Hip Hop Just Saved My Life...

So I've been listening to a lot of hip hop of late. Blame it on friends, blame it on the clubs, blame it on the random blogs I come across. Whatever it is, I'm glad.

Because I never really realised the message that most of the emcees out there spitting out are actually a deep insight into their lives and what they're going through. What they had to go through to get to where they are now.

And although predominantly, the artists that are high on rotation on my iTunes are American-based (Aussie hip hop ain't that great), as crazy as it sounds, I can relate. Just flip the male point of view and see it from a female's side.

I listen to all genres of music - I'm eclectic in that sense coz I like to keep an open mind. And although generally the melody compliments the lyrics, it's the words and message behind each song that get to me. Listen to them, read them, break them down and you'll see what the artist(s) is really trying to say. Trying to reach out and make a change (as cliche as that sounds).

I guess that's why I love to write. The fact that words can be so powerful that they evoke certain emotions is a crazy thing. But a good one, at that.

There are a handful of hip hop artists whose albums I'm excited to get my hands on later on in the year. Emcees whom, when I listen to them, can really break through the walls I put up around myself and get into the emotions I keep deep down inside. The emotions I keep hidden from the rest of the world.

It's all over when someone can do that.

Here's two of the (hip hop) albums I'm looking forward to coming out this year:

Just got word that Lupe Fiasco's album 'L.A.S.E.R.S' is due for release in December. I really hope that release date is international too. Fiasco is a lyrical genius in my opinion. His last album 'The Cool' might have to be one of my fave albums ever.

Of course I had to give a mention to Kid Cudi and his upcoming debut release 'Man on the Moon: The END of DAY'. I keep raving on about Cudi but I can't help it and when his album drops (internationally) Sept 15 (release date got pushed back), you'll see and understand exactly why.


More from me later,
chauie