Thank you, Dre Oba of the progressive Shield magazine for sending me this YouTube link.
Now, how do we spread the word that this is Hip Hop, our Hip Hop? How do we impact our people’s lives through sound?
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Amen, Brother Soto. Amen.
A luta continua – for us all!
That’s why I liked this video. It celebrates and empowers the community – crossing borders – on an international level.
Power.
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A nice reminder that it is about more than the bling…and that the music and expression and power is global and multicultural. Sweet.
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It’s nice to see hip-hop artists who actually have something to say. I don’t know about any one else, but I don’t know anything about having bling, and pimped-out cars, nor do I objectify women. I can’t relate to that. And I don’t know how many “real” people can actually relate to that. However, this new revolution speaks to everyone. Not just black people. People from all over the world. Its sad because some people think they have carte-blanche on hip-hop. Its theirs and no one else can take it. But, hip-hop started out as a movement to stir up pride, no? So, who says pride only comes in black.
Though I can’t relate to this sickening commercialized element of hip-hop that promotes and condones conspicuous consumption, promiscuity, hate, violence, greed, stupidity and a whole host of other things, this underground element of hip-hop is real and speaks to me. Listening to artists like Meshell Ndegeocello, A Tribe Called Quest, and even Common and Mos Def helps me to realize and proves to others that hip-hop does not have one face and that it a voice used to speak to everyone.
This revolution will thrive.