Sunday video will showcase a video that I believe can inspire and provoke thought. Whether it be old or new, rap, gospel or r&b, I will post a video.
This week have one of my favorite hip-hop duos Dead Prez. Their song “Hip-Hop” received critical acclaim when it was released back in 1999. I believe their message then is so relevant right now. Check it out and check back next Sunday to see what next video I choose.
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You know what Angel, I like you. You are only 22 years old and yet I have a feeling you are ahead of your time. Your blog is popular and yet you still make time to keep relevant issues at the forefront. I also respect Brian and Tianna. Young black people doing it big.
Tell me why I never heard this song before and to find out it came out in 1999 is mind boggling. It seems recent.
I agree #1 and its late as heck. Angel get some sleep. I remember dis song.:-)
This song has such a great message. I haven’t heard it in a long time. Very timely!
Great new addition to the blog Angel!
Real hip hop music …you got the thought provoking lyrics, rappers wit flow and the fresh production, but where the hell are the video hoes…ahh well, almost perfect.
Ditto #1, Dead Prez needs to remix this with Mos,Talib,Kanye & Common cause the lyrics are still as potent & relevant as they were in ’99′
FREE THE JENA 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YA BASTA! (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!)
I appreciate the fact that you kicked off your new showcase with Dead Prez. I have that cd in my truck right now on rotation. What a great way to keep the young heads informed of some real music with real substance! Can’t wait to see what you are posting for next Sunday. Will you take request?
Thanx everyone.
@ calibuddafly. Yeah I always take requests. Just hit me up with an email.
concreteloop@gmail.com
we need more of this and less of that jiggaboo, coon ass, shuckin and jivin they call music today…nah, crank dat!!!
classic hip hop. song rings truer now than ever. Fun Fact: produced by Kanye, one of his first breaks, I think one of the illest beats of all time. SMH at people who have never heard this, but big ups for posting
wowwwww #1 U NEVER HEARD THIS B4?????????????
that is insane it was so huge back then but still i agree with you and yes Angel you are definitely doin it big with this site. now onto my rant because i think this topic is vitally important and close to my heart.
dead prez is fucking illlll and them along with a lot of other 80/90′s artists ARE hip hop and maybe the inclusion of a few now although I really would only limit that to IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE WHO IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD OF GO ON YOU TUBE AND PEEP HIS SHIT HE IS THE BEST THING IN HIP HOP RIGHT NOW (p.s. Rock Th Bells was the illest concert this century). not the hip POP snap your finger shit people hear now. at all. hip hop is a form of expressing thoughts and beliefs of the current status quo and what should/needs to change along with struggles in general. I guess people will argue that oh well if rich people are rapping they have a right to express that but here is what you need to THINK ABOUT:
(KRS-1 another definition of hip hop said) you can rap your way into a mansion/nice cars and all that other material shit. which is true if you market yourself and rap about being rich bla bla all that other gay gang bang shit that is killing our people you will make profit from it and become rich even though you were not at the time you said it which is what all rappers do now and it is all the basis of a lie. hip hop once upon a time used to be about TRUTH reality and emotions… people rapped about uplifting their communities/people, justice, equality. NOT THE NARCISSISSTIC
SHIT YOU SEE NOW where people are heartless selfish greedy COONS. at the end of the day like chris rock said BLACK CELEBRITIES MAY BE RICH, BUT THE WHITE DUDE SIGNING THEIR CHECKS ARE THE WEALTHY ONES, they only use blacks to stay that way and lucky for them they make some paper to so they let them take advantage thinkin it is worth it for them to be burnin money while the rest of the world is dying from preventable causes. ppl need to realize the man (yes they exist; gov’t, conglomerate corporations, other authoratative institutions that rule our entire world) didn’t like hip hop provoking thought and questioning things like the status quo (they want that brain rotting hip pop to keep you snappin fingers and goin to jail or dying that is why it is all you hear… i could even argue the government killed my man tuPac) cuz they don’t want that shit to ever change while they at the top we at the bottom so look what they turned it into, from beautiful political and social activism to fuckin glorify the spreading of aids/stds (sex) (which the white man infected africans with; OPV AIDS HYPOTHESIS along with other american corporations who do dangerous medical tests on unapproved medicine and use africans like lab rats and get no ramifications when ppl die/get disabled; see Pfizer case regarding meningitis testing on african children without parental consent, ), promoting gun violence, robbery, bla bla bla. and regardless how good a job parents do preventing kids from hearing that shit they will hear it somewhere else. true hip hop spoke on violence regarding police brutality/unjust inequality unlike now where it is all about monetary shit. ppl worship green paper. really they want all the poor to die off so they can fulfil their natural selection/evolution prophecies. every owner of the huge corporations where there is about 10 that really run the world including our government is white fuck the shit that kills me the most is this question: CAN BARACK OBAMA BE A GOOD PRESIDENT CONSIDERING THE FACT HE IS BLACK? are you fuckin kiddin me. stfu right now you fuckin idiots. i can’t even begin to say how much is wrong with that.
