Is he WHITE? CAN HE RAP?!

"Hes white?!" or "Are you sure your not talking about Eminem?" are some of the questions that make me laugh. Since black people started the culture of hip hop, white people can't jump in the fun? If your white, you cant rap? The skin color of rappers are sometimes the first thing that people look for or the first thing they assume. If hes not black, hes not good. If hes rapping he must be black. But the first person(maybe not the first but most notable) to break that trend was Eminem. And if you have never heard of Eminem, then just stop reading and go listen to country. But like everyone else, Eminem is following 50 cent to the radio rapping and making half decent songs and putting little effort.

What other white rappers do you know and like? All i know is that it is probably a small list. I probably listen to more white people than I realize. Atmosphere is probably my favorite group in all of hip hop in general. But it isn't the fact that hes white is what makes him good. I like his delivery and the way the words flow off his tongue that appeal to me more than other rappers. Think Twice is a very good group also. Brother Ali who raps with Slug(of Atmosphere) raps about how he is a fat, albino who is blind in one eye and doesn't care what people think of him. That is not the reason why hes good, it is the reason why he has confidence in his music and he isn't scared to rap because he is the way he is and music/rapping is his pride and joy.

I'm not stating that white people are better at rapping nor am i stating that black people are better at rapping. What i am saying is that please, hold your judgment on a person for the way he looks, or the color of his or her skin.

YO! CHECK THIS OUT

As suggested by one of my peers, every week i am going to suggest some albums that you should try to check out. If you don't want to download something without hearing it first, look up the artist on youtube. That youtube sure does come in handy.

INPUT - PICTUREFACE


STOUPE - DECALOGUE


CHIEF KAMACHI AND THE JUJU MOB - BLACK CANDLES


BROTHER ALI - THE TRUTH IS HERE

Problemaddicts

The question isn’t who killed hip-hop, but who will revive it? You can find the answer in the Problemaddicts, a team of 5 emcees from western Massachusetts including Executive Producer Tone, Vorheez (of Lords of tha Fly), Force (of The Alchemystics), Black Buddha (multiple freestyle tournament winner and former WSKB DJ), and 1ne Man sound (of Lyke Minds). In 2007 they released The First Step, a 16 track LP. This is one of my favorite CD's that i listen to. The theme of there album, is taking the first step to take hip hop back to its 90's status. All throughout the album they rap about the problems with rappers these days and starting the movement to bring hip hop back and take over the present hip hop industries of fake rappers.

"Hurting" featuring Masta Ace is one of the best songs on the album in my opinion. For all you MAINSTREAM hip hop fans, please do not listen to the music first and judge, because you will find that the strength of this group is the message that they are trying to send. Instead listen to the lyrics. I am not telling you what you should listen to, rather i am trying to persuade your interests.




If you like this group, check out their newer album The Dark Side of OZ

R.I.P. Mainstream

No longer is the mainstream hip hop music that people used to listen to in the 90s, mainstream. It has moved to the underground selling music for free or selling music to locals and not making songs for the radio or T.V. Mainstream is what everyone listens to, whats popular. Its what u get when you turn on your car radio, or turn on the televison. You can tell the difference in what hip hop is now, and what it used to be. It started as poetry over music. It is now repetitive with a different music in the background. Now they all talk about is money, and all the nice things they buy and wear. What i hear on the radio and T.V. now in my opinion is terrible. I was reading another blog, and the person said "Mainstream hip hop now is like the little boy who discouraged the family name."

But you know what, I would like it stay that way. The fact that people who do listen to mainstream dont know about the underground hip hop scence makes me satisfied. Its the fact that I am listening to something different.I like being different from everyone else. How stupid would that be if we all listened to the SAME music, the SAME artists who all sound the SAME.

When i do my homework, i listen to music. People walk up and ask "Hey Cameron, what are you listening to?" I reply the same everytime. "You've never heard it before." I LOVE talking about music. That is the only reason i would want underground hip hop to return to the top of the charts, instead of the dark hidden websites of the internet. When i hear a good song, i have no one to talk to it about. But as i see it, and how everyone is making music now, i feel that 90's style music will never return. It is just non-talented speakers who talk about the same thing over a bass heavy tune rule in todays age.