tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42613530648583543432024-03-13T05:21:22.400-04:00LYRICAL WORDSIf you like to rhyme, or just want to rap better this is the page for you. If your an emcee or a fan of Hip Hop this might be your spot.Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-65824090799192423752020-08-17T00:59:00.001-04:002020-08-17T00:59:20.315-04:00House of Lies<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-F502fnbBFo" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F502fnbBFo"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">House<br />
of Lies Video Premiere Link</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Legendary emcee and literal lyrical<br />
professor, Professor Lyrical (</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">AKA</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> Dr. Peter Michael Plourde),</span><br />
returns with a timely and groundbreaking Hip Hop single and video entitled <span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>House of Lies</b></span><br />
offering sharp social commentary on <b><span style="color: red;">President Trump</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>while<br />
disguised as a relationship break-up letter revealed in a surprise<br />
twist-ending. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“As<br />
one of the most creative and thought provoking songs of the year, it was<br />
crucial that its video be equally as compelling—and cinematographer Josiah<br />
Mendoza did not disappoint.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“This<br />
record is not what it appears to be and has to be heard multiple times after<br />
witnessing the amazing imagery of the video and realizing you didn’t hear what<br />
you first thought.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“House<br />
of Lies is an impressive hip hop ballad with a contagious<br />
hook which promises to have you replaying it over again to capture<br />
the double entendre meaning - no spoiler.” </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Questrial","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><br /><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Questrial","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";"><a href="https://www.hiphopcitizen.com/social-media/professor-lyrical-drops-house-of-lies-on-fnl-hiphopcitizen-livestream?fbclid=IwAR1MBudkysf2tk0wfoyKwJtJsGJ4P1DpqH3r7ER4-qhAkLLav2EXzd95GHw">~HipHopCitizen~</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br /><br />
<br />Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-88636378281692121172011-08-23T23:05:00.002-04:002011-10-22T17:29:52.471-04:00CityLine Segment 1 - Video - WCVB Boston<a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/28892470/detail.html#.TlRqa0n0IH8.blogger">CityLine Segment 1 - Video - WCVB Boston</a><br />
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Check out www.Professorlyrical.com for more video, music, press, and much more!Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-5705534538360188892010-12-16T10:52:00.019-05:002011-07-17T16:54:24.900-04:00So you rap?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/26612647/detail.html"></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/26612647/detail.html"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y-Vc2So2gio/S8pkXfG9SpI/AAAAAAAAADw/rBiwN1QtiAs/s1600/Lyrical+looking+up.NEF-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_y-Vc2So2gio/S8pkXfG9SpI/AAAAAAAAADw/rBiwN1QtiAs/s320/Lyrical+looking+up.NEF-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>OK, so do about 400 million others. So what makes you different? Perhaps you have a unique story, a great voice, you are really creative, people just seem to like you, or you are just all around good at all the aspects of emceeing. If not, this page is designed to help you master the craft.<br />
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Here is my disclaimer before we begin: <b>You will not be good at emceeing, unless you are dedicated to the craft! </b>This means you must practice, and constantly think like an emcee throughout the course of your entire day.<br />
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That being said, if you are in it for the long haul you will be surprised at how good you can become; if you truly love the craft the work is easy.<br />
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My biggest satisfaction comes from emcees who hear me, or read my lyrics and say they suddenly have the inspiration to go home and work their craft. For me this represents work that payed off well. I have an infinite amount I could write, but only a finite amount that I actually will write. Inspiring others to continue on with this art form allows all of us to ensure that limitless material will in fact be written and well-crafted. Feel free to post your own responses or rhymes at anytime. Or just sneak a look at some of my posted lyrics and thoughts. Please click this link right below my signature to get an idea what my music sounds like, because I rap too!<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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"Professor" Lyrical<br />
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I was recently featured on Chronicle (WCVB-TV ABC-5 BOSTON)<br />
<a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/26675855/detail.html">Here is a link to the episode if you would like to watch it, or click below.</a><br />