either way i stay listenin to golden era hip hop and other political/socialist alternative artists and that is the only thing ppl should listen to
DAMN ANGEL you got me on sum shit right now on the late nite tip but ppl really have the wrong impression cuz of how them white ruling corporations show the ppl the shit they want them to know/think which is never the truth or nethin close to it LOL aiight this will cover all the Sundays to come so just please question everything, believe nothing the truth is forever unknown and educate/read !
OHHHHH AND MOST IMPORTANTLY VOTEEEEEEEE & GET EVERY1 U KNOW TOO AS WELL !!!
my picks:
1. BARACK OBAMA
2. RON PAUL
honestly if yall vote for anyone else yall is realllll fucked up i mean do your facts/research and see these 2 shine. the rest are just like George bush.
i wish ron paul could win, but this country is fucked and will vote for a next republican george bush over him… but my man Barack has a real chance don’t sleep on him yall
and for some more truth peep this:
http://WWW.ZETGIESTMOVIE.COM
ANY1 PEEP IT? WHAT YOU THINK BOUT IT? IT IS ALL TRUTH AND ANYONE WHO THINKS THERE WERE ANY ARABS INVOLVED IN 9/11 ARE FUCKING IDIOTS IGNORING REAL FACTS 4 A CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS WORD. THE LAST PART ON THE WORLD BANK AND WORLD GOVERNMENT IS AMAZING AND ABSOLUTE TRUTH. THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS COMIN YALL. WAKE UPPPP
ALSO PEEP THE BILL MAHER INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE OF MOS DEF AND DR. CORNEL WEST. MOS IS THE TRUTH.
MY BAD
http://WWW.ZEITGEISTMOVIE.COM
WATCH ITTTT
they r wht hip hop SHOULD be about
NOW THAT’S what i’m talking ABOUT!!! Now THAT is(was) HIP HOP…
Hip Hop is on strike right now… the only crap you hear on the radio now is made by SCABS filling in until the REAL MCs come back!!!
I HATE most of the garbage that comes on the radio now… ESPECIALLY THAT ‘SOLJA BOY’ whatver it is.. and the Ay baybay OMG!!! .. wTf is THAT???? whatever it is.. I have BRAIN SPASMS when I hear it come on the radio…I quickly change the station.. so no harm is done to my precious mind!
WOW I’m feeling this new addition to the blog Angel, I had’nt hear this song in ages!
excellent choice…
they played this the other night at the most random club… and the club went crazy. what i didn’t know is that the whole club was packed with people who had just left the Beastie Boys concert.. illness. thanks
As great of a song this is, I think many “posters” must be too young to completely remember Dead Prez. Yes they were conscious, yes they did SOME good songs, but never were they marketable to the majority of the US. No…Before you say..”oh it’s because positive rap never sees the forefront”. NO! Because if anyone actually listened to their entire album unedited, Dead Prez is very prejudiced and they use racial slurs often in their music toward white Americans. I am not a white American, and I own their 1st album, but I do feel that they ruined theselves by being so naive and common in using angry racist slurs in music that otherwise would have been very important in our culture and hip-hop, but they were overlooked because of their views. Take it how you want, go back and listen to their debut and try to counter what you want. When given a voice, it is in our best interest to be wise about our words and not offend those in power or even better, learn acceptance and believe fully in equality, so that our voices can be heard and the platforms from which we speak can be respected and acknowledged. Feel free to send comments to blatino730@gmail.com
Nice pick Angel. This is one of the most prophetic hip-hop records ever made … this and What They Do by the Roots are up there for lyrical content and message for me.
