So I went over to YouTube to get this video for this post. As always I couldn't stop myself from taking a peek at the comments. What is it with YouTube comments? Do they have an IQ restriction over there that no one with an IQ over 70 is allowed to comment? Yikes.
Anyway, I like to spotlight hip hop from back in the day when the lyrics where about something other than Bentleys. So enjoy this classic from the Ghetto Boys.
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Even back when I didn't like hip-hop so much, this was one of those songs that always caught my attn. Maybe it was the dancable hook, the lyrical storytelling, or maybe the strangeness and humor of vid, but, as a collective, these cats were stone attention-getters.
One.
@Lin
Yeah the art of story telling has def been lost in current hip hop.
Loved this song and it helped me to become a Scarface fan.
And I remained a dedicated fan of his admired storytelling ability and the manner in which he weaved storylines together until 2Pacalypse Now.
Which reminds me, I need to turn you into a Tupac Shakur fan. Here is an appetizer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl54ABY8VgY
Don't worry I won't overload you, initially.
@Don
Brendas got a Baby is a good example of storytelling in hip hop. I like Pac okay but he was kind of a hypocrite on a lot of fronts don't you think?
But I'm going to see if you can make me a fan. :-)
Indeed, very hypocritical, very contradicting to the highest power. I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments, but I just believed that from beginning to end, the man made hella sense. Being raised in a similar society I am under the belief that it's impossible for any human being to be "one thing."
In the end, I honestly believe that Tupac Shakur simply spoke the truth about his life and life in America, in general.
From here on out ... Alicia Keys and Tupac Shakur will be known as your favorite artist.
Hahahaha.
I heart your spirit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFe8NmtFD2s
This is a song about a young black male and their growing up with the emptiness often found in being fatherless. Notice the gifted manner in which Tupac's lyrics capture the desire/indifference to the fullest.
@Don
Yeah that was a pretty powerful song. Pac really let his pain show on that one. I don't think a mainstream rapper would make anything like that today.
Oh and was that Vivica A. Fox in the video?
Cocaine is a helluva drug!!!
@Reggie
Was it cocaine? I thought they were early syrup drinkers?
Yep, that was Vivica. Great eye.
@Don
She was a cutie back then.
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