This week's session should prove to be a interesting one. We will see if we can answer one question once and for all, which skool is better -- the old or the new? There are several ways we can judge this, lyrical content, popularity, the music production, vocabulary, different styles, or just plain ol' talent. Me personally... I like the lyrics. Be talking about something! Words are extremely powerful -- choose them wisely. Just don't use words as fillers -- use them to help perfect your craft. Speaking of your craft...wouldn't you want to be the best who has ever done it? Who goes into any field and says " I don't care how well I do, I want to be the worse basketball player ever?" Nobody! Take your time to perfect your craft.
I also like content. Again there is power in our words... Give the people something to think about. Uplift somebody with your words that have a positive message in them. Your words can even give a different point of view on any number of subject matters. You can even teach -- KRS-ONE has been on that path since his third album Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of HIP-HOP. It seems that the pioneers held on tighter to these values & traditions. They weren't writing just to sell records saying whatever will sell! They wrote to display there skillz & talent, like K-SOLO in Spellbound (I love that joint) or Letterman. They wrote to deliver a message: LL Cool J's second album, Bigger & Deffer, there is a song called The Breakthrough and pretty much anything Rakim put out are examples of delivering a message. Keep your eyes and ears open for an artist spotlight segment on that brother without doubt...coming soon.
Don't get me wrong I'm a lover of music. I like it all from Rock to R&B to Folk to The Blues. I love music. Today's artists just seem to write JUST to sell records. I understand that is the point but to the sacrifice of what and to what extent? Then we have some artists that have no talent at all they are just simply marketable. There are some very talented artists out there that still just write to sell records, they have mad skills and are extremely talented. They just choose to write a certain type of material for their songs. Some people say "well I write about what I see. If all I see is negativity, violence, drugs, sex, etc., what do you expect me to write about?" I will close with a response to just that. There is more to the world then what your hood, television and movies show us. On the first two albums I can kind of dig it...you have to get out there; but when you hit album number 3, 4, 5 and 6 and you're still spitting the same ish from albums 1 and 2, I feel we have a disconnect somewhere. Just my opinion. You are no longer struggling to make ends meet. You are making legit money -- a real paper check with your name on it. Use your God given talent and be creative in your writing. I would think after album number 5 you are not still on the corner in the hood. Music was your ticket out of whatever negative situation you were in. How long are you going to abuse and pimp the beautiful and powerful expression of the art of music? Music is an expressive art form. Is that all that we are? Dope dealing, pants sagging, how much weed can I smoke, how many sistahs can I call *itch, how much tail can I tap folk? I know and believe we are better than that. We are bigger than that. Our creativity goes deeper than that. We should be proving stereotypes wrong -- not fitting them like a well tailored suit.
I also like content. Again there is power in our words... Give the people something to think about. Uplift somebody with your words that have a positive message in them. Your words can even give a different point of view on any number of subject matters. You can even teach -- KRS-ONE has been on that path since his third album Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of HIP-HOP. It seems that the pioneers held on tighter to these values & traditions. They weren't writing just to sell records saying whatever will sell! They wrote to display there skillz & talent, like K-SOLO in Spellbound (I love that joint) or Letterman. They wrote to deliver a message: LL Cool J's second album, Bigger & Deffer, there is a song called The Breakthrough and pretty much anything Rakim put out are examples of delivering a message. Keep your eyes and ears open for an artist spotlight segment on that brother without doubt...coming soon.
Don't get me wrong I'm a lover of music. I like it all from Rock to R&B to Folk to The Blues. I love music. Today's artists just seem to write JUST to sell records. I understand that is the point but to the sacrifice of what and to what extent? Then we have some artists that have no talent at all they are just simply marketable. There are some very talented artists out there that still just write to sell records, they have mad skills and are extremely talented. They just choose to write a certain type of material for their songs. Some people say "well I write about what I see. If all I see is negativity, violence, drugs, sex, etc., what do you expect me to write about?" I will close with a response to just that. There is more to the world then what your hood, television and movies show us. On the first two albums I can kind of dig it...you have to get out there; but when you hit album number 3, 4, 5 and 6 and you're still spitting the same ish from albums 1 and 2, I feel we have a disconnect somewhere. Just my opinion. You are no longer struggling to make ends meet. You are making legit money -- a real paper check with your name on it. Use your God given talent and be creative in your writing. I would think after album number 5 you are not still on the corner in the hood. Music was your ticket out of whatever negative situation you were in. How long are you going to abuse and pimp the beautiful and powerful expression of the art of music? Music is an expressive art form. Is that all that we are? Dope dealing, pants sagging, how much weed can I smoke, how many sistahs can I call *itch, how much tail can I tap folk? I know and believe we are better than that. We are bigger than that. Our creativity goes deeper than that. We should be proving stereotypes wrong -- not fitting them like a well tailored suit.
Peace,
K.A.O.T.I.K. THOUGHT
(Keep All OldSkool Traditions In Konscious THOUGHT!)
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