@#10, don’t be so hard on #1 for having never heard this. lol. I personally hadn’t heard it either until years after it came out because I stopped watching videos and stopped buying CDs. Music got so depressing at one point that I just gave it up and left the “recycled” stuff alone all together.
cute idea Angel! im looking forward to next week as well.
HOPE 4 THE BEST PREPARE 4 DA’ WORST.
“You would rather have a lexus, some justice, a dream or some substance?
A beamer, a necklace or freedom? ”
Thats my FAVVOORRRIIITTEE verse in this song…CL yall doin it big…LOL…I love this song, we need more and MORE real hip hop artist sendin out depth messages like these cats, and oh yeah my babez Nas…
I know they out there, I believe they dont wanna get caught up in the Media Commericialize music…(i dont blame’em)so I think they remain silent…..But lil do they know they can flip the whole issue.
LOL@#15…I will never EVER understand How ppl can actually listen to dumb shh and call it real music…Ay Bay Ay bay and supersoak that ho, ‘comin from a17yr.old especially is beyond sad…I stopped listenin to the Radio, watchin BET, MTV AND OH YES VH-1..a looonnnngg azz time ago…If we continue to support garbage then thats exactly what this world is goin to become. I remeber when Bet rep positive shows, like teen summit, or when VH-1 had behind the music or fun shh like Pop Up Video, when MTV wasnt just repppin rich spoiled white kids, or white kids that like to act retarted…shh done change..not for the better but for the worse…Stay away from it and they shh want rub off on you.
I’ve been listening to Dead Prez for along time…i’m older than ALOT of you guys on here.
Angel i have a request….”Umi Say” by Mos Def!!!!
Alternative Rap is so hot, I can’t believe its still so underground.
Nice selection.
You’ve got mail Angel!
This song is so on point for what’s going on in the hip hop industry right now. *Sigh* We need more of this, more artists in the vein of Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def and less of the Soulja Boy and MIMS bullshit that dominates everything.
Another good dead prez song is the song “hell Yeah” with Jay-z
Superb lyricists, thought-provoking mind numbing music. I love Dead Prez they are revolutionaries not only through music but through their actions. I am happy that others appreciate their well-crafted art. They are the true essence of Hip-Hop where you are left with music that can allow you to think but entertain you at the same time.
@24 I would love that and it is one of my favorite songs period. My Umi said shine your light on the world, shine your light for the world to see, My Abi said shine your light on the world, shine your light for the world to see, I want black people to be free, to be free………….
OMYDANM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG
i heard when i was around 9 lol
Respect to you Angel for posting this!
I love this song. I listen to it all the time at the gym.
Angel this post is most definitely on point…I’ve always liked this song and I couldn’t agree more with what you wrote. As usual you provide us with substance over bulls*** thanks gyrl.
Angel… you take requests.. huh???… remember Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka… with Fab 5??? That was my SHYTTT.. play that one…
like it.
#23 I agree music these dayz are a piece of shit that hey bey bey shit is hella dumb. and that supersoak that ho song is dumb. It is great to hear a old school song that make since I miss those days when music was real man R.I.P hip hop
angel i feel if you really want to send the youth a message you have to put soljah boy i mean come on lets dance and partay!
37# girl get real, ^^^^^ and angel have already up that dumb ass soljah boy shit up already so you are hella late
@ #18, So did NWA, Public Enemy and a whole lot of groups. Getting rich was not the intent of Rap or Hiphop or whatever you want to call it. It was a way og getting a certain message across. Society said that Rap would never sell, but who cared at the time? Folks just wanted to be heard!!!!!
Do you know that a lot of underground groups got paid without even being played on the radio? It was promoted by clubs and word of mouth.
Yeah, this song is old but a true classic! Like Dead prez says…..”the white house is the crack house/uncle sam is the muthaf*ckin pusha man”…..love these dudes.
why is it #38 that hip hop is dead when the southside is holdin don’t hate step your game up untill then finger snap and dance. coon!
why much everyone be so negative toward different genres of hip-hop. everyone cant be mos def of dead prez for that matter. hip-hop is much more diverse than to pin point it as one thing. if i want to hear about the streets i will play jeezy or t.i. if i want to hear about whats going on in the world i will play common or talib. if i want some club music i will play lil jon or fabo. hip hop is far from dead but i will agree the the promotion of diversity in hip hop is.
ayo angel, how about “ur headed for self destruction” or “were all in the same gang”, i can remember them joints havin everybody in the game at the time on em’ and they was pretty inspiring and thought provoking too.
