It's been a while. I know. I am getting sporadic. And for that, I apologize. If I only had a better excuse than the true one - that I have been working too much and am too damn tired when I get home. It's pathetic, I know.
And I am trying to find a new groove, find a new rhythm so that I can get more accomplished when I am at home, not at work, but still productive.
In the vein, I am throwing out something in a new beat. I tend to have an eclectic range of music, but I am not up as much as I should be on hiphop. I've got a friend who is a mad fan for Talib Kweli and has played a lot for me. He's not as easy to swallow as others, but with a few listens, the man grows on you.
And recently, in the national debate, hiphop has been catching a bad rap (no pun intended). Some people have
answered beautifully to counter that reputation.
Today, I'll throw in some hiphop that also, counters that reputaion.
The song is "Manifesto" by Talib Kweli and it lays out the ground rules for what an emcee should do and what hiphop should be/stand for/represent.
If you hear this and think that all hiphop is about sex and drugs and "ho's" then you're not listening.