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Atra Ludio or Hip-Hop?
From: Cottage Grove, Oregon |
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IP:
Y'know it's funny... it really is... but I can honestly say I've been down with Hip-Hop for as long as I can remember.
The Ninja Turtles. That's all there is to it. I mean, their movie soundtracks are loaded with rap music, they dress in trenchcoats like gangsters, and we all know the fascination rap fans have with Ninjas, don't we? Face it, the Ninja Turtles are Hip-Hop, and I've been down with it since as long as I can remember. So I guess in sixth grade when I finally started listening to some decent Too Short, it wasn't an awakening but a resurection of my love towards Hip-Hop.
That and I always thought Snoop Dogg had some nice instrumentals. And I loved Warren G's and Nate Dogg's song Regulators since I first heard it.
I don't know if a lot of you reading this are down with the musical cultures of the white man, but he's got a lot that is oriented to being real. Now in Hip-Hop, in truth you either are or you are not. Keeping it real, is generally the first step towards being are not. I'm talking about pure Hip-Hop, not that representin' gangstah rap scheiße.
I noticed a lot in goths, punks, skaters, etc. you need to be real. Else, you're a poser. I figure, I could easily pass for a goth. My life long suicidal tendancys and facinations with the paranormal and darkside of everything is evidence to that. Of course, gothic music hurts my ears. As for punk music, well hell I am a punk. Granted, punk music also hurts my ears. And I sport an afro, not a mohawk. Real punks listen to Public Enemy. As for skating... well owning and riding a skateboard isn't enough. Y'need to be able to do scheiße with it, is why I don't call myself a skater.
The point is, if you are believed to be fake, you get ostracized. A lot. In fact, in cultures like those, there is often distrust among it's own members either from fear of associating with a possible faker, or being considered fake by others. Now, I have no real interest in those cultures. My culture has been and always will be Hip-Hop.
Now granted, if some B-Rad guy showed up at a open mic freestyle event... there would be some ostracizing going on. But such a person would be ostracized by everyone, not just Hip-Hop Heads.
And I'm no B-Rad. And my lifestyle of Hip-Hop has been with me for as long as I remember. And if The Ninja Turtles are not a strong enough foundation to base that love and trust on, if you honestly believe that, then you just might have to question your own realness of Hip-Hop.
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Also... giving toprocking another meaning...
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