Happy Birthday Yo!

Check out Yo! MTv Raps 20th birthday site. Check out some old school videos and MTv before it was all reality shows.

Happy birthday!!!!

Thank you Yo! for introducing a small town Minnesota girl to the world of Hip-Hop. My life would be strange w/o you.

Let me know what you think about the top 20 countdown email me at fade in mail at gmail dot com

Filtering through nostalgia

This blog isn't as music heavy as the other blogs I have had. I kind of miss talking music w/ people.

This is good segue to....

One of my recent purchases has been the Filter Magazine winter '08. (with Q-tip on the cover.) Read the article "Q-tip and the Legacy of Hip Hop", I think it is one of the more eye opening articles I have read in a long time. I love the interview style to tell the story of an era. (See Yes Yes Ya'll by Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahern) Did you know that Low End Theory, which by the way is my greatest hip hop album of all time, influenced Dr. Dre to make "The Chronic."?

See all the people who were influenced by Tribe and what they say about them.

I remember running to a friend's house after school everyday to watch Yo! MTV Raps just to catch the Bonita Applebum video. Tribe was the first Hip Hop band I ever fell in love with. I love hip hop as poetry, I love hip hop as social political criticism, those are the reasons I love Tribe and continue to be a big fan. I regret only being able to see them twice before they stopped being a group.

By the way if you are wondering what music I listen to you can find me by my email address at www.jango.com. I have 4 stations to choose from.

You learn something new everyday, unless you stop yourself

Back in the day when I used to have time to read blogs, I really enjoyed tuning into this blog Souled On for my Hip Hop, Politics and random information I couldn't find anywhere else. Now that I am laid off, I have had the chance to pick it up again, thankfully.

I always learn something new, for example I learned that 50 Cent is endorsing Hillary Clinton. I guess she really embodies his values of clubbin', working out, vitamin water, steroids and gettin' shot.

If you are a politically aware hip hop loving, music historian, pop culture digger like I am you will love this blog just as much as I do.

Go now and give yourself some time. This blog has a soundtrack.