October 19, 2010

  • What is it with me being drawn to German rap these days?

    Foreign rap has always interested me because I know the history of American rap rather well. And, when you truly understand its roots, it's almost impossible to separate its cultural roots from those with the black community in America.

    So I have to wonder in what way foreign countries come to love the genre. Because, let's be honest, the above video screams pure hip hop - not rap, the culture of hip hop. It makes me miss 90s rap all over again. It's probably the most pure thing I've seen in a long while during this decade of anything resembling hip hop culture.

    Which is interesting because how do such pure aspects of the culture get picked up by Germany? Which, while I ask that, I'm being somewhat ironic about. After all, I'm working on my own album that draws off of the history of hip hop though it doesn't represent hip hop in its most pure form, linking the stuggles of urbanization, etc. to other struggles.

    But I still find it interesting. Of course, there is no answer to this question with what little I know already. Something to look for in the future.

    I so wish I could steal that beat, btw. It sounds absolutely gorgeous.