Tag: hip-hop

500 WORDS, DAY 24: Why Is Hip-Hop Dying?

Today’s post is a continuation of what I was writing yesterday, after having completed a recap of my first 20-something days of daily posting. If it’s your first time reading a post of mine and don’t want to read the recent recap, just know I’ve been writing about music, more specifically hip-hop, and about its … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 24: Why Is Hip-Hop Dying? →

500 WORDS, DAY 23: We Think of Ourselves as Above Being Influenced

So, now that I got that recap out of the way, I’m ready to continue with the topic I left off on. Hip-hop is the music I mainly chose to create, because it was the first genre to inspire me with its potential to be a powerful tool for change, and because it was a … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 23: We Think of Ourselves as Above Being Influenced →

500 WORDS, DAY 22: Where My Current Writing Experiment Has Brought Me

Yesterday I started a recap of where my current daily writing experiment has brought me so far. I didn’t get to finish it, so today is a continuation of my attempt at a recap. As I mentioned, I started Day 1 by questioning the legitimacy of stream-of-consciousness writing, wondering whether writing for the sake of … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 22: Where My Current Writing Experiment Has Brought Me →

500 WORDS, DAY 19: Growing Out of Old Interests

Today’s post is a direct continuation of what I posted yesterday. I’ve been writing about music and creativity in general, and hip-hop more specifically, both its positive and negative aspects. Yesterday’s post was about whether, now that I try to live my life in a more deliberate way, I should stop listening to ‘negative’ music … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 19: Growing Out of Old Interests →

500 WORDS, DAY 18: Hypocrisy and Attachment to Past Identities

Yesterday I was criticizing the majority of mainstream hip-hop artists, especially the newer ones, for pushing dangerous, detrimental messages in their music, and for putting the minimum effort into perfecting their craft or trying to create anything innovative or original. Today, before we move forward with that idea, there’s something I just have to state … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 18: Hypocrisy and Attachment to Past Identities →

500 WORDS, DAY 17: No One Wants to Tell Each Other the Truth

Yesterday I was bringing attention to how much contrast there is within hip-hop, focusing specifically on the subject of rap lyrics. I gave an example of how some rappers use their talent to be poets, to try to contribute something positive to the world, but I also acknowledged a sad truth, which is that the … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 17: No One Wants to Tell Each Other the Truth →

500 WORDS, DAY 16: What’s Wrong With Hip-Hop?

Today’s post continues on the topic I introduced on Day 13, and started developing more on Day 14. I know that I mentioned at the end of that post that I would continue the topic on Day 15, but yesterday I just had to write about my wife and I’s 7th anniversary, which was an … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 16: What’s Wrong With Hip-Hop? →

500 WORDS, DAY 14: Hip-Hop as Powerful Poetry

Yesterday I wrote about my early inspiration for getting into hip-hop. The plan for today is to go more in depth into some thoughts I have on hip-hop, as a genre of music and also as a culture, both past and present. There are a lot of aspects of hip-hop that, if I’m being completely … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 14: Hip-Hop as Powerful Poetry →

500 WORDS, DAY 13: My Relationship to Hip-Hop

This is my 13th daily post of 500 words or more. Today’s topic loosely follows yesterday’s topic, and the same is true for mostly every day so far. If you want to start from the very beginning, start on DAY 1. If you want to start from yesterday’s post, start on DAY 12. So, now … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 13: My Relationship to Hip-Hop →