1--1
Hanif AbdurraqibinGENAs Always, Hip-Hop Will Get Us Through This Political ChaosFrom Lil Baby to Megan Thee Stallion, rap has defined the activism — and uncertainty — of the Trump era·6 min read·Oct 19, 2020----
Hanif AbdurraqibinMomentumThere Is No ‘After’ the ProtestsA new series from GEN looks at how we can reconcile our organizing lives with our working lives·4 min read·Sep 8, 2020--2--2
Hanif AbdurraqibinGENThe Galvanizing Musicality of the Protest ChantAs people march against police brutality, music makes the movement more accessible·6 min read·Jun 10, 2020--5--5