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Artist ...Song
Danny ...Brown WhatupDoe
eLZhi ...Hands Up
Lloyd Banks ...Victim of Society
Nick Speed ...Those Things
Nick Speed ...Wish I
Nick Speed ...House Rent Boogie
Nick Speed ...Pain w/ Tupac
Radiohead ...Climbing Up The Walls
Nick Speed ...Zapp
Nick Speed ...Zone
Khary WAE Frazier ...Use To Be
Danny Brown ....Dance
Nick Speed ...Jimi
Neco Redd ...Be Somebody/No Discipline
Bobby Womack ...What's Your World
Cybotron ...Cosmic Cars
Nick Speed ...Cars w/ Wae << LIVE!!!!
Danny Brown & Nick Speed ...Streets of Detroit
50 Cent ...What If?
Nick Speed ...Nightmare ft. Phat Kat & Guilty Simpson
Cybotron ...Alleys of Your Mind
BIG thanks to Congressman John Conyers for calling in to tell mention the upcoming NAACP Conference and how he helped to bring Jazz music to Congress and legitimize it as an official American art form. We hope to be able to do the same with Hip Hop Music.
Perhaps here and now would be a good time and place to deliver my standpoint on tracks that feature lyrics that are abrasive or offensive in their content. Last night we played 3 tracks from D-Tour at the outset of the show in their entirety. Some of the lyrics on these tracks are "controversial." I do not agree with anything that perpetuates a negative attitude toward women, or any other person in general. Simply enough, it's just not good karma, and yes, I think a lot of rappers could knock that shit off. Every skill isn't a talent, but I like to think that the songs I play on Minced Meat exhibit some form of raw talent. Sometimes you can't have the best of both worlds (talent + content) and I'm not saying that nasty lyrics are "acceptable," but let's get current, eh? Recognize that 'gangster' rap holds a certain type of artistic merit that has been evolving and developing in many facets over the years and still, many rappers hold true to a street style of delivery and lyrical content to appeal to a certain taste that speaks to a particular lifestyle. Whether or not that lifestyle is legitimate is not up to me to decide, it's up to you. If Minced Meat can reach listeners with music they're into, maybe those same listeners will be into something new and different from their usual, and find it on CJAM. Often times, many of the messages that come through on these gangster rap tracks deserve careful listening (give it another turn on the deck) before passing judgement, as I would hope many people do with music they are concerned about, interested in, or simply enjoy. It's like what my English Lit professor Tom Dilworth once said: "If you read it once, you'll learn alot. If you read it again, you'll learn even more. If you read it again in 15 years, it's a completely different novel and will have an entirely different effect on you."
That said, Minced Meat and CJAM are a platform for local hip hop and electronic music and much, much more! Minced Meat, the title, hopes to encompass a wide range of music. It's about squashing all those sensational rap beefs that take away from the music (unnecessary drama!), as well as providing the listener with an array of new music coming from multiple outlets, styles, genres, sub genres, etc.
Any thoughts? Please comment!
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