im sure comedic rap by white boys might not seem cool but this song is sick and i dont care what you got say about it….

So if you were looking for a specific genre of music to be on this blog you are mistaken, themusicyoushouldhear is somewhat far reaching.  Anyway this is a really great album showed to me by a real cool dude.  I first heard it on a car trip and listened to it twice in a row.  Ray Wylie Hubbard reminds me of a cross between Bob Dylan and Tom Petty who has drank for way too long and never seemed to make it out of the truck stop.  I cant find links to any of the songs but if you google “ray wylie hubbard delirium tremolos” you get some real juicy ones.

This might be my favorite rap cd, coming from one of my favorite rappers, Devin The Dude.  The entire content of this album is “pussy, alcohol, and reefer” as stated clearly by Devin himself.  Given the basis for this CD many might write off To the X-treme as more goofball hip-hop shit aimed to send pop culture further into oblivion, however after a close listen one will find very diverse instrumentals that compliment the specific subject matter of each track and create a vivid picture which ultimately brings the listener a more complete experience.  Check some of the cuts…

so my original plan for this site was to have about 7 contributors to enable some variety but also participate in themes such as songs from movies or songs about a certain topic or songs from a certain period, anyway that really didn’t pan out but im gonna go with it anyway so here is the first installment, the next few posts will cover albumsyoushouldhear.

I was introduced to this album at a young age from my dad who probably had it on cassette, one of my favorite things about Graceland is how pure and catchy it sounds at first impression.  This was one of maybe two or three albums I could tolerate at the time in my dads collection.  Beyond that, Graceland has very profound social and historical significance because it was recorded in large part in south Africa during apartheid.  Paul Simon was intrigued by the rich colorful music of the Afircans who were facing incredible persecution and he managed to bring them center stage. The success of Graceland gave an entirely new dimension to the atrocity going on, that these people were far more than an oppressed population in need of rescue from the outside world but a vibrant culture that had great things to offer.

Here’s a little bit from a VH1 special

I love this video, you cant help but get goosebumps from seeing people rock out, the only person who doesn’t seem to be moving that much is Paul

This is called the ‘refugee camp global remix’ i am guessing that the french has to do with the fact that a lot of Africa is french speaking as a second language.

Check this track out from the gorillaz off demon days, the rapper that you hear is MF doom (i think)

another one from cody chesnutt, listen to these lyrics they’ll make your blue collar gold