Monday Ramble #62: 8 Reasons You Should & Shouldn’t Listen To Frank Ocean
Posted: July 9, 2012 Filed under: Just thoughts, MONDAY RAMBLE | Tags: channel orange, def jam, faith, fifty cent, frank ocean, freddie jackson, gay, gay marriage, monday ramble, nostalgia, prince, sha stimuli 11 CommentsMonday ramble #62: 8 Reasons Why You Should And Shouldn’t Listen To Frank Ocean
For those of you that don’t know or care, I am a fan of Frank Ocean. Frank Ocean is an R&B singer down with Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All and he is currently signed to Def Jam with an album dropping on July 17th entitled Channel Orange. He recently revealed the fact that he is indeed bisexual or gay or whatever. Some of you are wondering what this means, how will this affect his sales, the urban music world, and the youth of today. Well I don’t have the answer. But I do have some reasons why you should keep listening to the dude. And I threw in some reasons why you shouldn’t. Read on.
1. Publicity Stunt?
How many times have we heard about artists and celebrities coming up with schemes and plans to get notoriety right before album releases? Fifty beefed with Kanye, Jay-Z stabbed Un, R. Kelly urinated on…well maybe that one wasn’t planned but you know what I mean. Read the rest of this entry »
How Hip-Hop Died Part 1: “The Death Of The DJ”
Posted: January 30, 2012 Filed under: Just thoughts, MONDAY RAMBLE, Real Rap Talk | Tags: bdp, Big daddy KAne, cold chillin, Death of the Dj, def jam, dj clue, dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince, fifty cent, how it happened, kid'n'play, Michael jackson, quincy jones, sha stimuli 4 CommentsHow Hip-Hop Died Part 1 “The Death Of The DJ”
Every time I write about hip-hop or speak on it lately, I find myself drifting into a world of negativity. And I am not alone. Whenever my brethren and I get together we are reminiscing on the golden era or saying how much we don’t listen to the radio or don’t have any albums we’re looking forward to. Part of it is due to the fact that in those convos there are at least four out of ten people that wish they were on radio or MTV or whatever. The other interesting thing is that even if we were in a golden era right now, we wouldn’t recognize it.
But most of it is credited to an evolution of a genre that has grown up right before our eyes. It started out pure and different, it is one of the only art forms that can be used to address issues, inspire, express, tell stories and also humiliate. It became industrialized and calculated, but it is now making a desperate attempt to return to its roots as a voice of its followers. But is that possible? Is it too late? The answer is not simple, but first we must analyze the question. And that question is: How did it happen? How did hip-hop just become hip? Read the rest of this entry »
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