Stanford Hip Hop Panel featuring KRS-One & Busy Bee by Davey D-Full audio As many of you know there was a big conference at Stanford University this past weekend called Know-The-Ledge. It was centered around Hip Hop Journalist building with Hip Hop scholars and it was put on by the Stanford Hip Hop Archives. The event wasn’t really set up so that we had the traditional panels. Instead it was like a huge round table seating close to 100 people from all around the country. As we covered various topics ranging from feminism and Hip Hop to politics and Hip Hop, specific people were chosen to spark off the discussion. One discussion was a panel called the Hip Hop Artist as Theorist.. Sitting on that panel was Stic from dead prez, ladybug Mecca of Diagble Planets, Boots Riley of the Coup,KRS-One and myself -Davey D. Missing in action was Yo-Yo and Lyrics Born…KRS rolled through and brought Hip Hop pioneer Busy B to fill the gap. The moderator was long time journalist/scholar Mark Anthony Neal who wrote the book ‘That’s the Joint’ with his partner Murray Foprman who was also present. Seated around the table was avirtual who’s who in the respective fields of journalism and academia as it pertains to Hip Hop. Michael Eric Dyson was original scheduled to moderate the panel but was sick and could not make it. other then that the room was packed with all sorts of people ranging from Bakari Kitwana the author of the book Hip Hop generation, Raquel Rivera, Kierna Mayo to local rap stars like Quam Allah. Also seated at the table was Adisa Banjoko.. The audio below is the full panel so folks can get an idea as to what was said and the context in which things emerged.. Please keep in mind.. the panel discussions started at 8 that morning and many important topics were discussed vigoriously by this large gathering including ‘Hip Hop vs Rap’.. The role Hip Hop plays in society, exploitation etc etc.. KRS did not show up until the artist panel.. Hence he missed much of the important discussion that took place early on.. Here’s the entire audio for part 1 of the stanford Hip Hop Panel Please note if you have a Mac you will need Windows Media to play the audio.. In a couple of days I will put this audio up for download and I will also upload the other panels which focused on Hip Hop and Politics, Hip Hop and Women, and numerous other topics.. In part 1 you will here the opening remarks from the panelis as well as KRS-One’s outbusrt and threat to journalist Adisa Banjoko. In part 2 you will hear addition remarks including KRS-One’s closing remarks..Here is part 2 of the panel discussion easylink.playstream.com/d…2final.wax Less