25 Joints to Get U Through the Day #3 The Diversity, The Soul-The Wisdom By Davey D On this episode of 25 Joints we wanted to show not only the diversity but the soulfulness within Hip Hop. So many people think that Hip Hop is only hard-boom bap type beats and nothing else. And while the boom and bap is dope, so is the soulful side of the music. What I particualary like is the fact that cats can drop insightful and even revalutionary messages while keeping things melodic. Stand out cuts for me this week include new music from Truth Universal who holds it down in the Big Easy. Dude comes with some firey lyrics, has a booming voice but can dig deep into his soul.. His song 'Gotta Luv' bears me out. Soul Vibrations the new album from San Francisco dj/producer J-Boogie is incredible. Cuts like 'Together' featuring Oakland songstress Jennifer Johns and 'For Your Love' featuring Zumi of Zion I make you fall in love with Hip Hop all over again. We went digging in the cra...

[ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:15:03 -0700 ]

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