Bonus Post!

Anyone that knows me, knows that I am a big hip-hop fan. All of it, minus the crap. Some of you out there may not be able to distinguish what is good and what is bad. 'Laffy Taffy' bad. Anything Jay-Z, good. However it is much more complicated than that.

One of the better rappers out there is a man by the name of Talib Kweli. I suggest you check him out. He is is most commonly referred to as part of the backpacker movement, although he doesn't put himself in the niche.

Here is a sample.

The Proud
[Verse one]

"Today the paper say Timothy McVeigh's in hell
So everything's okay and all must be well
I remember Oklahoma when they put out the blaze
And put Islamic terrorist bombing, on the front page
It's like saying only gays get AIDS, propaganda
Like saying the problem's over when they locked that man up
Wrong! It's just the beginning, the first inning
Battle for America's soul, the devil's winning
The President is Bush, the Vice President's a Dick
So a whole lot of fuckin is what we gon' get
They don't wanna raise the babies so the election is fixed
That's why we don't be fuckin with politics
They bet on that, parents fought and got wet for that
Hosed down, bit by dogs, and got blacks into house arrest for that
It's all good except for that - we still poor
Money, power and respect is what we kill for, for real"

~Talib Kweli