- Jul 15, 2006
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Ayo....Since the birth of Hip-Hop in the 1970's, Urban Youth have been changing the world through genius forms of unique self-expression. Collectively up heaving cultural norms at lightspeed (Pat yourselves on the back)...From the late 80's to the mid-90's, our brand of expression reached peaks that it may never see again. Street artists created living art galleries in abandoned lots,rambunctious youth wore their caps backwards and their jeans 4 sizes too big, Hip-Hop (and Rock) music changed the global cultural landscape...laying bare ourbrilliance, struggle and soul while forging a new lens with which to view human existence through.
Late 90's through the earliest years of the 21st century, over capitalization and commercialization of our culture began to dull its edge and someof the pent up dynamic energy of our lifestyle was drained, only to be converted into currency and stuffed into thesafes of media bigwigs.
But Pandora's box has been already opened and an ideology based on efficient struggle, re-invention and dissidence...willalways find a way to regenerate and rejuvenate itself....
In my eyes...we seem to be in the formative years of a new golden age in street culture. The birth of a new era.
Funky, individualistic self-expression is back....Kid Cudi, Wale, Kanye, Pharell and Joe Budden are the spirtual successors ofDe La and A Tribe Called Quest. Kaws is a digital evolution of Keith Haring and the thousands of faceless graff artists of years past....and fashion is prettymuch a free for all, ranging from retro inspired outfits and Japanese denim to mix and match Rocker wear with European luxury brands. Its a newday.
So NT....post what you think is hot in the streets right now...Whats youthbased, urban insipired artists, musicians, clothing, books, DVDs, etc are moving you today?
Its our culture...lets keep molding it to reflect our interests.....
Late 90's through the earliest years of the 21st century, over capitalization and commercialization of our culture began to dull its edge and someof the pent up dynamic energy of our lifestyle was drained, only to be converted into currency and stuffed into thesafes of media bigwigs.
But Pandora's box has been already opened and an ideology based on efficient struggle, re-invention and dissidence...willalways find a way to regenerate and rejuvenate itself....
In my eyes...we seem to be in the formative years of a new golden age in street culture. The birth of a new era.
Funky, individualistic self-expression is back....Kid Cudi, Wale, Kanye, Pharell and Joe Budden are the spirtual successors ofDe La and A Tribe Called Quest. Kaws is a digital evolution of Keith Haring and the thousands of faceless graff artists of years past....and fashion is prettymuch a free for all, ranging from retro inspired outfits and Japanese denim to mix and match Rocker wear with European luxury brands. Its a newday.
So NT....post what you think is hot in the streets right now...Whats youthbased, urban insipired artists, musicians, clothing, books, DVDs, etc are moving you today?
Its our culture...lets keep molding it to reflect our interests.....