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</div>Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-88288628420979598162010-12-16T10:51:00.000-05:002011-01-12T17:31:23.905-05:00Supremely Crafted, By Lyrical<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Supremely Crafted, routinely mastered/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Rhyme schemes, conceived in my dreams, my sleep's practice/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>24-7 been dedicated to rappin'/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>While still finding time in between for multitasking/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>University Massachusetts my masters/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Earned the same time making Massachusetts some classics/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Teaching mathematics and university classes/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>And music with my students the fusion is fantastic/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>But don't confuse it, to battle me, that's a fallacy/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Sun, I put the Earth on the map in this rap galaxy/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>My mentality, humble is what I have to be/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Cuz even though I'm known as the best there's 100 after me/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>A hunted athlete, dumb to be humming happily/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>When half these crappy, happy go lucky rappers are tragedies/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>One minute I'm hot and the crowd claps for me/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>The second that I'm turning my back, their gonna clap on me/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>So don't grab on me, after I walk past at these/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Rap shows, the answer is "no" I am not having it/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>It's not happening, don't know what you expect to see/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Typically, you'll find me perfecting vectors and matrices/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Professor Lyrical, my material's basically/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Made to be poetic yet spoken, more motivationally/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>So any vacancy, math, music or otherwise/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I'll graph you out my digits like perpendicular number lines</b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b><br />
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<b> Classical, heavy metal, my genres span several/<br />
Soul is etheral, swing like Duke Ellington,/<br />
Rock like Chuck Berry, My role, very intelligent/<br />
Respect level is tough...and you can tell it is/<br />
Revered by my elders, loved- like close relatives/<br />
Grace the Land with a flow, blow like Elvis did/<br />
Instrument's held lefty, burn em like Jimmi Hendricks did/<br />
My main difference is out of my brains spittin/<br />
With change the game writtens, insane like Blake Griffin/<br />
Plus any distance I drain from highly accurate/<br />
Highly talented, game is Ray Allen-ish/<br />
Well practiced and versed, looking instinctual/<br />
Only cause the work I put in is unthinkable/<br />
So next time when I'm rhyming at some Palladium/<br />
Remember all the time that I've put in the gymnasium/</b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>I pattern my rapping after Ray Allen shooting in practice/</b></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Perhaps I'm a bit obsessive-compulsive creature of habit/<br />
Master the fundamentals, while maximizing my talents/<br />
So even leaving the floor I'll return on my feet balanced/<br />
Reek havoc, on all opposing defenders/<br />
Stone cold killer, so leave me open I'll end this/<br />
Pen verses, most of them open ended/<br />
From answering these questions, like "How do I flow tremendous?"/<br />
Frees are splendid, writtens even more magical/<br />
Catapult myself to success running through battle drills/<br />
Cardiovascular, rapping on the eliptical/<br />
Then hopping on the treadmill after for better breath control/<br />
Many steps ta go, hurdling every obstacle/<br />
So stopping me from reaching the top is just not possible/<br />
I dig deep for the facts - archeological/<br />
Then put em back into my raps as published articles/<br />
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</u></span></span></div><h4 style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"LYRICAL" is a well respected name in the New England Hip Hop scene for multiple reasons. As a Hip Hop artist he has published numerous releases that have topped national college charts, such as "The Focuz Is Back " (2006), and classics like his first single "Butta Messenga" (1997, X-Caliber) or "Salt" (2003, Invasion). As a businessman he has organized scores of shows in Boston, including the heralded "M.I.C. Hip Hop Awards" and many similar type of events. As an accomplished world class MC battler he has won countless battles and has also competed in invite only battles like the New Music Seminar's Battle for World Supremacy in New York City, and the East Coast Zulu Nation Battle in Harlem. But perhaps what really sets Lyrical apart from other award winning, freestyle, battle emcees is the fact he has also been contracted by several colleges to teach over 80 courses in subjects ranging from Hip Hop to Calculus (see below for details).<br />
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His duel careers lead to the creation of The College Project (Through the Eyes of Pupils), a 2009 album featuring 25 of Lyrical's students as guest artists, producers, engineers, graphic artists and photographers on the project. A native of Lowell, Lyrical earned a BS in Business Administration (Marketing/Econ.) and was hired to write the business plan for the Lowell High School's Alternative Program where he taught math and business for 6 years before teaching college. He earned his MS in Mathematics from UMass-Lowell while taking his last three courses for his degree at Harvard University's College of Continuing Education after moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts. "Professor" Lyrical is now a full-time Lecturer of Mathematics at Northeastern University teaching Boston freshman in The College of Professional Studies in an innovative program known as Foundation Year. Today he is one of the more sought after speakers on topics ranging from Hip Hop culture to higher education.<br />
