WHY NOW? BECAUSE THIS DUET BETWEEN THE ROOTS AND Erika BADUH HAVE REALLY MARKED AN EVOLUTION IN HIP HOP. HIP HOP WAS BORN IN THE STREETS AND RAP IS STILL DEFINED BY THESE RULES: THERE WAS A SECRET CODE WHICH DIDN'T ALLOW YOU TO SHOW WEAKNESS OR TOO MUCH EMOTIONS.
However, things have evolved and this song is a big reason why.
Rappers took a step and started talk about relationships and things like that.... their love !!it sounds gooood!
This group was a precursior and many will try to reproduce that.
LEGEND 1
“ Don’t you know bums?/Hip Hop is a kingdom where freedom is da king son/ I can talk about anything: Sun/ Cocaine, death, LOVE, cars or dollars/ Hip Hop’s my home sweet home and you can’t say “you can’t say”..here MOTHAFUCKAZ! ”
LEGEND 2
“ You're half of my life, you should be half of my rap. If i'm scared to tell that i'm yours...how dare i ask you to be mine? ”
22th January 1999
The song “You Got Me by the hip hop band The ROOTS and co-written by musician JILL Scott , was released.................. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY RIGHT HERE.
