You’re wack! Wack I tell you! See that movie! See yourself!
I’m going to reveal something tough here, so stick with me: I have envy. I have a remote connection to some of those folks in the movie because of where I was in the 90s (Brooklyn Moon, Tea Party, Harlem, Fort Greene, some places I should’ve been, some places I shouldn’t have). I want my connection to be shorter. I would like to be the kind of artist who is doing what they want for a living on a day to day basis. I want a VIP pass to the next block party. I want to hang out in the Green Room. I want to stare at Erykah Badu after she comes off stage. I want to tell Jill Scott that she is the bomb and have her smile at me with that big beautiful fourth-grade teacher grin she has. I want to clown Mos Def and Kweli again (yes, I did it. Me and Jess talking about how much they really love Detroit deep down—long story joke). I want remind Black Thought how I ran into him at the first Source Hip Hop awards in that broke down theater next to the Appollo, right after his gun “situation” with the cops. I want to make Common remember that we stood next to each other at this dance concert outdoors at Lincoln Center. I want to tell Martin Luther that “Daily Bread” is STILL my shit and that the next time he sees Wood or Saul, he should tell them I said what’s up. I want to tell Cody Chestnutt that Yaze is now ready to tour with him unlike the last time they uh, communed in the uh “garden” together. I want to be around the cool kids. There. I said it. I name dropped. I validated myself. I let you know that I was part of that scene. And now I want magic to happen. I want to magically get my novel published. I want to be on panels. I want to be interviewed. I want to do a prison theater festival. I want be regarded. You know what all this means? Here it is:
Ready?
Okay.
That movie made me want to make my art matter.
That’s it.
That’s all.
It is in the spirit of the original meaning of MC: it Moved the Crowd.
See it. Now.
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Well rest assured that your connection with those folks is much much shorter than mine. I am so out of it ans so far from hip to what is happening if there were a block party i would probably be annoyed with the noise. It woul dbe interesting though to see if those people are as cool as they seem!
Comment by Webstar — March 5, 2006 @ 6:02 pm
So Yeap! You know you said it! You are unmasked! The problem with unveiling yourself is - you now have to make matters, well… um, matter! Get to work Mz. Name Dropper! Next time you are in the spot like next to common, or “passing” in the Garden - You must remember you are, unmasked! You must put yourself out there! We JUST had this conversation!
It’s like myspace - once you log onto your page, it reveals this God Forbidden number and it usually reads something like this: Your Network: 60,857,869 - which of course means, you are that much closer to the 60th Million person!
You are not far away at all… Now, get to work!
~Cause-N-Effect
Comment by Cause-N-Effect — March 6, 2006 @ 7:53 pm
you WILL shine!
and I love it when you drop names - especially all those names!
I finally figured out how to comment.
your friend,
becky
Comment by Anonymous — March 7, 2006 @ 6:03 pm
Dang Dude, why I gotta be wack?
And where the hell is my name?! It’s all love, it’ll be right under producer and publisher on one of several of your ventures. That’s right, I’m on the TTT train to success baby!!!
But I digress :)…yeah yeah I’m gonna see it - Boatshoes said he saw it and dug it too - but then again, that’s an endorsement from Boatshoes so, um, yeah, go figure :)!
Aiight..back on my game! Later!
Comment by Anonymous — March 10, 2006 @ 4:14 pm