By Soul Bravado

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A Great Day In Hip Hop

*Scrolls through iPod and selects Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor*

Hip Hop has expanded itself from just a genre of music, to a LIFESTYLE. We don’t just listen to Hip Hop, we become it.

Reach deep into your minds and define cool. From high school, throughout life, cool has always been a certain standard for acceptance into a crowd that nobody truly belongs in. “The Cool” crowd is usually the most patterned and predictable group of people we meet in life. (See paradigmatic) Sadly, this crowd controls the economic aspect of youthANDmusic. It has been this way for a long time and will remain so. In the late 80’s early 90’s, Hip-hop culture took the youth by storm, from music to films thus bringing hip hop to life, and into the eyes of the public. Then Biggie died, and took with him the strength of the relationship between “The Cool” and Hip Hop. (more…)

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From the upcoming album, Lasers.

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Mega-talented South African/German singer-songwriter Joy Denalane, with a nice performance off The Dresden Soul Symphony album/DVD f/Tweet, Bilal & Dwele.

Check out this interesting story on the background of the James Brown original song courtesy of All Music Guide.

Joy @ Myspace

Let Go

“It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” (James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome)

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