Hungry for Hip Hop????

Thanks to my mans BIZ the Messenger for the uplift from ALLHIPHOP.com. They list 100 songs EVERYONE, especially the Hip Hop critics, need to listen too.

Check the link and Holla at me!


http://www.allhiphop.com/editorial/index.asp?ID=358

...Who Will Be The Hip-Hop Savior????

As a Lover of Hip Hop and a former "Hip-Hop-Head-Backpacker", I have to say a little something:

What I would like to see is a detailed report on all the "bad" Hip Hop ALBUMS with a clear analysis on all the songs. My only problem is the people that criticize Hip Hop either don't listen to a large variety of Hip Hop music or hear one song on the radio or see it on BET and mold their opinions based off that. Here's 3 Facts:

1) People fail to realize who actually controls the media outlets and who will only play and show what they want people to hear, see or what makes their company money.
2) At least 80% of Hip Hop is bought by Non-Blacks and most shows are filled with Non-Blacks. Therefore, they control what will be played and seen most of the time. Ask yourself why they want to see and hear certain lyrics and music so much....
3) The record companies will only want their artists to record what's commercial - if they don't, they are released from the label or the album is shelved...in other words, their salary and benefits are ceased.

I DON'T CONDONE NEGATIVE LYRICS - corporate america dictates what you will and won't do. When you make music a business and release it from being an artform, it's very existence..it's reason for being an artform is no longer on the table. The love for music becomes the love for money. And if the love for money is the true root of evil, then it will be hard for a large percentage of the business to move in a positive direction on a consistent basis.

This is nothing new...minstrel shows, Hollywood Stepin Fetchit days, 'Blaxploitation' era (coined by someone who wasn't Black)...we are focusing so much on the smallest issues and battles, that we miss the real issue and lose the WAR! Even more, we haven't even focused on who we need to protest because we turn on each other!

Holla at me when you listen to ONE Tribe Called Quest album or some BDP or if you REALLY listened to NWA's song "F**k the Police" or Ice Cube's "Death Certificate" album...I could go on and on...

Peace.

-Mike

The Hendrix Brothers...stay tuned!