Verbal Education: Lyrics.
Over the last week, our frequent house guest and friend has brought it forth to my attention that she thinks Lil’ Wayne is an amazing rapper. If you agree, we’re not friends. If you squirmed at the thought, thank you!
The only bewildering aspect of her prospect is that, in her field of studies, she is taught to look deeper, and see beyond the normalcy to find things at the core life and society to find what is greater; and yet she has the audacity to proclaim that Lil’ Wayne is worth, well, anything.
This saddens me, to a great extent. I’m no Jim Ryan, but my taste is music, especially rap and hip-hop, have grown over time in the manner to come to appreciate music beyond what one could hear on the radio. It’s sickening, really. However, my only reprieve is to create her a disc that contains the most basic of, what I like to call, higher level music. Immortal Technique, Atmosphere, Joe Budden, Nas, Jay-Z, and other artists I can’t recall being on a school computer. I know my list of great music artists is rather limited, and even I must admit that I could do better and look deeper, but I have, at the minimum, all rights to claim that I know better of what to put into my ears.
I wanted to get deeper into the idea of “what the hell happened to rap,” but I must understand that every generation hates the next, in clothing, music, and life in general. Therefore, I’ll simply keep myself in the era and style of music that I’m already highly accustomed too, and do what I can to change people’s minds.
But, c’mon: “The Carter: III” vs “Illmatic”, “Pink Friday” vs “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”; what the hell.
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