Nas Brings Out Lauryn Hill At Summer Jam!! Dope…
Great Perspective On Hip-Hop’s Culture Of Devaluation w/ David Banner
The Breakfast Club has pretty good interviews as far as entertainment industry related topics go. David Banner has grown into his voice quite nicely. This is a cultural discussion that should be global to ask…What is your worth? My belief is that there is a dearth in self love, so we see the violence, comfort in desolation, and the empty vessels trying to become full with things that are more vaporous than sumptuous with long term value…This isn’t just a Hip-hop issue, but an issue in the Black community if not all communities as we watch not just the United States culturally devolve on its surface as much as it has been from its ugly core/foundation that it was birth out of (see genocidal occupation, slavery, inequality, etc).
Good Stuff Mr. Banner
No Malice Interview. Clipse is are one of the most underrated Duos of all time! Malice put it the best as he should. “Pusha gives the people what they want and I give you what I think you need”. I like to see Hip-Hop ARTIST prove themselves by speaking to their art and not just running from their own words. Regardless of if you think he is on the right path or if his message is counterfeit based on his previous version of his identity…you have to respect that he is living his own truth. I’m a fan of that and will be on the lookout for his mixtape “Hear Ye Him” that is supposed to drop this summer.
Breakfast Club Interview DMX Part 2 (by terrancelj1)
The Legendary Roots Interview with Angela Yee and The Breakfast Club
I am huge Roots fan and with every interview grow more so. I’ve already put out that I think Black Thought is THE Dopest MC to ever do it.
This is a great interview. They touch on their process in why they are doing The Jimmy Fallon Show, “Beef” with Michele Bachmann, Retirement of sorts (so they thought), Black Thought’s solo Album, Their creative process, Their latest album “unDun”, and something that shocked me…Did you know Black Thought and Beanie Sigel started out together in the same local Rap group?!?
Guess I need to get my Philly Hip-Hop history weight up…
Onajé Malik Lott (King In My Own Mind)
Jay-Z put something together for his baby girl. The question was asked would his first child direct his music…I guess this a great example of why the hell wouldn’t it…HipHop is not some teenage adolescent searching for guidance. HipHop is informed, raw, flawed, gifted, grown energy. And its always growing.
This article is pretty loaded. It pulls lyrics of Jay-Z to try to support its slant. It could have been a good article on one of the best to ever do it in Hip-Hops potential impact on the Black family dynamic. He is married with child. If he advertises that message the way he once advertised the hustle, then growing past street hustle to boardroom hustle, to no being your own man it will be of great benefit to all his followers. Instead they take the easy way out and just toss out a question and lyrics with no real direction.
I think he is a man just like everyone else who dare to live up to that title. The evidence would say that yes he will change and adapt his approach, because he always have. Rap music is an art. If Steven Spielberg decided to do a violent film, would that make him violent? If Ron Howard does a film where the lead character is a pedophile, does that make him one? These songs are but one short scene in library of feature full length films…to judge on single scene and not the entirety of his work is faulty and not worth the time or validation. He has a family, so as most men who aren’t afraid of manhood do he will exhibit that in all he do.
Onajé Malik Lott (King In My Own Mind)
