Dr. Cornel West will be releasing a new cd on June 19th. Dr. West has been previously famous as the author of two important books - Race Matters and Democracy Matters as well as another cd which came out in 2001 - Sketches of My Culture. According to his bio on Hidden Beach :

The grandson of a preacher, West marched as a young man in civil rights demonstrations and organized protests demanding black studies courses at his high school. West later wrote that, in his youth, he admired “the sincere black militancy of Malcolm X, the defiant rage of the Black Panther Party [...] and the livid black theology of James Cone”.

He is currently important to his students at Princeton University where he teaches religion. With this background, many are looking forward to his latest cd, which features KRS-One, Prince, Talib Kweli, Andre 3000, Black Thought (of Roots), M-1 (of Dead Prez), and Rah Digga. The new cd is called Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations, and is on a new imprint of Hidden Beach, called Hidden Beach Forum. Hidden Beach Forum claims to be “a label designed to prompt discussion, debate, and evaluation of the human condition.” Dr. West’s new cd is the first release on the new label.

Tracklist For Never Forget: A Journey Of Revelations

01 Bushanomics [ft. Talib Kweli]
02 America [ft. Black Thought, Rah Digga, Iriz & Lucky Witherspoon]
03 Still Here
04 Dear Mr. Man [ft. Prince]
05 911
06 N Word [ft. Tavis Smiley & Michael Eric Dyson]
07 Welcome to Chi [ft. Rhymefest, Neo-Abassy & Malik Yusef]
08 Mr. President [ft. KRS-One & M-1]
09 Keep It PI [ft. Killer Mike, Doey, Roc & Lucky Witherspoon]
10 Chronometrophobia [ft. Andre 3000]
11 Gonne Be Alright [ft. Dave Hollister & Chuckii Booker]
12 Matter Of [ft. Lenny Williams]
13 Soul Sista [ft. Daryl Moore]
14 The Man’s Gonna Getcha [ft. Gerald Levert]

TOUR

06/07/07 100 Black Men Conference Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Cornel West
06/13/07 WNBA All Star Week Washington DC, DC

LINKS

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Dr. Cornel West’s artist page on Hidden Beach includes lots of info, audio, and video….

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