While on YouTube I came across some Old School Hip-Hop and thought I’d post a few videos here for your enjoyment. I’m not a huge Hip-Hop head, but I do remember the good ole’ days. Below, enjoy some positive, socially conscious rap music, impeccable story telling, and some just plain fun hip hop. High [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nas’
Throwback Hip Hop
Posted: May 6, 2009 in CommentaryTags: A Children's Story, Big Daddy Kane, Biggie Smalls, Classis hip hop, Flavor Flav, High top fades, I Got A Story To Tell, I Got it Made, KRS One, MC Lyte, Ms. Melodie, Nas, Public Enemy, Rewind, Self Destruction, Slick Rick, Special Ed, Stanky Leg, the running man
What do you think is Cool???
Posted: November 12, 2008 in Commentary, UpliftingTags: Burning crosses, drugs, Gentrification, Hurricane Katrina, Iesha Jaco, It Was Written, Lupe Fiacsco, Lynching, Nas, Progressive rap, The Cool, They thought it was cool
With the door to my room securely locked and the volume of my television lowered far enough that just a slight strain allowed me to hear the program, I secretly watched “So You Think You Can Dance”. As one guy began his audition, performing to a poem, rather than music, I listened. The short, but [...]
Eminem…The Best Rapper Alive??????
Posted: October 14, 2008 in Commentary, My LIfe, UpliftingTags: Andre 3000, Billy Johnson Jr., Black Community, Black Girl Lost, Bracket, Conscious Rap, Eminem, Encore, Ether, Gangster Rap, I Can, Illmatic, Jay-Z, Joe Budden, Lauren Hill, Life's A Bitch, Lil Kim, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Mobb Deep, Nas, Nelly, Notorious BIG, Rewind, Second Childhood, Stillmatic, T.I., The Best Raper Alive, The Game, Untitled, Vibe Magazine, Wu Tang Clan, yahoo article
On the heels of my latest post, Another ENCORE, Please, I came across an article on Yahoo’s featured news page, written by their Hip-Hop writer, Billy Johnson Jr., that reported, “Last week Vibe magazine announced that Eminem had won its Best Rapper Alive competition.” Although I am a fan of Em’s, I don’t agree with the ruling. [...]
The “N” Word!!!
Posted: September 17, 2008 in Commentary, My LIfe, UpliftingTags: Dr. Phil, Hill Harper, Michael Graham, NAACP, Nas, nigger, Paul Mooney, Project Roach, racism, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sheryl Underwood, Slavery, Soul Food, The "N" word, The "N" Word Debate, Untitled
Dr. Phil did a whole show on the controversial term late last week and quite honestly, I am tired of the “let’s talk about it and make it all better” approach to the eradication of this word. Although bringing certain issues to the forefront and making problems known, in order to drum up a solution [...]
Crow doesn’t taste so bad…
Posted: November 7, 2009 in Commentary, My LIfeTags: Best Rapper Alive, Ether, Jay-Z, Nas, Reasonable Doubt, Takeover
I pride myself on being an individual as I go through life, foregoing trends, dodging the “norm”, and I try to avoid being what society says I am, or should be. My personal style, the way I speak, and even some of the music I listen to are all atypical of [...]