I don't think I will be playing Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Diplomats or Young Jeezy when I am in my 30's or 40's but I know that when I kick back I will have a listen to some Nas, Jay, Kanye, Common, De La Soul, Little Brother (Bring back 9th Wonder dudes), Outkast, Ghostface and definately some A Tribe Called Quest.
Why? Coz these are artists who have shown the ability to open up, have fun and make themselves vulnerable and in doing so they have aquired fans for life. No B.S, coz I have been listening to Hip-Hop since I was 9 years old (1st album was the Kriss Kross cassette), and I have seen many fads come and go. I enjoyed and listened but I stuck to my core of: Jay, Nas, Pac, Wu-Tang and B.I.G, and as I got older I wanted to listen to what the music before my time or what came out when I was too young to appreciate it was like.
Thats when I got into The Native Tongue Posse: De La Soul, ATCQ, Jungle Brothers, Black Sheep, Monie Love, et al. These guys knew that Hip-Hop was about fun, expression and being you, not some moulded puppet out for profit. This was hightlighted by A Tribe Called Quest.
And you can hear it in their music from 'Check The Rhime', 'Bonita Applebum', 'Award Tour', 'Can I Kick It?', 'Scenario', to 'Electric Relaxation'. I came across this DVD and I have to say I wish Rappers would switch it up and let their guard down. Who the f*ck wants to be hard 24-7.
But it aint all bad we have guy's like Kanye, Consequence, Lupe, Joe Budden (Don't ask me, just check his resume and then hop on the bandwagon. There is loadsa space), and Sway Desafo to add to the Legends holding down this thing we call Hip-Hop.
Back in the day it was fun on a wider scale than it is today. But for now I kick back watch this Video full of Fun, Daring, and Undeniably Classic material.
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