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Lyrical was a vital member of Mayor Menino’s “Hip Hop Round Table” and several City of Boston Peace Fests, opening for artists like Big Daddy Kane and Rakim along the way. He was featured rapping and teaching on The Discovery Channel's Animal Planet's "Dogs 101", October 3rd, 2009; this popular episode repeats periodically. He has also been on the front page and cover of several newspapers and magazines and has been the subject of many other television segments as well. As a teacher, businessman and artist Lyrical is highly involved in many of the events helping shape the face of Hip Hop culture, urban entertainment, and education in Massachusetts.<br />
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DJ Jimizz quietly has managed to hold down the longest running Hip Hop radio program in the city. Nestled in the basement of MIT, Jimizz has spun every Saturday night from 10PM till midnight, a<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">nd has done so for over a decade. Now the Urban Music Director, Jimizz works to keep all the Hip Hop shows at the station laced with the hottest new local and national joints, before they become household names.<br />
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Jimizz is a true DJ and throwback to an era long gone by. He MIXES live, does blends, scratches, and hosts the show himself. He answers the phones (though his listeners would argue it is near impossible to get at him during the show), holds down the news, and provides the listeners with releases hitting the shelves, and even picks an “old school joint of the week” to pay tribute to the pioneers. This is more than just a token song, it is a segment of his show that he expands upon every last Saturday of the month for an entire show where he reverses the format playing only old school, with the exception of one “new school joint of the week”.<br />
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Jimizz was an intern under DJ Busy Bee who held down the same slot in the early and mid nineties, and also under the legendary PJ Porter who is an institution himself as a certified legendary Boston area DJ playing R&B into the wee hours of Sunday mornings. As Jimizz’s mentor, PJ Porter has been responsible for ushering in a whole new generation of babies who most likely now listen to DJ Jimizz show as well. When Jimizz is not spinning at the station, he is most likely digging for records at some of the other “best-kept secrets” in the city in terms of stores that sell vinyl. He adds to his show with hard to find gems, and is not afraid to mix in classic R&B or other vibe enhancing joints that keep him one step ahead of the rest. A true party setter, he is found at many of the area hot spots and also spins private functions. He earned his bachelors degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston and in addition to all this he simultaneously held the title of Promotions Coordinator for Greater Media for many years.<br />
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Jimizz can be heard on WMBR 88.1 FM Saturday nights 10PM till midnight, and over the word wide web at <a href="http://www.wmbr.org/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.wmbr.org</a> .</span></span></div>Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-52023219442509721842010-12-13T23:44:00.027-05:002011-03-19T11:36:09.256-04:00I AM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">I am -Impassioned, soul that’s old fashioned/</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> Classic- a modern day Johan Sebastian/</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Beethovien, flow that’s hand woven in/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With finer strings than you’d find on a violin/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Stradivarius- Master Artesian/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On hand blown glass, my craft is pure genius/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Multivariate flows for all seasons/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Raps get tracked out on graphs that’s Cartesian/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So Thelonius, James Brown & Coltrane/<br />
Improper Bostonian, old school as Soul Train/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Paying homage to-those du</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">des from ol’ days/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With Hall of Fame status & vocals like the O’Jays/<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So harmonious, motion Tag Heurerish/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">How every movement is smooth and Luxurious/</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Surround sound in my Harmon Kardon/</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Speakin the word like Mohammed when he said the Koran/</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I am-other worldly, -skills is not from here, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jimmy Neutron flow- Buzzing for Light Years/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And I don’t fight fare I’m mad resourceful/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But deep down I’m peaceful and real remorseful/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In rap battles- son – I scrap for morsels/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Wanna swim with the sharks?