Tuesday, November 9, 2010

I am going to the club, would you like to come along?

I like hip-hop music.
     Hip-hop is, and has been for a while, the new rock n' roll. Its loud, fun, and danceable, the last attribute being one lost in contemporary rock music. Never underestimate the desire for people to dance; you simply cannot do that to a Dave Matthews song the way you can to 50 Cent number.
     There is one strange situation that arises from the popularity of hip-hop on the top 40 charts. A popular subject matter for commercial rap music is the act of going to the club. Usually I listen to the radio when I'm in the shower in the morning, so the thought of being in a dark room filled with trendy and attractive people shaking what their mamas' gave them sounds great, but what about when you actually are in the club? Doesn't this create a bizarrely self-referential situation? How could you possibly enjoy yourself when the focal point of the experience, the music, seems to be a reference to itself? Perhaps we need more rap songs about other locations, like the traditional bar, skating rinks, or house parties. I'm from Wisconsin, we go to peoples' basements.
     Well, there is one song,   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dDJ1OR5k34 

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