Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Why I Love Hip Hop: The Artistic & Romantic Genius of Scarface

11 comments:

Michael Fisher said...

Now you done finally hit pay dirt, DV.

Scarface and the Geto Boys were the dopest Hip Hop artists outside PE.

Damn if fees good to be a real gansta.

though...

My Mind playn' tricks on me

Pure fuckin' genius.

Mahndisa S. Rigmaiden said...

01 14 09

As much as I love Scarface, I must point out the male chauvanist bragodocio aspect of this song. Now to enjoy it!

Denmark Vesey said...

Male? Bragodocio? Noooooo. Not a brotha! We too humble.

lol.

You aint lyin Mahndisa.

Glad you can appreciate some good natured shit talkin'.

Denmark Vesey said...

Big Fish!

Aight. Aight. Now you talkin'.

Mind Playin' Tricks on me was genius.

And a precursor to the best of today's Hip Hop.

Most of which you sleepin' on.

Michael Fisher said...

DV...

"And a precursor to the best of today's Hip Hop."

Naw, man. See The Geto Boys was on the real in order to convey common sense stuff. Like, a real Gangsta don't advertise his shit. An a people's Gangsta don't rob the poor.

On a "Mind Playin' Tricks", they talked about how thugging other bothers fucked up themselves and their minds.

And all that with real cred and all that having been real Gangstas. They didn't have to adopt another Gangsta's moniker like your boy Half-a-Dolla or Rick Ross to get credibility and make a cult outta killing black folks.

And Scarface continues as the video above shows. A great lesson for a teen age black boy on what women to fuck with to what extent and with which not. This way a e teen age boy, (as they inevitably tend to anyhow), can enjoy the pleasures of a Superhead without falling in love with the ho and marrying her.

Denmark Vesey said...

Not bad Mike. Not bad. For a Brother out of Yale.

But appreciate the evolution of the sentiment expressed by the Greatest Rapper Alive:

"Apparent, yeah my daughter be the twinkle of my eye
You hurt her, you kill me and nigga I ain't bout to die
See y'all are at ground, and my daughter is my sky
I swear I look in her face and I just want to break out and fly
Four tears in my face and you ain't never heard me cry
I'm richer than all y'all, I got a bank full of pride" "Lil Wayne"

Michael Fisher said...

Yeah, that's a nice little ditty. But it don't compare to the brilliant brevity of the lyric/visual of Bushwick Bill:

"Now gangsta-ass niggas come in all shapes and colors. Some got killed (shows JFK's head gettin' blown off) in the past"

Anonymous said...

Aw, nah, don't start a Geto Boys quotes comp here.

J. Edgar Hoover, I wish you wadn't dead.
So I could put a bullet in yo' muthafuckin' head.
Gotdamn faggot, motherfuckin drag queen.
I know you put the hit on Martin Luther King
Fred Hampton, Malcolm and the others,
You redneck, punk motherfucker!
Bob Dole keep your motherfuckin mouth shut
Before a nigga beat yo old ass up.
Jumpin' on the rap bandwagon ain't helpin it
you need to be concerned about the muthafuckin deficit
I'm the type'a nigga throw a party when the flag burns
I'm at the point of no return. - Willie D, "Point of No Return" from their Resurrection album.

Oh, and Mike if you want hip hop with an edge that doesn't degrade, try dead prez. (DV, you knew they were gonna come up eventually, right?)
Youtube "Mind Sex", "Hip Hop" or "They Schools".

Mahndisa S. Rigmaiden said...

01 15 09

Yes yes, Black men are known for the shit talking machisimo and this is what I find attractive. On the other hand, all must be put into proper perspective. When I watch that show I LOVE NEW YORK, I tell my little son "Now she's pretty but has fake hair, fake lashes, fake tits and a bad attitude. Y'all could mess around but don't bring a female like that home." Of course, this is how I justify watching that stuff to my husband;)

If you really like conscientious rap, I am awful surprised you don't cite Paris the Black Panther cuz he is from the Bay and had a comeback album last year. Oops that shows that I'm gettin old now!

Denmark Vesey said...

Get 'em Doc! That's hot.
Don't even remember when that cut dropped.
Hoover gettin' popped?
Dole gettin' rocked?
Willie D. was hot.
But I hope you aint forgot
The dopest Hip Hop ...
just dropped.

Reducing this cat's rap to ... text, is like a black and white photo of Picasso's best.

Neat and sweet but incomplete.


"Stop... hatin on a nigga
That is a weak emotion
The lady of a nigga
And you could get tipped
Like ya waitin on a nigga
Put a body bag and an apron on tha nigga...
I give my all behind the mic,
But you could never see, if you sit behind the light
You don't have to pick me... to win the title fight
But I'm gone wear that championship belt soo tight
And if I'm wrong, there is no right
And if I'm wrong, there is Snow White...
I'm tryna be polite, but you bitches in my hair like the fuckin PO-LICE, and
My flow is rare, these other rappers nice,
These other rappers bark,
Some of em' even bite
But I'm much more bright
I give the game sight
So before you dim the light you just might... might... wanna" Lil Wayne

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