coming from a suburban. teenage, whiteboy, yes it is. I dunno why, but mayb cause it's somthin different then a lot of us have grown up with. i don't want to call it an "escape" from our safe suburban communities, but i think it's also how the media portrays african-americans. U turn on BET, or MTV and see the 5th Jay-Z or Cash Money video in the same hour, and u c them partyin, having a good time wit all these women, and you start to think, "wow. thats what i want 2 be like." so then u go to the mall, and get your fuckin rich parents to buy u all this ecko, wu-wear, johnny blaze, and other shit. And then u think, "boy am i cool now! Wait until all the other wiggers see me at school tomarrow!" but, alas u will never be "cool" because it all comes down to one (mayb unfortunate) thing: color.

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ppl be askin me all the time "yo mos what's gonna happen with hip-hop?" I tell them you know what's gonna happen with hip-hop? what's ever happenin with us. -Mos Def

where hip-hop is goin in '01? back to what's real baby. no more bling-blingin. Move over cash money and jigga. It's oukast's, J5's, common, talib kweli's, mos def's, and the roots (among others) time to shine.- me

Nowadays rap artists coming halfhearted,
Commercial like pop or underground like black markets. Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride?- Talib kweli

aim: okayplayerDROots

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