March 2008
8 posts
Hip-Hop music, is it influencial?
When Minister Farrakhon, asked Hip-Hop artists to embrace their role as leaders in today’s society, he wanted them to tell their story as well as motivate other leaders. He said this, knowing that one song from any known artist could reach many more people than he could simply preaching from crowd to crowd. Farrakhon, knew that artists’ audiences listen to the message in the music...
Hip-Hop Transcends culture barriers
Even in Tokyo, Japan, Hip-hop culture can be experienced through artists like The Teriyaki boyz. The stigma behind Hip-Hop has always been that its a “Black” thing. In this day and age, artists who are willing to give the rap game its dues, grab the mic rock it and tell a story are those who keep the culture alive. When Hip-Hop started, there was no Latin influence, like Daddy Yankee...
Beef... It promotes good music
What ever happened to the old days of the rap-inspired-altercation called “beef?” Back in the days when b-boy and b-girl dance crews would have a contest to see who was better at breakdancing. Even in Hip-Hop, artists like KRS-One and MC Shan created an epic beef between each other that surpassed even the two artists themselves. Their beef became the catalyst that made Brooklyn and...
Artists... does anyone freestyle anymore?
Among many artists, the best one out in terms of consistency and lyrics is Lil’ Wayne. But even he steps into the freestyle booth on BET’s popular television show Rap City and lays down a verse from a song that he’s already put out. Where’s the ingenuity, the showmanship that makes Hip-Hop what it is? Has it been lost along with the old days of real mixtapes where tracks...
Hip-Hop's funeral...
Nas said it best “Hip-hop is dead.” The new artists emerging from the “concrete jungle” they call the streets aren’t as musically talented as they believe they are. They believe that the audience just wants to dance or participate in some extra raunchy sexual experience. The way I see it, rap is dead, not Hip-hop. The true essence of Hip-hop comes from a...
Rest for the weary... Its about time
Its almost the end of the school year and you know what that means; Yes the dreaded final exam week is approaching. Students will be cramming their heads with a whole semester’s worth information that should have been reviewed and memorized already. Students won’t be getting their much-needed rest or retaining information as well as they should because cram sessions are usually done...
Sleep's like Nike: Just Do It
While the world doesn’t move to the beat of just one drum, They do move to the cycle known as the Circadian rhythm. In normal people terms, a Circadian rhythm is defined as the melody of the human body and the changes that occur in the body over a 24-hour period. Of the numerous factors which affect “your body’s melody,” including, body temperature and blood pressure, sleep...