What I See - January 07 - D2Nott

What I See - January⁰⁷ by D2Nott

Name Change ^formerly Hip Hop Review

Happy New Year!  Will 2007 be a continuation of the previous or do we have something new and different to look forward to?  Is Hip Hop Dead?  How do aging rappers fit in the changing Hip Hop music culture?  Does Hip Hop get you out of the street and springboard you into the boardroom?  Do these statements represent the undercurrent of Hip Hop ambitions?  Is every artist and/or label looking to the music industry to cash in like a free agent contract in sports?

Have many of the resolutions made just a few weeks ago already fallen by the wayside as record sales follow the change in temperature, getting colder by the day?  Notice the decline of over 18% in both Rap and R&B Album sales in 2006 compared to 2005.  So stop to ponder why Nas would proclaim the death of Hip Hop.  On Nas' part, was he ringing the alarm for those consciously charting a course for the culture or is he more of the prophet letting you know what it to come?

Comprised of the sons and grandsons of runaway American slaves, the league helped pioneer the sport of ice hockey changing this winter game from the primitive gentleman's past-time of the nineteenth century to the modern fast moving game of today. In an era when many believed blacks could not endure cold, possessed ankles too weak to effectively skate, and lacked the intelligence for organized sport, these men defied the defined myths.

Setting the Ice Hockey Historical Record Straight:

Our knowledge of the roots of Canadian hockey has been based almost solely on the historical records maintained by early White historians. Because of this, the misconception that hockey is a White man?s invention has persisted. We know today, such an assumption could not be further from historical fact. The roots of early Canadian hockey originate with the North American Indians. The roots of modern Canadian hockey originate, in large part, from the influence of an even more surprising source, that of early African-Canadian hockey. For it was Black hockey players in the later half of the nineteenth century whose style of play and innovations helped shape the sport, effectively changing the game of hockey forever.

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