To Develop: Blog 365 Day 47 – I Heard
By Jiddoe S'Phatt
Warmest greetings! My name is Jiddoe S’Phatt. Welcome to day
47 of “To Develop: Blog 365”.
Inspiration to write comes from a number of places. For this
blog I’ve been inspired by hip-hop artist Rick Chyme and producer
David K. Manley of Man@Work Productions. Through a collaborative project
titled #DailyPieces365
these two artists will release a new song every day for 365 consecutive days!
Their impressive dedication has motivated me to write a new blog every day of
2018.
A little piece of me goes into each entry I write. I hope
you enjoy this one!
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I’ve been listening to the song “Stakes Is High” by iconic
hip-hop group De La Soul over and over lately. I’ve done this before, played
their 1996 title track repeatedly. I had it on heavy rotation 20 years ago.
With a little more time under my belt the song means more to
me now than it did before.
I don’t want you to think its words and message fell on deaf
ears back in the day. Younger me wasn’t ignoring what members Trugoy and
Posdnuos were rhyming about. They touched on the continued carryover of inequality
along with the socially damaging subject matter our youth were consuming
through music. I heard all of that.
It’s just their rhyme patterns in sync with late producer
J-Dilla’s beat was louder. I heard more of the fun than the fundamentals. That’s
changed.
Young hip-hop artists approach me regularly with their
fun-loving, carefree attitudes asking me to listen to their music. Most often
it’s something bouncy and bass heavy with no discernable subject matter. Apparently
it’s made to attract club goers who spend every waking moment intoxicated. That’s
what I heard.
I wonder if these young artists care about the socially
damaging subject matter in their music. They have to realize the stakes are
higher than ever.
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