I'm always looking to broaden my horizons and iTunes library.
Before college, I listened to solely hip-hop and R&B.
..okay, I went though a Radio Disney pop phase, too.
But that was like middle school.
Anyway, my taste in music has widened tenfold while at college.
This may have been in part to the ups and downs of hip-hop recently,
but I like to think I've just finally head things my ears we suppose to listen to.
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a friend and fellow blogger (Insert Cliche Metaphor)
suggested we sit on his balcony and read.
I dug the movement: 2 young intelligent black men reading for the public to see.
However, he decided to up the ante and blast some background music.
No, it wasn't Waka Flocka's No Hands.
It was classical music.
Fuck we look like contradicting ourselves like that. We decided to be ironic instead. haha
Immediately after our reading session wrapped up (mainly because it was 50 degrees outside),
I whipped out my USB stick
and copped my friend's entire classical selection
(which consisted of Beethoven and Mozart).
I've always wanted classical music.
They say it increases brain activity when you listen to it.
I'm not sure how much truth there is to that,
but I can roll with it.
Plus, I've always wanted to know what
the different pieces of music were called.
It annoyed me when people would name them sometimes,
because of course I would know the name
but not what it sounded like.
For instance, Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
I always laughed at the drinking joke,
but now I can actually match it to the song.
Bum bum bum bum. Bum bum bum bum. haha
How did I not know that those two matched?
I glad that line has finally been drawn in my brain.
I feel so cultured now.
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| Carl Orff |
(My friend had it under Mozart; I just youtubed it to make sure I had the title right and realized myself).
That song is just so powerful.
It just makes you want to call up your boys and make moves.
It can also provide as great background music to stomp somebody out. [Just sayin]
You hip hop fans may recognize this song and not even realize it.
The Diplomat's sampled this song in Santana's Town (Dipset, Dipset. Ay!).
However, Nas more tastefully used it in Hate Me Now. (Yes, even with Diddy shouting.)
Nas also samples Beethoven's Fur Elise in I Can.
I wondered why they used those songs as samples,
and I discovered why when I walked around campus
with classical music blurring in my ears.
It made me feel like a boss.
Everything kind of moved in slow motion.
Every single action punctuated by a note of the music.
It was trippy and so awesome.
I highly recommend it.
Anyway, another task down,
so many more to go.
Word.
