Big KRIT / Joe Budden

I don't really have time for a full analysis review, bu you may want to check the new Big KRIT and the new Joe Budden Albums.

BIG KRIT, Lost Generation, That track with Lupe, the hook is better than some verses you'll hear from some great rappers. BIG KRIT has thrown his hat in the ring for major label album of the year. Def Jam is having a good qtr with KRIT and Logic. Cadillactica is solid from beginning to end.


If you a fan of Love and hip hop check that new Joe Budden album, its a big update. If you just broke up or not over some one you may want to wait, its very introspective and emo, not in a drake way, but still it'll make you think. But its beast lyrically. Check for it

@slin_k_polymath

They Don't Dance No More? Why?

Lets talk music for a second; the art, culture, expression and inspiration of it. Is it me or are young people no longer appreciative or in tune with music unless they have heard it before, and it has to be something they discovered? What happened to catching the beat and just continuing to party? Where are the real dancers? You all are severely limiting the artistry and innovation of dj’s, and forcing them to create the same party experience, the same party list, regardless of age, theme, event, etc.; then they blame it all on the dj, promoter or the artist for not making good music. Or they blame it on getting old. Age has nothing to do with it, lets just call it you’re lame and / or subconsciously bored of the same routine of music but won’t admit and you don’t want to learn anything new. And in your all knowing, youthful ignorant wisdom, you believe you know it all and can’t admit that don’t know how to listen to music or when. Yes, there is some music that you have to learn how to listen to it, and what to listen for in order to appreciate and some that fits certain setting and times. Lets also just admit that you may not know how to dance, you know how to shake, wiggle and wine, but you can’t move your feet, and if you have to dance arms length apart and look someone in the face, it’s borderline mission impossible for you.  You have mastered the art of dancing on the wall and looking at your phone. And the art of bouncing back and forth and jumping around similar to a mosh pit, I guess Goodie Mobs song and video, “They don’t dance no mo” was spot on.

One of the few positive stereotypes about Africanized people is that we all supposedly have rhythm and can dance well, or can dance to anything; and that used to seem true. But now it seems we’re severely limited on the dance floor to the same, lets say 100songs that are played with little variation at every party from middle school into your 30’s and right through the rest of your lives.  Ad apparently our stamina for dancing no longer exist, you ever heard those stories of your parents dancing all night long. At the modern party 3 songs  in a row is a push, if they dance the whole song.  And he further you go back, the harder they danced, their dances used to be a work out, and the songs were long as heck. We can’t dance because we’re out of practice? Are we just too prissy to dance and don’t want to sweat? Have we turned the party into a fashion show, and we just want to go to be seen and rip the runway, is this why we cant dance, we have no intention of doing so? Has dancing become something you watch, more so than do? Breakdancing the official dancing of hip hop has largely become spectator sport, so much to the fact most people don’t even pretend they know how to do it, you either know how to do it or not. I mean think about the number of dance shows on tv, have we turned dance into spectator competition only? Is it not something we do to have a good time anymore? Most of us are not trained, flexible, strong, athletic enough to do the splits, spins and lifts and hold of break dancing or swing; like we see on tv, understandable. But why is it we no longer even do the simple two- step and other couples dances associated soul, or R&B music?  Allow me to cross market for a minute, in my student organization workshops, I speak against college student organizations having parties. It’s not that Im against partying or dancing, its that for many student organizations that are supposed to be cultural, political or historical organizations, the type of music, dancing and dressing that would be seen at that party would be a blemish on the positive that they claim to stand for, and would not be a good look. For most students they see sexualized debauchery as fun, there is not going to be any learning or practicing of their culture, or getting in touch with their ancestors experience. What we consider a successful party in college and what it will take for people to come to that party is not R&B, jazz, stepping or footwork.

It’s a shame because we’re loosing our culture and we’re not even recreating a new one and taking it to a higher level. As, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson stated, “ the beauty and genius of African Culture, is its repetitiveness, each round always goes higher”, rather than this new simplifying and watering down. What happened to our ability to adapt and create, rather than just settle in on what we’re comfortable with? Lets get back to owning the dance floor.

Slin_K

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