kidz in the hall

i am really digging ‘kidz in the hall’. in many ways their music embodies many of the elements that i love in hiphop. the kind of music that you dance to, bob your head to, music that is about the everyday moments in life. even when the music is ’political’, the ideas in the lyrics dont outshine the sound. at their best, of course the lyrics and the beat fuses into something irresistible that i keep returning to time and time again…it is the kind of music that puts me in a good mood.

one of the important functions of black music is that it elevates the self-esteem and self-regard in the face of so much down-pression. yes, there are segments of white-controlled hip hop that reaches far into the bag of braggadicio and rests their sense of self on material possessions (including women) and this artifice rarely produces the best of our culture’s work.

but…but…but…there are also alongside these degraded and overwhelmingly white supported black artists, music like kidz in the hall.

kidz in the hall is part of a category that everyone desires that they are part of, namely: hipster rap. hipster rap is hip hop that is ‘retro’, a throwback to the golden age of hip hop: late eighties and early nineties. i guess it is kinda like a cousin to backpacker hip hop because everyone claims to not be part of that musical movement either.

ummm…lets just call it good music and leave the labels to people who label things for a living. i call it: the shit that gets play on my itunes.