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Lost

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you,
If you leave it you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

David Wagoner

Class Blog

Dee-1, A.K.A. “The One Man Army” is a rapper in his own class and on another level. Literally. A Graduate of Louisiana State University, he went from teaching in Baton Rouge to a rapper not to be played with. Dee-1 is in every sense, an ARTist. His music gets back to the roots of rap. Delivering messages of motivation, and accountability; which is seen in his song “Jay, 50, and Weezy” (which is NOT a diss song by the way). His music gives listeners hope, something that rap artists haven’t exactly dissipated lately.

Dee-1 is easily an artist that can assist in changing the game around and alter the direction hip-hop is going in. Notice in his music that you don’t hear cursing and still cleverly possesses the lyrical content, and delivery. I try to keep my opinion out of blogs, but I honestly don’t know a soul who could’nt relate to something Dee-1 speaks on. Whether you like it or not doesn’t matter. The key to getting people to believe in your craft is to relate to them; especially these days. Dee-1 relates.

From the sounds of it, Dee-1 is here to stay. If you haven’t heard what we heard, check out his website at www.dee1music.com and download his latest mixtape titled I Hope They Hear Me. You can also follow him on Twitter at @Dee1music. Don’t say OxedOut.com didn’t warn you. You heard it here first! Here is his latest video! Titled One Man Army.

The hip hop culture, consisting of dance (b-boy & b-girl), DJ’s, and the MC has evolved. But to what? Our DJ has gone digital, which arguably is better, our dance has transformed into something that makes the song sale; and most importantly, what about the message our MC’s are delivering? It went from mainly delivering messages of the everyday struggle, words of motivation to those going through similar issues, and just simply the love of coming together to create art that people could vibe to. Now a days, the message from our MC’s is absent. Furthermore, we have a selection of artists who could be considered “one-hit wonders.” In addition, is it safe to say that hip hop contains artists who make music simply for the money? Before you get me wrong, those hip hip pioneers from the earlier years also did it for the money. But, they still had that passion in their art of music. We now have artists who frequently surface who make a hit song that comes with a dance then completely disappear. We have artists who degrade our African American sisters, covertly promoting gang violence, drug distribution, and female degradation. And they do it all for the money. Is it safe to say that they are “pimping the game?” or are we being too unreasonable? It is understood that everything evolves but is this what our original hip hop moguls wanted it to evolve into? Or is their opinion irrelevant?

We also have artists who posses an enormous amount of power who can honestly define what is “cool.” these artists are blessed to have the opportunity to empower, influence, motivate and move their audience. But are they using it to help mainstream society? Or are they doing it to help themselves? This is another reason why the game could be considered to being pimped. Am I exaggerating when I say that what our artists are doing is in the same domain as your local drug dealer? Makes money off of feeding his own people by selling them poison?

The power of words is much more influential than we give people credit for, especially coming from someone of prestige. So hear is the challenge, think about the artist you enjoy listening to, really listen to the lyrical content, the delivery, and the moral of the song. What are they saying? Do you stand by these statements? Now before you look this off, I do understand that there are some songs that we all love to listen to in the club. The “club bangers” and songs that we just love the beat to. If you think critically, those are the only songs that come on the radio. Nothing of substance or validity. Think about the media that helps dissipate what we listen to…is that really what we wish to hear? If not, try learning about the history of hip hop…and see the intrinsic and innate importance it had on individual’s lives, then make a decision.

Augh…Sorry for the wait…School got nuts! lol I also had to get into my brainstorming mode. The whole purpose of this blog to entertain you guys! I will always make sure to make improvements to keep you guys interested. EXPECT SOME BIG THINGS!!!! AUGH!!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!

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