Are their morals left in Hip Hop. There are a handful of artist that don't curse in their lyrics but in 2007 almost every rapper uses vulgar language. I understand that artist get older and mature but does that mean he/she looses vocabulary. The music I grew up on:
Soul Sonic Force, Cold Crush Brothers, Fantastic Five, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, RUN DMC, Public Enemy, EPMD, Eric B & Rakim, Native Tongue, Juice Crew, BDP, MC Lyte, etc. etc. There might be some vulgar language in some of these songs but the bulk of this music is naturally clean. Rappers were once being called philosophers, poets, masters of ceremonies. Why are today's rappers going backwards. Is it because the masses are following our corrupt society and feeding into the violent lifestyle. I heard a rapper use a curse word and the name of Jesus (who he follows), in the same sentence. A lot of the older rappers have children, so why not be more creative and artistic and flip your vocabulary instead of throwing in some profane word. Some say rap and Hip Hop has evolved. I say it has the same foundation and gangster rap is what it's title says it is, gangster rap. It has some Hip Hop influence but it's not Hip Hop. When you rep Hip Hop, rep it for the forefathers of the culture and also for James Brown (RIP), Bob James, The Meters, Arthur Baker, Otis Redding, and all the artist that paved the way for the culture.
Hip Hop brought light to dark situations, not vice versa as it seems today.

Posted by DJ JAB aka Joab at 6:05 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post   

Our life is given to us by someone of a higher power. If this is something you can't comprehend, then you need to listen to AM570 in the New York Metropolitan area, every morning at 9:11 AM. The Bishop on this radio show can help you learn the truth.

Posted by DJ JAB aka Joab at 2:26 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post   

Do you ever think about how you got here. Where we come from and how we came to existence. There are many different views and opinions but the truth is we didn't create ourselves. Something of a higher power created us. So why not give thanks to this Higher Power for the breath He gave you.
Give thanks for the life in your soul.
Give thanks that you woke up this morning because we are all one breath away from the grave yard.
Give thanks for everything you have because it can all be gone tomorrow.

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A honest run Fat Beats looks like this:

http://videos.onsmash.com/v/61iM3irgPlxwUcaE

What happened Amsterdam????

Posted by DJ JAB aka Joab at 2:09 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post   

Are you Hip Hop or a fan of Hip Hop? Just like anything in life, in order to be part of something, you have to understand it and participate. Do you know your Hip Hop history? The founding fathers of Hip Hop, why and how Hip Hop came about? Do you know how this culture spread and who was responsible? What is your art in Hip Hop? God gave us this art form which started out very positive and spread very quick but then the Devil aka money came in and you have today's Hip Hop industry which revolves around money rather than art.
I got involved in Hip Hop in 1981 first with graffiti and then in 1982 as a rocker (up-rockin') which turned into b-boying. We used to practise b-boying (break dancing) everyday in someones basement. In 1985 I started deejaying with my friends from 88Hip Hop. I've kept involved in all three of these art forms all my life which is the back round of Fat Beats. I am first a child of God, then a deejay/b-boy/graff writer and that's why I'm in the Hip Hop culture.

What is your Hip Hop?

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