Once upon a time, not too long ago, PTSP had a hip-hop flow to it. We now refer to that year as 2006.
Ha, I kidz, I kidz, ya'll in 2007, 2008, 2009 are hip-hop too.
But I'm just saying, we did hold a hip-hop workshop this one time, and I'm glad it was something we did because it was fun. In our workshop that one fateful February or March day, we represented the 5 elements of hip-hop: breakdancing, MCing, beatboxing, DJing, and graffit-ing.
Why? Well, why the helfck not? We've got our Filipino dance crews up and down, left and right, we've got upcoming MCs on the underground, the l-o-r-d knows we got our DJs. Most of us grow up because it was just there for us and I imagine we relate a lot to its cultural norms and it's stars as opposed to the unspoken hegemonic dominance of white guy culture. I remember being at Disneyland celebrating my lil sister's birthday at around the time Gangsta's Paradise was ripping it, talking with this white teenager named Doug, the first thing I said to this guy was, "Rock music sucks."
I said in my intro post that PTSP had sort of an interrelation with the development of my hip-hop-headiness, let me explain.
One of the first classes I took was a class in ethnomusicology called the Cultural History of Rap. The Roots performed for free at Bruin Plaza and I got to see them live. Ugly Duckling was supposed to show up one time, but ended up flaking. The Blue Scholars represented when no one knew who they were. One of the best classes I ever took was a Hip-hop Linguistics class which was taught by a dude who went to school with John Legend.
PTSP was just a space that encouraged more of that. Freestyling/MCing was always at the PTSP parties thanks to the master MC, EZ, who'd strike up a SY-PHA/cipha/cipher where X-Tian would drop ridiculosity and Dom would flow. B.Saturday was a master beatboxer whose mic failed at the end of SEND 2006. Ivan was/is a poet inspired by Saul Williams and he knows it.
Anyhow, EZ is still busting lines
I knew this dude who went to Slugvilles with me and always thought he was on the verge of killing somebody. I was right. Dude named Tantrum.
Via Bambu Rants
I always wondered how I had such trouble coming up with anything during the ciphas but these guys make it look easy.
2 comments:
yo, dont forget about gary b representin in the cyphers! him and christian got the ridiculous rhymes!
how do u know tantrum?? that was a good ass battle between him and dumbfoundead. bananas.
oh, and i've been kinda busy with work and midterms, but i'll be back with another entry later this week.
-dom
LOL, ha I definitely forgot Gary, that guy had skeewz that keewz. Tantrum was actually involved with Santa Cruz's Filipino Students, he was in the play as one of the tech crew. One of my best buddies got to know him, and Tantrum clowned him this one time.
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