Rap Artists News and More Thoughts About Rap Music
If rap music is your thing, you might want to check out this new rap artists website where you can check out top artists, the latest releases, and connect with other people in the forum.
I consider myself from the “old school” when it comes to rap. Favorites on my list include Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, Wu Tang Clan and all those who were big in the late 80’s through the 90’s.
Awhile back I expressed my thoughts on some of the rap music that’s been coming out. Many people have said things like, “Well, if you don’t like it, then don’t listen to it.” Well, I don’t listen to it, but I still think it’s a bad influence on our young kids who grow up wanting to emulate the lifestyles of rap artists. At the same time I understand that we all have a freedom of expression. If you want to talk about sex, drugs, and killing people, that’s fine…but how is that making someone else’s life better? Are those words inspiring and uplifting?
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Getting the Recognition They Deserve
For those who have “paid their dues” in the music business, last night was the night to honor them. Madonna - one of my all-time favorite singers and performers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Even before I really knew what the word “virgin” meant, I was singing her songs and traipsing around with lace headbands in my hair and wondering if I, too, was a Material Girl.
Madonna was in good company as Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five, the Ventures, John Mellencamp, Little Walter, and songwriter-producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were also inducted in the Hall of Fame.
The Ventures…
Leon Huff and Kenneth Gamble…
Leonard Cohen…
Maybe the show wasn’t as exciting as years past, but at least these artists got the recognition they truly deserved.
New Amerykah: Taking Us To a New Level
From the moment I first heard Erykah Badu’s unique voice over ten years ago, I was inspired. Her music came at a time when I was on my own soul journey and everything she said resonated with me - physically, mentally, and spiritually. Lyrics told stories of love, heart break, and life struggles. Badu’s music isn’t just music, it’s poetry in motion. It’s music that challenges you to dig a little deeper and go beyond the superficial.
Erykah Badu takes us to another level with her latest album New Amerykah. It’s a fluid mix of funk, spoken word, and head-boppin’ beats that embodies “Baduism”. The world may be on Erykah’s shoulders which shows me that understands the concept that we’re all as one…
Let’s go back a little bit and revisit one of my favorite songs, a collaboration of The Roots and Erykah Badu titled “You Got Me”
