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PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS Part IV - Tech N9ne talks

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* To catch up to the whole series, go here 1. http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/?view=classic#!/2014/07/problems-solutions-in-hip-hop.html 2. http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/?view=classic#!/2014/07/problems-solutions-in-hip-hop-part-ii.html 3. http://black2afrika.blogspot.com/?view=classic#!/2014/07/problems-solutions-part-iii-aint-no-new.html I like Tech N9ne & most do as he is personable but before WE get into that, the BREAKING NEWS is that another malaysian airplane was downed somewhere in the ukraine. I BELIEVE that this happened today to MASK THIS: www.news.yahoo.com/israeli-pm-instructed-military-begin-ground-offensive-gaza-194739389.html.   Get ready to see shit get really CRAZY as the distraKKKtion level will be high! Also, there are rumblings that the economy will soon lapse. Do y'all remember that the 1st plane was NEVER found? Who's talking about the resurgence of the redeployment of u.s soldiers in iraq? Anyhoo.......do NOT allow yaself to get dist...

PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS - Part III - Ain't No New Thing

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Hello & welcome BLAK to another episode of b2a aka black2afrika on ya internet browsing dial. WE'VE been here doing the SAVE HIP HOP THANG for a minute & so to all of ya who say "give her up" I say a big "HELL to the NAH" bcuz it would be like giving up on a FAMILY MEMBER in TROUBLE! My generation created HER & now that she's almost 41 years of age, WE gotta protect & LUV her til it hurts! Another thing I'd like to say is that though WE FOCUS on HIP HOP, as the poem by GSH says, this AIN'T NO NEW THING & as it's not even 5 minutes long, give it a listen to get the full context of what WE mean. From there, WE GO where WE gotta. After ya listen, let's talk about some SOLUTIONS to the many PROBLEMS facing the most important cultural/musical/ourstorical  MOVEMENT in the last 40 years. I call her HIP HOP!  So as Gil said, in ameriKKKa it's the same old SHIT! But then WE look aside & see that WE got a dude named Te...