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Minstrel Man by Langston Hughes

blackisbeautiful:

Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
And my throat
Is deep with song, 
You do not think 
I suffer after
I have held my pain
So long?

Because my mouth 
Is wide with laughter, 
You do not hear
My inner cry? 
Because my feet
Are gay with dancing, 
You do not know 
I die?

kemiii: (via endofanera) The soundtrack to my upperclassman college career!  The Source Magazine named this project in its, ‘slept on albums of 2005’ segment.  The Minstrel Show was a concept album based around a fictional tv station UBN (U Black Niggas Network, lol) and its overly stereotypical programming.  My favorite thing about this album was the way it combined humor w/ the everyman underdog struggle of hustlin’ for your dreams.  Something I could very well relate to when it dropped and still do now.   Phonte can hold his own w/ any rapper doin it today and can outrap most (if this abum isn’t proof enough of Tiggalo’s skills then check for their exquisite mixtapes, which play more like albums than random colections of songs).  & Big Pooh has great heart that shines through in every verse.  Anyway, if you can’t tell. LB’s my favorite rap group and I could go on and on about what I love about their music.  In a field where alot of rappers brag about being the best (and no, they’re not exempt from boasts), LB’s main concern is making fun, timeless music. “Dope beats, dope rhymes, what more do y’all want? ~Phonte

kemiii:

(via endofanera)

The soundtrack to my upperclassman college career!  The Source Magazine named this project in its, ‘slept on albums of 2005’ segment.  The Minstrel Show was a concept album based around a fictional tv station UBN (U Black Niggas Network, lol) and its overly stereotypical programming.  My favorite thing about this album was the way it combined humor w/ the everyman underdog struggle of hustlin’ for your dreams.  Something I could very well relate to when it dropped and still do now.   Phonte can hold his own w/ any rapper doin it today and can outrap most (if this abum isn’t proof enough of Tiggalo’s skills then check for their exquisite mixtapes, which play more like albums than random colections of songs).  & Big Pooh has great heart that shines through in every verse. 

Anyway, if you can’t tell. LB’s my favorite rap group and I could go on and on about what I love about their music.  In a field where alot of rappers brag about being the best (and no, they’re not exempt from boasts), LB’s main concern is making fun, timeless music.

“Dope beats, dope rhymes, what more do y’all want?

~Phonte

endofanera