I’m a little late, but go check out Kashflow’s UFO (Ultimately Fly Object) mixtape. Kashflow is a dope artist out of New Orleans, LA, ready to do big things in the game. Check out his site here.
Download: http://www.zshare.net/download/75166213156c1981/
Restructuring the site. Be back soon.
-Str8 G
97.9 interviews Master P, who discusses his brother C-Murder’s current legal situation. Later, C-Murder called into the station to discuss his feelings about his brother. I have to side with P here, but I hope they resolve their issues.
Check out my previous coverage of C’s brushes with the law.
Peace
Z-Ro “God in Me” from Relvis Presley (2009)
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Now, I’m definitely not into gospel music. Outside of my ethnomusicology classes, I know very little about the genre. I must say, however, that Mary Mary’s “God In Me” is one of the hottest songs period from last year and definitely more than worthy of the Grammy it received. In fact, in an ideal world, it would have been a contender for “record of the year.” Essentially, on the well written track, the two vocalists credit the presence of god in their lives with the confidence and beauty that shines from them. Great song about the power of the Holy Spirit.
That being said, and I may go below for this, but I can’t stop listening to Z-Ro’s freestyle over this beat. Titled “God In Me” and appearing on his recent freestyle cd, Relvis Presley, this flow incorporates what makes Z-Ro an intriguing artist, the inner struggle between what he knows is right and what he knows is wrong. The struggle between Good and Evil. Though he clearly has a strong faith in the Christian God (he even mentions this in the freestyle), it seems that this God is at war with a Bling-God that exists in the form of money, jewelry, cars, etc. The Christian God acts as a vehicle for these forms of social capital, the sources for his outward confidence. Anyways, this is really a generic freestyle, but I’m fascinated by the presence of displaced-deities in hip hop. Not to get too much into my research, but it’s a clear sign of the “death” of the relationship between traditional religion and young black men. Check out the freestyle and tell me what you think.
Peace