Top 5- Bad Boys (& Lady) of Hip Hop

Who’s your TOP 5-

BAD BOYS of HIP HOP?

Notebook Art by E. Palmer

In a recent barbershop conversations, comments suggestions that today’s hip hop artist are somehow lesser than their predecessors from our teenage prime (circa late 80’s-early 90’s). Needless to say I neither agree or disagree with opinion.

 

I believe each generation believes the music of their prime to be superior and other generations simply inferior. Ask someone from the 60’s about Motown or James Brown what they think about N.W.A. or 2 Live Crew and their response would probably be, “garbage or filth.” I believe the same opinions bode with generation and generation now. If listening to Young Thug or Migos we’d react with, “huh?” We simply can’t relate.

 

Luckily my mother influenced me with music of her generation and forward. The sounds of Aretha, Marvin, Luther, and Michael played throughout our home.

 

As the influence of hip hop chimed in with Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and Curtis Blow I began formulate my own musical palate, or so I thought. Really music just like a hair and fashion revolves. What goes old mixed with new as we now recycle everything including our music.

 

A different frontier would be reached as artists pushed boundaries farther then Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor ever would hit records. “Parental Discretion is Advised” would be the moniker placed on many rap productions. These raunchy labels were “buy me” magnets during teenage years.

 

My influence would become daunting as I filled my mind with lyrics of misogyny, sex, and just plain old cuss words. In doing so, I resend some of the artists growing up and when older reversed my thinking (especially after my daughter’s birth). I can now soundly decipher conquers of “dirty rap” game vs. the rest of the field. Remember sometimes it’s not about spewing a barrage of profanity, the gift of lingo liked an old school pimp can take the strongest minds. Ya dig!

Notebook Art by E.Palmer

 

 

From top left then clockwise: Too $hort, Lil Kim, Big Daddy Kane, 2 PAC, 2 Live Crew, N.W.A.

 

 

My Top 5- BAD BOYS (& LADY) of Hip Hop (in no particular order)

1) 1

     1) 2 PAC (My Ambitionz Az A Ridah)

2)     2) N.W.A. (The World Most Dangerous Group)

3)     3) 2 Live Crew (As Nasty As They Wanna Be)

4)     4) Too $hort (What’s My Favorite Word? _ _ _ _ _!)

5)     5) Big Daddy Kane (Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy)

6th6^th Women) Lil Kim (Hardcore)

 

 

RefeRences:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:alleyezonme.jpg

https://allbyhimselfdotcom.files.worldpress.com/ 2013/11/20131112-101852.jpg

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ born_to_mack

http://www.allmusic.com/album/as-nasty-they-wanna-be-mw0000200521

http://www.officialbigdaddykane.com/discography/

http://www.playthishiphop.com/listen-nwa-straight-outta-compton-full-album/

 

 

POSTED 6^th APRIL 2015 by E. Palmer
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