Easin' In
Been a while, it's summer after all.
Anyway, a few things that have crossed my radar recently.
K-OS has dropped a new single called "Electrick Heat (The Seekwill)"
Props to my man Prasad Bidaye (aka Prasonik) for putting me on to Riz MC's "Post 9/11 Blues" out of the UK. Comedic, yet thought-provoking.
He also hipped me to this interesting discussion between authors Simon Reynolds and Jeff Chang.....
...which spurred me to come across this article on the 'post hip-hop generation' where writer M.K. Asante, Jr states:
"Post hip-hop is not about music, per se, although the music that is and will be created functions as a kind of soundtrack to a fresh set of attitudes, ideas and perspectives. Art, not just music, is fundamental to the post hip-hop development, as art possesses the remarkable ability to change not only what we see, but how we see. "
I agree with this idea and sentiment more than I do with the terminology of 'post hip-hop'. As Chang says in the discussion with Reynolds in his article, I think there's room within hip-hop's current structure to articulate the progressive thought and art. However, there's no doubt its appearance to the casual observer as a hedonistic commercial juggernaut is a significant barrier to progress.
Reading the article I get the impression that awareness of some of recent exponents within the hip-hop framework are being given short shrift or just aren't visible enough to the writer. But the onus on nostalgic heads yearning for how things were back in the day and dissing only the highly visible and popular artists is to keep digging and find the next thing. We shouldn't give up yet on the hip-hop generation, should we?
Anyway, a few things that have crossed my radar recently.
K-OS has dropped a new single called "Electrick Heat (The Seekwill)"
Props to my man Prasad Bidaye (aka Prasonik) for putting me on to Riz MC's "Post 9/11 Blues" out of the UK. Comedic, yet thought-provoking.
He also hipped me to this interesting discussion between authors Simon Reynolds and Jeff Chang.....
...which spurred me to come across this article on the 'post hip-hop generation' where writer M.K. Asante, Jr states:
"Post hip-hop is not about music, per se, although the music that is and will be created functions as a kind of soundtrack to a fresh set of attitudes, ideas and perspectives. Art, not just music, is fundamental to the post hip-hop development, as art possesses the remarkable ability to change not only what we see, but how we see. "
I agree with this idea and sentiment more than I do with the terminology of 'post hip-hop'. As Chang says in the discussion with Reynolds in his article, I think there's room within hip-hop's current structure to articulate the progressive thought and art. However, there's no doubt its appearance to the casual observer as a hedonistic commercial juggernaut is a significant barrier to progress.
Reading the article I get the impression that awareness of some of recent exponents within the hip-hop framework are being given short shrift or just aren't visible enough to the writer. But the onus on nostalgic heads yearning for how things were back in the day and dissing only the highly visible and popular artists is to keep digging and find the next thing. We shouldn't give up yet on the hip-hop generation, should we?
posted by vibesandstuff at 1:12 AM
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