Keepin' Heads on Straight

"Read a couple books, my vocabulary stretched. I think it's time now to put my seeds in the dirt" - Rapper Big Pooh/Delightful Bars/On the Real

*Sorry, I couldn't find a visual for this song*

West Virginia? Who knew Hip Hop could be found all the way in WV? I thought all the black folks followed Da’Sean Butler on out of town. I kid. I live in Ohio, there isn’t alot I can brag about in terms of a Hip Hop scene. The thing is over in WV they just kicked of the 4-H Hip Hop Camp at WV State University. The Hip Hop Camp focuses on Hip Hop tradition. Panel discussions ensue. Local a...

"The devil laughing when you lazy, man get off your ass. A talent don't mean nothing without all the practice" - Reflection Eternal/RPM/In This World

                    

"I realized I'm supposed to reach for the skies. Never let somebody try to tell you otherwise" - Roots/How I Got Over/The Fire

                     

I'm shining simply because mother earth I am yo sun(son)" - Outkast/Stankonia/Slum Beautiful

                      

This is a dope interview with Murs.  I’ve made a couple of posts about Murs so it’s no surprise I’m a fan.  Watching this interview forced me to write.  If for no other reason than to express my appreciation.  I always take something positive away from the music Murs makes, and this inter...

Several days ago on Twitter Mr. Cornel West said that Hip Hop was the most powerful cultural force in the world.  Again, Cornel West said Hip Hop. Powerful. Cultural. Force. WORLD.  His assertion isn’t new to me.  He mentioned something like this in his book R...

The truth is the only thing you can never be striped of. And if we commit to that truth we could end the infinitely vicious cycle affecting out youth today...if you just stop lyin" - Big Boi/Sir Lucious Leftfoot.../General Patton

                     

"You can deny the lie but you can't deny the truth" - Outkast/Aquemini/Y'all Scared