The realest rap music speaks from the vantage point of living on the edge. No one does that better than these rappers. #iHipHop
Archive for the ‘Social Upheaval’ Category
NY Is Killing Nas…
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
He was always an emcee that tried new shit just to see what it sounds like. In this case his “new” shit is just rapping over the handclaps used for slavespeak. Gil Scott-Heron’s latest album provides the backdrop and the inspiration for NaSir’s verses.
Gil Scott-Heron featuring NaS – ‘New York Is Killing Me’
For The Love Of ‘Lo…
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
For one sunny afternoon NYC recalled the bad ol’ days of yore and lore as nattily dressed Black and brown youths patrolled Herald Square and Times Square. #iHipHop
DP x DC = 04.03.10.
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
If I Ruled the Blogosphere: Hip-Hop Blogs & Social Change Panel
Words, Beats & Life’s 1st Annual Hip-Hop Bloggers Panel
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Busboys & Poets
2021 14th St NW, DC
4-7pm
Contact: Words Beats & Life’s Cipher Director, Simone Jacobson, at simone@wblinc.org or call (202) 667-1192
Das Racist: Shut Up, Dude…
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Last summer Rafi Kam turned me on to the alt-rap wunderkinds Das Racist. In many ways they are who I can imagine I would have been if I had the talent and reckless abandon to make rap music, or any music for that matter. Smart, funny and incredibly talented at appearing NOT to give a fux, all the while, REALLY giving a fux. The world is a cruel place and Das Racist wears a coat of armor made of unforced farce. But don’t call these dudes ‘joke rap’ either or you will be missing the point. Das Racist is reality rap. Albeit altered reality. I fux with these dudes. For real.
Das Racist just released a free album called ‘Shut Up, Dude’ and it highlights their zany, focused, multi-culti-influenced rap style. If I had to put this album in a genre I would call it coke rap, but not where you are selling it, where you are taking it. The mistake you are making is looking to find a reference point for Das Racist. Can you imagine what the love children of Afrika Bambaata and Ayn Rand might rhyme like?
It’s called Das Racist, now shut up, dude…
Das Racist – ‘Who’s That Brooown!’
Das Racist – ‘You Oughta Know’
Das Racist – ‘$1 Can’
DP.com fanboy videos are in order. You’ve been warned.
