Hiphopnerd

I was listening to Jeru The Damaja earlier today...and bust out laughing over a line I'd forgotten about: "Put emcees on the ceiling like Michaelangelo did the 16th Chapel" (Black Cowboys)

I love that it's so obvious...there's absolutely no way you that he simply pronounced "Sistine" incorrectly, it's definitely "16th Chapel".

And what was with One Day? It ends so abruptly...like the page containing the second half of the story got ripped from his rhyme book. Seriously, there's all this initial buildup, calling out of Puff & Foxy, lots of details...and then suddenly, they fly to LA, and the story's over. That coulda been a much better track.

Finally, I was reminded that I should link to Oh Word's hilarious interview with Ignorance...funny shit.

To P.E. or not P.E.?
I got an email from the House Of Blues the other day...I opened and read it...it said they was suckers...

Nah, actually it said that Public Enemy was playing on March 8th, all original members will be there, and it's a fairly reasonable $30. I've never seen P.E. live before, they're another of the indisputably important hip-hop groups of all time...and yet, I can't talk myself into buying tickets. I just have the suspicion that it won't be a good concert...Flava Flav is a reality show caricature/joke on VH1, Chuck is better off lecturing and writing, there won't be any energy, and the group is just too far past the glory days to put on a quality show.

But it's like how can I, as a hip-hop head nerd, bypass such a concert? Don't I owe it to myself to attend this? I mean, how many more times is P.E. going to tour?

Has anyone seen them in recent years? Anyone purchased any of the albums they've relased since 2000? Please, someone talk me into going to this...

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Whilst searching for an image to accompany this post, I found:


How wrong is this?