Old School, New School Who Sets the Rules?

Hip-Hop is in a real a state of limbo. In the light of this event the Supreme World Council of the Universal Zulu nation has announced an emergency meeting to be held on Feb. 22, 2006. For those of you who aren't sure of who the Zulu Nation is let me give you and overview. The man in the picture over there isn't Kool Moe Dee....that is Afrika Bambatta leader and founder of this group. You see, when people were still dancing to Disco in the Midwest, he and his peers were creating a culture called Hip Hop.

The Zulu Nation was formed to stop the gang violence that was starting to get out of hand in NYC. Bambatta realized that he wanted to make a change so he organized a non violent group that was to spread a message of peace and love throughout the world. The the Universal Zulu nation was born.

Now it seems that the originators of this movement aren't pleased with the direction that Hip Hop has taken. It seems that she has evolved into a voilent art form that deomoralizes women, and glorifies drugs sales, greed, and decadence. They want to do something about that. They are making a plea to the media outlets to balance the different types of the art forms that they show. They want them to show both sides of the culture. Do you think they will listen or will they continue to focus on sales? I'm thinking the latter.





The Five Basic Elements of HIP HOP
DJ'ing: Before the radio and mainstream embraced hip hop the DJ's were the headliners of the hip hop culture.
MC'ing: or rappping: Rappers started out being the Master of Ceremonies. They used to say witty things and pumped up the crowd for the DJ. This is no confused as being the entire Hip Hop culture to some. This is also the aspect of the culture that is guilty for spreading most of the filth that is now called Hip Hop
Writing: The art that is attached to this cultural movement. Some Grahitti that were part of the early Hip Hop culture went on to become famous within the art world.
Dancing: Breakdancing, pop locking, up rocking, clowning and many other forms of dance are part of the Hip Hop culture.
Knowledge: This is the element that many fail to realize is part of the Hip Hop culture. The media portrays people within this culture as ignorant stereotypical characters but people with a true love of Hip Hop have a thirst for knowledge. Ask Nas.