Aug/090
Lil’ Wayne, “Whip It Like A Slave,” and the Crisis of Coonery
By Tolu Olorunda From ALLHIPHOP.COM
“Music is said to soothe the savage beast, but it may also powerfully excite it. … At an emotional level, there is something ‘deeper’ about hearing than seeing; and sometimes about hearing other people which fosters human relationships even more than seeing them.”
—Storr, Anthony. Music and the Mind. New York: Free Press, 1992, p. 26.
That Lil’ Wayne is an embarrassment to the rich legacies of musical excellence which paved the road for his rise to prominence is not a breakthrough. It’s a given. An irrefutable fact. But that he would stoop so low to the level of making a song titled, “Whip It Like A Slave,” boggles the mind of even this writer.
Jun/070
2 Cool 4 Fun
This post can be taken in different ways. It bothers me when people are too cool to have fun. Back in the day hip hop was fun. It’s not anymore. No one has fun or smiles. I’ll take that back, the fun they have now is only related to money. Back in the day during Reganomics everyone was broke but having a good time. Now kids feel like they can’t have fun unless they are popping bottles. I saw an event going on where there were a bunch of beautiful women having a good time dancing. It was an event at the mall. These guys stood there gawking & stating how fine these women were. The women were cha cha slinding, bus stopping & a lil of everything else. Not one guy joined in. They again were TOO COOL.