June 2012
5 posts
Beastie Boys: Broke the racial barrier in hip-hop and reinvented what a rappers image is while touching generations of people with their different style and flow.
Wu-Tang Clan: Showed lyrical perfection and gave metaphorical 6th senses that still aren't 100% deciphered due to it's intensity; also basing their lives as if they were lyrical warriors fighting rappers that gave a false illusion of what hip-hop really is.
RUN DMC: Broke the rock and rap borders lines and created a new concept to music; combining rock and rap to change music forever while converting rock-heads into hip-hop-heads for the better by being more musically diverse.
N.W.A.: Combined rapping about street-live life and overthrowing the oppressive and racist cops that judged them based on what they looked like because of their skin color and where they grew up.
Young Money: Continuously rap about money and execute extremely poor delivery; make metaphors that contradict itself and virtually collapse within itself, make rap about fashion more than lyrics and talent.
May 2012
39 posts
Realization #44
Being educated is a gift and a curse. The fact of the matter is, ignorance is bliss and my education has shoved all the things that are wrong with the world in my face and now I cant ignore it. Im never really satisfied with the way things are in society so finding happiness is a task.
I been cheating on hip-hop with Pink Floyd,...
That awkward moment when you spell a word and it...
laughingstation:
You’re like
“Wait, is that right?”
Then you look it up and it’s right and you’re like
“Why did it look so weird?”
You will laugh out loud!
Kemetically Ankhtified: POC-only Tumblr Conference... →
queennubian:
kemetically-ankhtified:
peace, wudup
iite so here’s the deal. the NYC tumblr meetup/conference is officially on for Saturday, June 16th, 2012 at 10am. it’s at the Rebel Diaz Art Collective (RDACBX) in the South Bronx. for those who driving, the address is 478 Austin…
Watch1612th:
flippantthoughtsx:
blu3bl00d:
vipvictor:
Will Smith and Gary Barlow Do ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Rap
probably the greatest thing ever
YOOOOOOOO EVERYONE KNOWS THE FUCKIN SONG
Realization #43
The eternal struggle with life:
Executing your responsibilities & obligations vs the things that you wanna do
Ta' pasao'
dominicanidioms:
Literal translation: to be passed
Meaning: to be out of line, to have no clue or to say an unfunny joke
Significado: “estar pasado”: pasarse de la ralla, decir algo inapropiado, estar equivocado o contar un chiste sin gracia.
Use: colloquial, urban
“Now if you take a glass of water then add two cubes of ice
You should see the...”
– Canibus-Nigganometry from Can-I-Bus
“Shit is a hassel, the bridge is like a haunted castle
The mic’s my...”
– Nas-The World Is Yours (Q-Tip Remix)
Realization #42
You really cant please everyone…its not just a cliche its actually true
Stepping Back To Smell The Roses
Feel like I havent done much of that in the past few weeks. This semester has been one hell of a ride and Ive learned so much about myself. Ahead of me lies a summer with stress relieving for the first half and challenges towards the second half of the summer with my internship, fieldwork and online course. At the same time Im looking forward to it. Im looking forward to solidifying what I want to...
“The history of the world is not written, the history of Europe is”
– Ivan Van Sertimam, Associate Professor, Rutgers University Author of They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Early America
Kemetically Ankhtified: Self Worth versus Self... →
onlinecounsellingcollege:
It’s very common to confuse these two terms or to think that they’re interchangeable. But they’re actually quite different, and not the same, at all.
Self Worth
The best way to understand self worth is to ask yourself how valuable you are, or how much you…
10 Things You Didn't Know About Nas' Illmatic →
babyboygreen:
This shit is BLOWING my mind…
thechanelmuse:
1. Large Professor Would Edit Nas’ Rhymes
Hip-hop purists might find this hard to believe, but the lyrical masterpiece of Illmatic wasn’t constructed by just one man. Every great writer needs a great editor and for Nas it was Large Professor. Extra P would bring Nas to studio sessions during the making of Eric B. & Rakim’s Let the...
April 2012
37 posts
Just dont know what to do anymore
“Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because...”
– John Henrik Clarke (via kemetically-ankhtified)