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Hipsters: Then and Now
most recent crop of MCs and DJs who flout conventional hip-hop fashions, eschewing baggy clothes and gold chains for tight jeans, big sunglasses, the occasional keffiyeh, and other trappings of the hipster lifestyle.”
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FreeStyle – The Avant Garde Way
I say all this to state that hip-hop is in a similar state that jazz was in; and hip-hop is in dire need of something to break it from the current dismal convention – luckily, we have a few artists that are defying limits like Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, but we need more or I fear that my little baby nephew will think that stringing a bunch of similies together and shouting on the track is ‘hip-hop’ …. (I shudder the thought).
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Artists’ Emo Energy
maybe emotional energy can be tied to the overall intelligence of an audience; for example, very lyrical rappers rarely make it to superstar status because it takes a higher intellect to understand their lyrics. Yes, you may be saying that Lupe and Kanye are the exception, but these artists only broke the fold with emotionally charged singles – Lupe’s ‘Superstar’, and Kanye’s ‘Jesus Walks’.
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Royskopp – Happy Up There
Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.
Royskopp – Happy Up There
Royskopp is an electronic music duo hailing from the Norweigian region of the world, so I am guessing that is Norway. Kanye West latest…
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Jockin Jay-Z
Jockin Jay-Z
Jay-Z Comes out to perform with Kanye West. Spits first verse of record Jockin Jay-Z from the upcoming album Blueprint 3.
Jay-Z even goes out at Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher for his disparaging…
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Flashing Lights ver. 2 by Kanye West
Kanye West – Flashing Lights (2nd Version)
I get why Kanye is cocky, arrogant, obnoxious – not saying that it is ‘right’, but when you are so ahead of the pack (other rap artists), then it is only a…
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Flashing Lights remix
Flashing Lights Remix
A fan remix of Kanye’s West ‘Flashing Lights’ off of his Graduation (2007) CD. I gotta big-it up because of the concept AND dude is a T Dot native. Graduation has to be one of the…