Tuesday, January 15, 2008

What is Real Hip-Hop part:2

What is Real Hip-Hop part:2(THE GOLDEN ERA)
But what is REAL HIP-HOP? REAL HIP-HOP from a true hip-hop purest perspective began intellectually, scientifically, and spiritually with the highest practitioner and forefather of “modern day” Hip-Hop thought, the 13th letter, the R, and the “true” God/Father of Hip-Hop, the one and the only...RAKIM. Where KOOL HERC, GRANDMASTER FLASH, AFRIKA BAMBAATAA, and others brought raw emotion and energy, RAKIM transcended the very definition of (not only) wordplay & metaphors, but also integrated science, supreme mathematics, 5% knowledge, 3 bar timing techniques, pyramid song formation, and complex non-linier thought, Other Conscience rappers at this time included KRS-1, PUBLIC ENEMY, X-CLAN, PARIS, POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS, BIG DADDY KANE, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, THE JUNGLE BROTHERS,QUEEN LATIFAH and a select few others of “true revolutionary spirit” who would then usher in what would come to be known as the Legendary Revolutionary “GOLDEN ERA” of Hip-Hop, around the late 80’s and early 90’s. Other ground-breaking contributors of substance & style in the “GOLDEN ERA” would include KOOL G. RAP and SLICK RICK(the original forefathers of street swagger), M.C. LYTE, ARESSETED DEVELOPMENT, DA LA SOUL,BLACK SHEEP, and DIGABLE PLANETS to name a few. This was Hip-Hop in it’s most serious and revolutionary phase. At this time Drug Dealing and Pimping(or being a Player) was GENERALLY shunned upon and treated as the low life lifestyle’s that they were and still are! Also those who attempted to “drop knowledge” without studying where shunned upon as well!

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