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Monday, August 8, 2011

Blog #8 My Favorite Artist

I am a hip hop head. 


 I love it.  Inspires me.  Makes me wanna be a better man.  I love the word play.  The tricks they do with my head.  A good hip hop artist can speak in many different ways.  Hip-Hop has always been controversial, and for good reason.  When you watch a children's show and they've got a Muppet rapping about the alphabet, it's cool, but it's not really hip-hop.  The music is meant to be provocative--which doesn't mean it's necessarily obnoxious, but it is (mostly) confrontational, and more than that, it's dense with multiple meanings.  Great rap should have all kinds of unresolved layers that you don't necessarily figure out the first time you listen to it. Instead it plants dissonance in your head.  You can enjoy a song that knocks in the club or has witty punch lines the first time you hear it.  But great rap retains mystery.  It leaves words rattling around in your head that won't make sense till the fifth or sixth time through.  It challenges you.  Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it.  The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture.  The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.  
Whaaaaaat!!!! I've had many different favorite rappers thru the years.  I loved Jada.  I loved Nas.  I loved Eminem.  Royce da 5'9".  Asher Roth... 

But only one rapper since before I can remember has always been on top of my list.  That artist is none other then Iceburg.  Hov.  The Lebron James of rap.  Mr. Allow me to reintroduce myself.  Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you Jay Z.  I love Jay Z.  If I find myself in a tough spot I listen to some Jay to get that extra confidence that I need.  I put some Hov on

Jay-Z was born December 4th, 1969.  His name is Shawn Corey Carter. He has turned everything he has ever touched into platinum.  He is a businessman and occasional actor.  Not to mention he is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America.  Forbes magazine estimates his net worth at over $450 million.  He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving thirteen Grammy Awards for his musical work and numerous additional nominations.  
His albums include:

So as you can see from that list.  2011:  Watch the Throne.  It was released today on Itunes.  I am listening to it for the first time while I am writing this.  Kanye West produced the whole album.  So far I think It is amazing.  This is my favorite song so far.


It's set to sell 400 to 500 thousand units in the first week.  Which isn't a lot buy past standards.  But their were a lot of ways to finagle numbers back in the day.  Now those are amazing numbers.  Just another album that is going to help me get through the times.  I owe Jay Z a lot.  I love him and I think everybody should put a little Jay Z in their lives.
Sincerely 
Trevor Sheaffer


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