I think Theives in the Night by Blackstar should be taught in school

[Drew Wonder]

My fav off that album was KOS. Such an uplifting song and beautiful chorus

KOS and Verses from the Abstract are my favorite Vinia Mojica choruses

 

[Drew Wonder]

Even though it was short, Mos' peak (Blackstar, BOBS) is one of the greatest in hip hop history. If he died after BOBS dropped he'd be on a lot more GOAT lists

 

[Zero]

Even though it was short, Mos' peak (Blackstar, BOBS) is one of the greatest in hip hop history. If he died after BOBS dropped he'd be on a lot more GOAT lists

Actual facts. He was THAT DUDE for 2 seconds.

"Oh No" solidified it too.

The kids better buy my rookie card now
Cause after this year the price ain't comin down

 

[Listen]

That's fukking true. That song just

We should make the thread about what songs should be taught in school.

@Listen

Mostly, Pac songs were taught in colleges.

1000%

I have so many songs from 98-2005 that just shaped me as a young man.

I’ll still never forget the first pass through the Blackalicious album ‘Blazing Arrows’ and I got to ‘Release’ with Saul Williams.

I literally stopped what I was doing and started it over. Then listened to it probably 5 times in a row and I knew the art form had just moved to another level.



“It’s all overwhelming me, Oak and Elming me/
I have seeded a forest of myself/ little books from tall trees
On bended knee, prostrate before and altered tree/ I have made the forest suit me
Tables and chairs, paper and prayers/ matter verse spirit.”

Man listen......

 

[KravenMorehead™]

when mos blacked out on this shyt I knew he was that nikka ​

 

[Dontay Flaco]

Mos verse brought tears to my eyes when I first heard it.

 

[Doctor Wily]

"Escuchela, la ciudad respirando..."

I still get goose bumps when I hear those words.

I remember when I heard that track for the first time on stretch and bobbito back then.

Then Mos and Kweli did a half written / half freestyle on the same show thereafter




Actually the whole shyt was a freestyle... they did it on Hot 97 .. I remember now cause they actually pulled it off without cursing.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

Rawkus records as a entity was just on a whole nother level at that time.

There was a point in time where if you asked me what music I listened to I woulda just said rawkus.

 

[Take It In Blood]

Not oppose to this

 

[Take It In Blood]

 

[OsO]

Came in to dap + rep + 5 star rating this thread.

Turns out I already did

 

[Motife43]

Rawkus records as a entity was just on a whole nother level at that time.

What's sad is everything Rawkus originally WASN'T about (biggest names, flashy artists, etc) eventually led to its denouement. And I can understand it tho, why wouldn't you go big and do what the mainstream was doing after you've had hella success?

Skillz told the story a few times but he said he knew Rawkus was goin downhill after they signed Kool G Rap and they tried to get Nelly a feature

 

[Nabs]

I agree. Do a lesson that also gets the students to read The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison:

"We honed our egos on her, padded our characters with her frailty, and yawned in the fantasy of our strength.
And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. We courted death in order to call ourselves brave, and hid like thieves from life. We substituted good grammar for intellect; we switched habits to simulate maturity; we rearranged lies and called it truth, seeing in the new pattern of an old idea the Revelation of the Word."

That Mos verse definitely changed my perspective on things, especially the potential and reach of rap music. Love it.

 

[OfTheCross]

I hadn’t listened to that album in probably 10 years before tonight.

That song was written 20 years ago and Mos Def’s verse may be more poignant now than it was back then.



Feeling old, and feeling like shyts gotten worse brehs.

one of the greatest records in the history of music

 

[Conan]

I can't tell you how much I used to bump Blackstar in my formative years in college

Shout-out to all forms of the music today but you can't deny a greater emphasis was placed on quality back then.

Dap + rep.