If you look at hip hop on it's face (radio, BET and MTV) it doesn't look like there is much intellect in our hip hop artists. This is not because there are no intelligent hip hop artists it has more to do with what is presented to us. If you know the history of hip hop or choose to dig a little deeper you'll soon see there are plenty intelligent hip hop artists that create complex concepts and quality songs. In my article I mentioned 9th Wonder and a few other artists. The 9th Wonder video shows the depth of hip hop, specifically Nas' classic album Illmatic. The other videos are (in order)Public Enemy's Fight The Power, OutKast's Git Up Git Out, and Goodie Mob's Beautiful Skin. Please enjoy and be sure to leave your thoughts in the comment section. Peace.
9th Wonder
Public Enemy
OutKast
Goodie Mob
Sunday, October 10, 2010
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