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*contains spoilers If you knew the lyrics and the history of the artists and songs chosen for this show, then you would know Mr. Chappelle doesn’t care what you think. If you know these lyrics you know the mindset; if you don’t everything else will … Continue reading This is protected by the Red, the Black, and the Green; Why Dave Chappelle had to say what he said.

Originally posted on hiphoptaughtme: My knees getting weak and my gun might blow, but we gon’ be alright. Some people say everything after but is bullshit. Well we can only hope that is not true in this case. At this point, and at so many…

Robert Rihmeek Williams aka Meek Mill is like many rappers, arrogant, loud, mad sound and fury, yet he signifies something to many just like anyone’s favorite rapper. As he likes to mention and remind people he actually came from the bottom and for those people, … Continue reading The meek shall inherit the earth

The signifying monkey is an African American/Black character. The character first came to my attention as a young girl listening to folk tales about John Henry, Stagolee, the buzzard and the monkey etc. I learned as I got older that the signifying monkey has roots … Continue reading Chi-Raq Black: Black Lives Matter but not more than Black Beef.

Source: “Yo RZA, yo razor, hit me with the major” OR “I don’t really mind if it’s over your head, cause the job of resurrectors is to wake up the dead” QTip the Abstract –Jazz (We got)

Wu Tang Clan aint nothing to fu&k with! I survived high school with lines like that. Urging me to protect my neck and stay awake to the ways of the world cause sh*t was deep. The clan out of Shaolin (Staten Island) came and … Continue reading “Yo RZA, yo razor, hit me with the major” OR “I don’t really mind if it’s over your head, cause the job of resurrectors is to wake up the dead” QTip the Abstract –Jazz (We got)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPCAvzIFY-s I played this song for my love, he was down on his luck. The words didn’t sit right, he was like wtf?!This nigga is crazy. I can think of all kinds of ways my life could be better lady. I was shocked, taken … Continue reading Love Yourz: There’s No Such Thing As A Life That’s Better Than Yours

Before I had it I closed my eyes and imagined the Good Life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEKEjpTzB0Q What you focus on increases. So then why would I focus on what is in opposition to my own desires? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2LUVIZuodE Like we always do at this time, I go … Continue reading Before I Had It I Closed My Eyes And Imagined the Good Life

My knees getting weak and my gun might blow, but we gon’ be alright. Some people say everything after but is bullshit. Well we can only hope that is not true in this case. At this point, and at so many points in our time … Continue reading We Gon’ Be Alright: Looking at the world like where do we go?!

Originally posted on hiphoptaughtme: Happy born day beloved Blastmaster, KRS-One, the Teacha, the scholar the five mic philosophy jewel dropping legend. Born in Brooklyn, struggled and survived the Bronx of the 80s. He is a God to us Hip Hop children, not just for his…

Originally posted on hiphoptaughtme: Straight Outta the Movie Theater: The Good the Bad and The Ugly about the NWA biopic. First of all, I am a fair-weather NWA fan. When the album Straight Outta Compton and then the subsequent Niggas For Life dropped, initially I…

Happy born day beloved Blastmaster, KRS-One, the Teacha, the scholar the five mic philosophy jewel dropping legend. Born in Brooklyn, struggled and survived the Bronx of the 80s. He is a God to us Hip Hop children, not just for his lyrical prowess but for … Continue reading Making Funky Music is a Must-Im #1

When Ms. Dee Barnes got slapped I did not care. There I said it. I felt well that bitch got slapped and shit happens to bitches and hoes. I think we may have been like dayummmm (smokey voice-you got slapped son!), we may have even … Continue reading A HIP HOP GIRL GROWN UP AND CONFUSED (PART 2-LESS CONFUSED)

I grew up on hip hop. Older cousins played Run DMC and Rakim; mother was bumping Sugar hill gang. Father lived in the Bronx where I stayed every summer and saw breakdancing on cardboard, graffiti murals, rap battles. I rushed home to watch Video Music … Continue reading A HIP HOP GIRL GROWN UP AND CONFUSED (PART 1)

The song this line comes from is Nas’ verse in the song titled “Life’s a Bitch”. It is a weeping and a wailing type of song; the type Jay Z spoke of when he said, “I can’t see it coming down my eyes, so I … Continue reading Im Destined to live the Dream for all my Peeps who never Made it

Straight Outta the Movie Theater: The Good the Bad and The Ugly about the NWA biopic. First of all, I am a fair-weather NWA fan. When the album Straight Outta Compton and then the subsequent Niggas For Life dropped, initially I remember laughing at their … Continue reading Straight Outta the Movie Theater: The Good the Bad and The Ugly about the NWA biopic.

Originally posted on hiphoptaughtme: It feels too good to be thought of as God, a Brother, and not a Nigger. This line came from the seminal Hip Hop group Bran Nubian who at one point or still are members of the 5% nation. The 5%…

It feels too good to be thought of as God, a Brother, and not a Nigger. This line came from the seminal Hip Hop group Bran Nubian who at one point or still are members of the 5% nation. The 5% believe that the Black … Continue reading Don’t Front on My Brothers, I Take Care of Them Before I Take Care of Others

Peace universal family! Music is prayer and can be used to heal. Why not use our soul power that is Hip Hop?! Many Hip Hop songs have lyrics/lines that are powerfully able to set/change a mood. It is time for us to use these lines … Continue reading THE WORLD IS YOURS!

In a society that constantly affirms that we do not matter, with our constant disrespect in the media, politically, institutionally and our literal unaddressed murders, this artist, this song, this line came as a healing balm to remind us of the truth. When this song came out in 94’ the Black world of North America, specifically the East coast was still reeling from the horror of the crack/cocaine 80s and the recent importation of gang culture that was coming from the west.