Well, to introduce myself, my name is Jesse. And yes, I am a skinny white boy who is very into hip-hop. But before I get any stereotypes thrown my direction, I would like to say that I am in no way trying to be a "gangsta", nor do I want to be. I don't wear South Pole baggy pants, long shirts, bling, or any other apparel a wannabe gangster would wear. My interest in hip-hop lies solely in the fact that I think it is the most worthwhile and moving music you can possibly listen to. It is more powerful than any other forms of music, in that it grabs hold of your subconscious and does not let go until your thoughts are shaped entirely by its ideas. Until you are completely influenced to make an influenced change in your life, whether for good or bad...
Anywho, the second order of business I would like to bring up is my introduction to the wonderful art of hip-hop, rap in particular. I do this because it's important to why I am blogging about it now. I was definitely a late bloomer when it comes to hip-hop, mostly because my parents are very religious and kept me sheltered from whatever they thought was profane. My first significant encounter with rap (and I use that term loosely) was when I was a sixteen-year-old high school student. I was with my friends going through a Wendy's drive-through when the song "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne came on the radio. My best friend sitting in the passenger seat said, "Dude, I love this song", and he turned it up. The beat was what first thing to grab my attention, and not surprisingly because the beats were really the only thing that saved that album. The synthesized drum beats were music to my virgin ears. Then came the "rapping". It was... interesting, but put them both together and it was all the push I needed to get my love affair with hip-hop music underway. When "Tha Carter III" hit stores on June 10, 2008, I skipped school to pick it up. Ever since then I've been buying (yes, buying CD's-- not downloading) as many albums as I can each month. Each one has further shaped my opinion on what hip-hop music is, what it should have, and what it shouldn't. I've sinced ran as far as possible from the Cash Money record label to be inspired by higher quality rappers. Nas and Common just to name a few. I've built up quite a collection since then, and there's never a moment where I don't have a great rhyme running through my head, if not in my ears.
Now, the purpose of this blog is to give you my awesome thoughts on the great and not-so-great rap music that has, is, and will come out. Whether you like my opinion or not, you're going to hear it. Don't be shy when it comes to e-mailing or messaging me. I want to hear your opinions on how great or shitty mine are. So, without further ado, let me introduce you to me: the Rap Guru. This is my blog. This is Hip-Hop Inc.
(P.S. Sorry for the tacky blog intro. I couldn't resist.)
