Back from Arizona. More on that to follow. Shout out to Sha Money XL and Ex-Governor Spitzer.
Oh yeah, new Snoop LP, Ego Trippin', in stores now, featuring "One Chance (Make It Good)" produced by Frequency!
In the meantime, check out my new post on HHNLive.com...
So I was reading a post by Noz today over at another site (which I won't promote out of respect for the good folks over here at HNNLive.com), which essentially was about the new Erykah Badu and Gnarles Barkley albums. I was actually thinking of writing a post about Ms. Badu over here, like I did at my own site (http://still-legal.blogspot.com - shameless plug), but then I got inspired by the parenthetical that Noz wrote underneath some Queen Latifah picture from, presumably, some corny movie she did. (read more)
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Josh, you took the words right out of my mouth with this whole blog. Especially when you said "Kids today wear what they wear because it's in, not because it's Hip Hop". Jose and I had a discussion the other day I guess leaning towards "new genres". My arguement was that today's crappy music is tomorrow's throwback. This worries me because music evokes good memories and the vibe of the time. I think that tomorrow, the kids today (by the way, that expression makes me feel realllllly old) may want to bring it back the way we want to bring back real hip hop. Jose says no but whatever...
I'm beginning to think that a rite of passage into adulthood is to start looking down our noses at our youth, like "what the hell are they wearing/saying/listening to?" Granted, yes...as has been stated to death, today's music, by and large, blows nutsacks! But to be quite honest (and I told Josh this that night at Don Hills), there's some songs that'll be thrown on during a throwback 90's set that'll make me think "you know what...this was some bullshit!" I mean, "Throw Your Guns"?! Maannnn...Onyx was clearly marketed as your round-the-way street thug to the 10th power! They were such caricatures of what we would see on our street corners...they're "rough" voices were completely forced (well, maybe not Sticky), and they're delivery was SO over the top! They will never be remembered as an essential component of hip hop's musical landscape. Yet, whenever "Throw Your Guns" comes on, we're like "Ohhhh SHIITTTTT" as we uncontrollably nod our heads. Or how'bout "Put it in your Mouth"? Certainly a different gimmick from today's straight-to-ringtone music, but clearly a gimmick nonetheless. Akinyele could never make another non-porn song ever again! But whenever it comes on, what's our reaction? "Yooooo...that was my SHITTTT...remember that?! 'Swallowin and garglin'...man, those were good times!" Why is that? Quite simply, because we just liked it. And indeed, it does bring back a feeling of nostalgia. But by all accounts, the same way we call today's music "bullshit," that coulda very well been our "bullshit" music.
So yes, in time, when today's teeny boppers become 20-somethings, and they go to the club and the DJ throws on an throwback set, it may very well be stuff like "Crank Dat Superman" and "Laffy Taffy." And they'll start snapping their fingers and superman-ing hoes like they were 13 all over again. I don't deny that. What I doubt, however, is that these songs will create enough of a lasting impact for artists/musicians to want to recreate that sound 10-20 years from now. Think about it. Ask any musician who their influences are, and they'll run down a veritable "who's who" list of great musicians from generations past, who have extensive bodies of work. They never mention the fly-by-night one hit wonders. Who says "I'm trying to bring back that Vanilla Ice feeling...that 'Ice Ice Baby' sound"? Nobody, because hindsight is always 20/20. Those who don't recognize crap music for what it is when it's poppin' will eventually realize it's shittiness in retropect. Nobody's gonna try to bring back that Soulja Boy sound. Trust that.
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