Once upon a time, rap was a hard-knocks-triumphant honor to have as a career; rap was a portrait of black, urban life overcome in America. Now, rap is winning the lottery and not even tipping your hat at the ghetto. DJ Shadow expressed it precisely with this song that explained the problem with hip hop in ‘96, “It’s the money.” (ALSO: Whatever happened to DJ Shadow? What a loss? I seriously am not sure)
I gave a bit of a rambling speech wondering how the generation currently coming of age will handle having grown up during a dudfucking rut in American culture. I was pretty tired but I think i got the idea out of my mouth (and subsequently the head for the night).
That’s the thought for today? How brainwashed was I by Mister Rogers? Anyway, I found out today that a huge reference I have made a few times was a reference to something that didn’t exist, so I responded to myself. Embarrassment aside, I’m trying to set myself straight today.
TIP: There’s a hole in my Mario Pants? TRAGEDY; AM I RIGHT? Yes.
We’ve gotten to the point where even people with shitty taste are tired of how crappy mass media has gotten this last decade. I also forgot to mention how I am seeing 2009 as being the beginning of a new era for a culture-starved and corporate-ruined country. Guess why.
News flash: Britney Spears is no Madonna.
(p.s. thank fucking god for wordpress’s autosave, but i lost all my tags)
(P.P.S. I don’t really like the band Priestess. Better make a Priestess tag just for safe keeping)
