I’ve always been into hip hop.  I just like the way it sounds.  What can I say?  The first CD I ever owned was Rap Traxx 2 and it was a SAWEET.  Does listening to Hip Hop mean I buy into
the culture of violence that represents a certain part of the hip hop scene? No.  I just like the sound.  My mom hates those "rap punkers" and rightfully so.  She hears the swearing and all the BS that surrounds hip hop but she doesn’t just listen.  I don’t think she has a Sub that can pound good enough.  You know how it is.  Or maybe its just a generational thing!?

If you want highbrow music you should stick to the classics.  Or you can be fascinated by how hip hop has led to entirely new forms of music like mash-ups.  DJ Dangermouse took Jay-z’s The Black Album and mixed it with The Beatles White Album to create the Grey Album.  The Grey Album (although entirely illegal) is probably one of my favorite albums of all time.  Now, without the hip hop influence this album would never have been created.  How can you not get into this track? 

All I can say is that my simple brain likes a bumpin baseline and a good rhyme now and then. If people are dumb enough to buy into the culture of degrading women and violence then we have more important questions to ask such as: Why are these folks ignorant enough to believe this stuff in the first place?

For me personally it’s like how can you not enjoy this new album by The Game?  Just look at the cover, its this huge black dude puttin out the vibe by sittin on some sweet rims.  Those aren’t just any rims either, they’re gangster rims of the El Camino/Impala low rider breed.  This type of rim gives you tons of street cred.  It means you’re most likely carrying a 9mm or a Gatt and you’re ready to do a driveby.  He’s also rockin some blingin chains so he must be rockin the big bank roll.  The tats he has denotes a high probability of prior incarceration, also adding to his gangster vibe.  All of this adds to his image and I think its funny to decode it all.  I mean for real though, isn’t this what MTV tells me life’s all about?  He who has the biggest/baddest rims you’ve ever seen wins? 

I plan on driving a hybrid when I get my next car.  Does this mean I don’t buy into the hype?  I don’t know what that means or even how its related but I still want spinners on my Prius.  I’m gonna lower it too.  So watch out Yaletown, I’m gonna be doin drivebys at the local Starfucks.  Watch yoself fool.

I was bummed to see my friend Patty’s new car didn’t have spinners on it.  All he’s got is a Montreal Canadians license plate and a hoola girl on the dash.  What kind of street cred is that going to get you in Compton Patrick?

Peep the game.