Thursday, January 04, 2007

Rolling Stone Gets It Right?

Sort of...

I actually agree with 3 of the songs in their top ten for '06. Gnarls' "Crazy" at number 1 is a no brainer and Clipse deserve it for "Wamp Wamp" especially with probably the best album of the year to back it up, but...



The suprise pick is clearly The Pack - "Vans" at number 5. WOW did some hyphy really hit number 5? And not just hyphy, these are some kids that goto Oakland highschool and they skateboard (check the video the see for yourself). Yeah Pharrell is Skateboard P and Lupe Fiasco is a corny ass skater dude, but these kids are on some real hyphy shit AND they don't just skate but their album is gunna be called "Skateboards 2 Scrapers". In fact, my dude Nick from The Bay was telling me how hyphy is all about skating. When I played "Vans" and pretty much any hyphy jam at my old highschool homecoming dance kids went stupid and starting moshing. It's clear that hyphy is for the kids and if the skating trend is for real, it's only a matter of time before hyphy takes the rap game and probably the whole music game over. Hip-Hop and skating together? Suburban kids will eat it up.

Check the new joint for more sweaty highschool basement flavors: The Pack - At The Club

P.S. NPR's On Point show said this on their "Trends 2007" show: "Hip-hop? Looking a little long in the tooth. Dance music is back."