42# hip hop has become a fucking dance move instead of speaking from the heart. like I said hip hop is dead because rapper these dayz are talking about nothing. I either hear barney the dinosour rap then hear that damn hey bey bey shit so like I said hip hop is dead R.I.P.
41# did you just call me a coon???? damnnnnnnnnnnnnn!! I not going to comment on that!! god bless you dude because you seriously need jesus in your life!!
Wow…. I love the video. I love the meaning. I love the beat. Never heard this song before, gives me much more love for dead prez.
Great!
Everyones ‘hating’ on the current state of Hip Hop, but completely disregarding the fact that its probably at its peak, only (now) it is one of the biggest selling music genre. The music being produce today may not be as meaningful.. or deep as it was in the 80′s or 90′s but music is a form of expression, to bring a certain level of enjoyment.. an escape from reality. Sure, Hip Hop artist may rap about the non-existent material way of life, but music is music.. we can’t just sit here and be like ‘Hip Hop is dead’, as time goes on, we evolve, the music changes.. people put out more mainstream productions.. i love Hip Hop right now, it may not be the same.. but it still makes me want to get up and dance..
cosign #42. There is nothing wrong with balance and diversity. There can be the socially-conscious records and the dance club records and the anthem records as well but there needs to be a balance. Unfortunately enough the socially conscious and though provocating records usually don’t dominate mainstream and I thinbk that’s why people get up in arms. But hip hop is far from dead.
@ #44…..thats was the point of my comment. what is wrong with dancing when a hip hop song comes on? since you say “today’s” artist arent talking about anything, if the fat boys or run dmc came on back in the day, you know it would be some cardboard on the ground and someone would be break dancing. right now dance music is being promoted but its still hip hop.
You gotta be kidding me!
ahhhhh…my sigh of relief
i needed to hear something positive to get through these next 5 hours at work
this song came out my freshman year in high school & almost 8 years later, still the DOLLAR is before the PEOPLE.
I always liked this song. I can’t believe its that old it seems like not too long ago this came out. Anyway its good to hear some good hip hop music.
49# frist of all my point is that none of these rapper have real talent they shit is written for them! the entertainment business make it look like that anyone can be a rapper I mean shit just give me some lyrics and I can make a hit does that mean I have talent?? hip hop used to have meaning to it, remember snoop dogg uses to do videos in the gettro riding on some body bike that was the shit! now rapper rap about how much money they got and a dance move the shit ain’t real that what my point is.
Written over 8 years ago, and still so relevant TODAY — because not much has changed, the warnings were not heeded.
Classic almost good as goode as like cassie’s joint. Legend that girl! Woohoo!
I like that video. Great choice!
I really wish people would stop blaiming the state of HipHop on today’s dance craze. Dance songs have ALWAYS, ALWAYS been apart of HipHop, so thats no excuse. I think its great to have balance and that’s one thing HipHop brought to the scene was alot of diversity.
You can’t sit here and say there has always been positive rappers with positive messages and todays youth ruined it. Cause at the same time DeadPrez was out in 1999 so was the DMX’s and the Master P’s. So just like today…..we have Common and MosDef, but we still have 50Cent. Lets not blame HipHop and say its dead… lets blame ourselves!! We are the ones who determine whats relevant when it comes to music.
I guess the people have spoken……(silence)
#57 that’s true we do determine how the music is these dayz, because we buy their albums and support the bullshit. I that is kinda of my point. I all I am saying is that hip hop is not how it use to be and I miss that but hip hop is dead to me unless we have more of those old school snoop dogg videos that how I am going to feel sorry.
I HAD TO FINALLY GET ON BOARD WITH CONCRETELOOP ON MYSPACE TODAY JUST BECAUSE I SAW THIS POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t get it twisted people!!! What you hear today is garbage…This new era of rap is garbage, the lyrics are garbage!!!! (the beatz are tight though lol)
IT’S BIGGA THAN HIP HOP, HIP HOP, HIP HOP, HIP HOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#1 thank you so much for not boasting about being number one, that’s refreshing.
I’ve heard the song, but I never peeped the video, maybe this post will encourage them to get back in the studio. Hip-Hop heads are thirsty for the real stuff. This is what you call time-less music, nothing disposable about it. I’m going to tbe looking forward to this post every Sunday!!