Phrenology is a system of brain-behaviour relationships articulated by Franz Josef Gall (1758–1828) and Johann Spurzheim (1776–1832) in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Gall and Spurzheim outlined in detail how 27...

Phrenology was an attempt in the early nineteenth century to make judgments about a person's characteristics by measuring the surface of his or her skull. It was enormously popular in Britain during this time, symbolizing the progressive nature...

Phrenology (from Greek: φρήν, phrēn, "mind"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is an idea which claims to be able to determine character, personality traits and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head (i.e., by reading "bumps" and...

THE ROOTS Phrenology MCA "Something in the Way of Things (In Town)," besides bad memory block, is the last song on the Roots' best album yet. For seven minutes, Amiri Baraka sees ice picks, a blackbird with its ass on fire, and-like anybody...

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There's a lyric on the Roots' new album, Phrenology, that lays out lead singer Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter's philosophy. "A real raw nigga won't fold or forfeit / Fuck getting money for real / Get freedom," he spits on "Thought At Work." But it's not...

In each of the most esteemed Grammy categories, urban artists stake a huge claim, particularly in the Record of the Year category where four of the five nominees make their paper in the R&B; and hip hop games: Beyonce ("Crazy In Love"), Black Eyed Peas...