Obama vs. McCain. Now is Ice-T vs. Souljah Boy? Why do we Americans always have to choose a “side” for everything…

I understand where Ice-T is coming from be it that I grew up listening to NWA, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Eric B & Rakim, man the list goes on. Hip Hop was straight up real talk about street life. Hustlin, slangin, doing whatever it takes to get by. Just hoping one day you go from rags to riches. That to me was, and still is Hip Hop.

On the other hand, Souljah has a point too. If you feel something needs to be done about resurrecting the state of Hip Hop, then do something. Educate the youth about hip hop. Right now, maybe hip hop has progressed to what Souljah is doing. Maybe the climate has changed to where hip hop is not just always about surviving in the streets.

I know that KRS-One along with Talib Kweli and many others are working on “Operation Take Hip Hop Back” produced by Craig G and Marley Marl.

The tracks on this album brings it all back to what hip hop was which is definitely lacking in today’s music industry. At least they are putting down tracks to let the youngsters know what hip hop was about back in the day and quite possibly what it still should be.

So instead of calling each other out and going n**** this and n**** that, do something positive to show hip hop fans old and new what’s really hot. Make some damn good music! Real talk.