Hip-Hop no longer the VOICE of the voiceless. . .

and old post i wanted to share again. . .

i had a friend that asked how so

well in reply to his question

came some words i wanted to share in response

all of my friends know that i can be quite long winded

so of course all of what i wrote

could not be posted on his wall

I figured since i hadnt written a note in a while

hell, why not

 thoughts to make YOU think:

mainstream hip hop is not my voice

i dont think like that

talk like that

dont want to be like that

i dont wish like that

or live like that

old hip hop when it had meaning

when it was a cry out for help

when it was the voice that said enough from the oppressors of black people

when it was a good feeling

we talked about it thru song

when we felt bad we talked about thru song

and laughed and cried thru song of hip hop

i dont believe you can do that now

the messages are subliminal now

instead of straight forward

No, sir, I dont know what youre saying anymore is what i say to myself when

i listen to "hip-hop" now

and i dont feel anyone

the music now

plays to the lower self

instead of the mind

and its just beats really

no real words anymore

i hate it that some older artists feel as tho

they have to succumb to this gibberish

i do have to be honest

and say yah i do listen to it

but i dont believe it

or listen to the music to the point where

i feel as tho i have to act or speak in that same manner

so therefore

hip-hop is no longer the voice of the voiceless

there are very few rappers i would say are artists left

and their voice, is hardly ever heard


thoughts were provoked from a video
i was recommended to watch from my close friend Jasmine

it was a phone interview done with host of a radio talk show

and Prof Griff of the Hip-Hop group

Public Enemy

[irrelevant but i wanted to add anywayy that i just so happened to wear my public enemy shirt today]

he spoke on the happenings in hip hop

on how some rappers sell out

just to make it to the top

how they are cheated out of their own

because of the people that they are surrounded by

which results in blackmail

I have to say i am a lover of the extraordinary words

that come from Prof Griff

his teachers (the conscious, Islam, and just Faith in God) have brought this brother

quite a bit of knowledge

i wish that more of us will listen to him

He also stressed that because of society

and its sinful ways,

hip hop is truly affected

it no longer contains how the struggle is

and how we yearn to come out of it

it is not of the accomplishments we as black people have made

more of the "beef" we dont like to squash

instead of the voice of hip hop bringing us together

it divides us

we dont talk about the main issues needing to be solved

what happened to the fight against this war

you arent gonna give up just yet are you

so many of our brothers, fathers, uncles, cousins, even grandfathers, mothers, sisters, and aunts

are falling to their deaths

they need for us to speak on their behalf

but yet we choose to talk about this nonsense

let us get it TOGETHER



it is no longer what it used to be, what it is supposed to be

how science history and math help all

history being the foundation of hip hop

science being the way the beat the melody and the lyric

made a fine chemical mixture

and the math being that it helped the lyricist determine how many words he or she would say before the down beat would come again

the length of the song=quantity,

which consisted of much quality

society has affected our daily conversations

we dont talk about the things that really matter anymore

just think

if you couldnt gossip

or talk about material things

or who you plan on sleeping with next,

exactly how much chitter chatter would you hear???

you wouldnt hear much of this "radio hip hop"either

the rapper (not artist) have nothing left to say now

do they???


i have thanked my friend a million times before

but i must thank her once more

for her gift to mee of articles

and videos

on something that we can actually discuss,

not just talk about

The jas=yazzaspazza


go check out her blogspot also, she has some thoughts to share as well

http://vaggaswagga.blogspot.com/




finally peacin out with some words from Dave NewYork

"How do I feel about radio hip hop?

I think it's wack

Most of the i$h they play is straight GARBAGE"