Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz and Drake...
My daughter thinks they are the 3 greatest artist that have ever graced a mic. She is in 10th grade and her lot to pick from is small and meager...Just my opinion!
My daughter thinks they are the 3 greatest artist that have ever graced a mic. She is in 10th grade and her lot to pick from is small and meager...Just my opinion!
A Tribe Called Quest, Jodeci and Mary J. Blige...
These were my favorite artisits when I was in the 10th grade. My lot was big and inundated with cats. "Low End Theory", "Forever My Lady", and "What's the 411" are 3 albums that I can sing word for word and know the next cut on the album when I hear the song before it. Those were magical years for hip hop and R&B, (just ask Dan J). We were introduced to remixes by crews around this time and every R&B song had a hip hop remix to go along with it.
The only reference I have to Nicki Minaj is the cypher that she did during the BET awards. I thought/think she is whack, that it is evident Lil Wayne is writing her rhymes and directing her flow. I don't think she has much to say. Trey Songz and Drake are just doing their thing. They will just never be K Ci and Jojo but Jodeci didn't have the biggest staying power either, they were just dope at the time. I am un-clear if Drake is a rapper or an R&B singer (Ja Rule anyone). I don't have the same disdain for them, that I do for this Nicki Minaj trick. I do not approve of my daughter looking up to her, she is trashy!
So back to my high school/middle years...Come and Talk to Me, today we 30 somethings throw a party and that cut comes on and the reminiscing begins. The Buggin Out video? Hold up we got 2 videos in one. I am not sure if that has been duplicated, BET and MTV stopped playing videos, years ago. "What's The 411", in my humble (or not so) opinion, is on the top 5 albums of anyone that went to HS in the early-mid 90's. The only discussion is what track is better, You Remind Me or Love No Limit.
I have tried to share this music with Tasiya. She has some on her IPod but thinks it's for "grown people". I did hear her listening to ATCQ a couple of weeks ago. I did not comment and kept walking by her room. There is still hope for her :)!
4 comments:
Sorry Lex, but the song "What's The 411" is my favorite from that album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ0iPLVSV2w
'Love No Limit' wins...
Yeah, the generation thing. I guess it happens the same way for everybody tho'. Even with me, I got love for a lot of old music from even before I was born. But I'm still most partial to the stuff I grew up with... I'll never bump the Temptations as much as I do Jodeci, although I recognize the Temps as a much greater group.
I guess it's the same w/ the kids now in comparison to us with our 80s/90s stuff. I don't really knock them for liking the newer popular music, cause they're just doing what every generation of kids before them did. I knock the artists who make it and the people who promote it.
niiice Phife reference in the title there.
-DANJ! ('preciate the shoutout)
Feelin you on the Love No Limit choice (thumbs up)
Ohh and big congrats on Daily Math, definitely looking forward to reading more from you and can't wait for this book you have been talking about....
Damn our generation is lucky, imagine if Nicki Manage did Foxy's bars on the I Shot Ya Remix.... Damn we are lucky
Great write up...enjoyed reading this and it definitely took me back to my 90's high school days! Was actually listening to What's the 411 album the other day -- I agree with you on it being on the Top 5 list...say word!
These "artists" today seem to be totally different...maybe they aren't that bad...just not my thing. I can't even comment on Nicky Minaj b/c I just don't get her. And for the dudes...everything sounds the same. What's the difference btwn Trey Songz (Trigger, right??), Mario, Lloyd, etc...?
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