A celebration of conscious Hip-Hop, real Hip-Hop with positive, honest, philosophical or political lyrics. Hip-Hop that is conscious of it's vibrational effect. A definition of 'conscious Hip-Hop' is elusive, as definition of all art should be. “The Tao that can be described is not the tao…”
It is actually a tragic state of affairs that conscious Hip-Hop requires...(more) the prefic 'conscious' in order to differentiate it from unconscious music. However sex and violence sells therefore since the 1990s it appears that the only Hip-Hop that has been promoted by the record companies is the Hip-Hop that promotes sex and violence. There is a misconception that Hip-Hop is not as good as it once was, there is a misconception that the 'Golden Age' of cutting edge music and provocative, philosophical and political lyricists such as A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, and De La Soul are behind us. This is only partly true. for while Public Enemy and De La Soul still release records, more recent artists such as Sage Francis, Saul Williams, Non Phixion, Killah Priest, Taskforce in the UK, the THC Society and many, many more continue to represent another side of the Hip-Hop coin. Hip-Hop, like al forms of creative expression, can be used to express anything. It is the music of the streets, “the black CNN” Chuck D famously said. Therefore it often details the concerns of the street - crack cocaine, pimps, sex and violence. But the fact that this art form can and is frequently used to promote and discuss philosophical and spiritual values is far too often overlooked.
Well not by us!
Love and light, b-boys, b-girls and Hip-Hoppers of the world. In a bit, in a piece, inner peace… (less)
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