“The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry.” SometimesHardDoneRealityFeltLevelsStruggleRepresentativesWorldviewHigh LevelMy StruggleIllmatic Author:Erik Parker
“Older generations can sometimes look down on today's hip hop but I refuse that mindset. I remember how hurt I was when older people told me that Run-D.M.C. was jungle music or that it was not music at all. Or that LL Cool J was not art.” PeopleLooksArtSometimesRunningTodayRememberHurtGenerationsHip HopRefuseMindsetHipsHopsJungleOlder PeopleOlder Generation Author:Erik Parker