Hip Hop is not just a communications culture, it also a definition of a culture. Are these the children of hip hop? Is this what Grand Master Flash meant when he said “It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder…?” Did The Ghetto Boys mean this when they said “I think my minds playing tricks on me…?” Were these the children Slick Rick was speaking of in his classic ‘A CHILDRENS STORY'? Are these the kids (or hiphop’s grandchildren…?).
Hip Hop started out as party music and as others wanted to be invited to the party, they started redefining hiphop for their own use to define themselves in hiphop’s eyes. The militants wanted it to be activist music. The players wanted it to be players music. The dj’s wanted it to be dj music and the lyricist wanted it to be about the bars. HipHop as a parent did its best to nuture these children and then theses children had a child… Trap Music (and Trap music grew up hanging out with his cousin gang music, who you didn’t see that much in the hood because at time he was away at one of those facilities #FamilySecrets…).
The real of it is that music for all generations becomes defining moments for that generation in memories and moments and the music is the soundtrack. Is this picture the defining photo of this hiphop generation? Is this their portrait and is the music responsible for this or the labels (film at 11…).
One thing we know for sure is that one day someone will revisit this picture and they will either say “wow that’s how we looked?” or “Wow that’s how we looked…” It’s going to be interesting to hear which one will be the statement when that time comes…
“There’s nothing wrong with the music business that a good song can’t cure…”
#GetAtMe
#ItsAboutTheMoments
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