New candidate running for the Hip Hop Presidency

I found a new inspiration in hip hop his name Jay electronica. (I know it's a weird ass last name) The last Hip Hop act that I watched was Little Brother. I never heard of Jay Elect before the Mos Def concert @Highline on 1/17/10. He performed two songs/acapella. His presence and delivery was crazy. As he spit a short but heartfelt rhyme, he stops and calls Puffy out the VIP area to come on stage to talk that ish. I said to myself he's next!

So once it was over I realized that I already had put him on a mix cd (Underground Railroad) prior to the event. So I went home and did my research. I listened to his lyrics of various mix cd's and pound for pound he is the next lyricist to take the title. In second period (1987-97) of hip hop lyrics became an essential to what was fake and what was real in the world of hip hop. Jay Elect approaches the mic like a seasoned veteran and delivers like the milk man his point across in his rhyme style. I believe hip hop needs an artist like him. An individual with some structured thoughts to bring an element of edutainment back to mainstream. Don't get it twisted we still have a need for that ignorant ish like ........hmmmnn don't have enough space to type all those rapper names but they know their names.

Like every Mc he has story tell and a belief system that you agree or disagree with. So all real hip hop fans and bandwagon jumpers be prepared for some ol new rhymes by Jay Electronica.......Listen to Exibit A & C and Judge for yourself.... Remember I said it

What makes a hit song?

Is it the BOOM BAP? Is it the high pitch of a singers voice? Is it the rhythm and soul? Is it the chorus? Or is the word play? Some might say a hit song has all those characteristics but I believe a hit song is one you can relate to and put into the same context of your life. Not just the rhythm, its the sound. A lot of my friends and associates frown upon certain types of music due to the subject matter because they don't listen to the word play or the sound. They tend to follow the masses. Then you have radio playing the same song thirty times a day. Which would lead you to believe that it's a hit song but its really a program director playing what he wants to play or what he's paid to play. Michael Jackson (rest in peace) for instance was a hit maker but he wasn't a talented musician. Vocally he couldn't go over certain levels but he was a great entertainer. But compared to Prince who wrote most of his songs and played almost every instrument, Mike still overshadows him. Who would you choose as the greatest of all times, Prince or Michael Jackson?