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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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This Is How We Lost To The White Man

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 10 2009, 1:06 PM ET Comment

Copped the Mos Def album, and I'm ashamed to report that it hasn't grabbed me. Love his MCing, as always. The beats not too much.

I can't help but think that the YYYs have something to do with this. Damn these white people and their damned white music. Damn them all. They'll make mayo-eaters out of everyone of us, yet. Or maybe just me...


Soft Shock - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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