-Bring your fins and dorsals/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cause if I’m forced to, I’m awfully forceful/ <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One dose of my flow’s like a blow to your torso/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Even more so than what you think/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I be a beast like the cast in the Monster’s Inc./<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Monstrous ink, once I sync my Mont Blanc/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The thoughts that I think launch off in a montage/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Entourage like I’m Mark from Boston/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With my squad on the block gone apartment shopping/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dropping Common-wealth on the Ave we walking/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But yall ain’t dropping nothing but your “r’s” when you’re talking</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">I use speed, with furious fist, Supreme/</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Got true game, can maintain the huge lead/</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Turn Tom Brady, chew out the crowd if dudes leave/</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">A new team, make few errors, a new league/</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">emcee forever, in any error I'm Lou Reed/</span></strong></strong></div>Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-50847255202423447472010-12-13T08:47:00.009-05:002011-03-02T09:25:27.387-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOavKcnbgYh1MX9PXYvJEkY5rlDcIFOeoMP2sB58eTgoxjK6LK7vRBOFv1ZExflGLZ8-aJ_Tz1rNNrkjN67tDx66NqYho0bj5UjrNc05xDWuqPOUY9qSLG7UN_fwmdq0gDpDf_k9-LaBvw/s1600-h/lyrical+on+steps.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425936793945630274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOavKcnbgYh1MX9PXYvJEkY5rlDcIFOeoMP2sB58eTgoxjK6LK7vRBOFv1ZExflGLZ8-aJ_Tz1rNNrkjN67tDx66NqYho0bj5UjrNc05xDWuqPOUY9qSLG7UN_fwmdq0gDpDf_k9-LaBvw/s200/lyrical+on+steps.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 133px;" /></a><br />
<div><a href="http://lyricalwords.blogspot.com/2007/04/violence-in-our-streets-hip-hops-role.html">VIOLENCE IN OUR STREETS, & HIP HOP'S ROLE</a><br />
By Lyrical<br />
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Violence is everywhere in our American culture, so what are we going to do about it? Who is “we” anyway? Does “we” include our Hip Hop leaders in our local urban communities? Our elected officials have all but thrown up their hands in bewilderment and confusion concerning what to do in these most desperate violent times. Does “we” include only those in the affected neighborhoods with the highest incidents of reported violence, or do we realize once and for all we are always governed by the rules of universal karma, and we are in fact all connected and in this together?<br />
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This question of responsibility trickles down to the emcee. Somewhere at this very moment, reading this determining whether to write another line about how he or she can be “found with the eagle on their arm like a bird trainer” or if he or she can be "found with their child in their arms like a good parent,” is an emcee about to make a decision with tangible consequences for us all. The other side of the discussion centers around the fact many rappers are just reporting on what they see around them. They will say they are not promoting violence, rather they are reporting on the violence that exists in epidemic levels in their communities. Is a child or adolescent lacking in critical thinking skills able to tell the difference? Or does it all sound like a lifestyle to today's average young emcee looking to be embraced with respect - if not fear- from her or his peers?<br />
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</div><div>It is a sad reality when the reaction we get to violence in our communities can be directly correlated to the voter turn-out rate in the districts we live. We all know if there is a reporting of a single gunshot, let alone a shooting in a quiet, affluent, suburban town- say….Newton, the police will answer with multiple cars in record time, as compared to that of an actual shooting in Mattapan (or any other urban city with lower voter turn out). The outrage must be organized for it to be effective. People who complain, write letters and vote get heard. They also become more influential in their communities and perhaps wield more clout the next time the rally to be heard. Politicians who are responding to the wishes of their constituencies make change. Why then pass the problem of solving the epidemic of violence in our streets on to the local Hip Hop artist when our community and its leaders have in many cases failed us? Is an emcee actually able to make an impact where these others have failed?<br />
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If you were to ask "Is Hip Hop culture an effective way to reach people?" to any of the big five media monoliths- they would certainly answer yes. They all understand that rap music is one of the only genres on a world wide scale that young people are listening too. The same companies control just about every resource worth owning in terms of billboard advertising, network television stations, radio stations, sports companies, amusement parks, newspapers and magazines, movie companies, internet websites and search engines, and more. In fact the consolidated world of music distribution is down to only four or five major distributors for all of the labels in existence as well. With an influential messenger like today’s Hip Hop artists to disseminate information corporate sponsors have been paying rappers to mention their products in their songs. Guests on MTV Cribs don't just happen to have Vitamin Water and Red Bull in their refrigerators- it is "product placement," - a sponsorship and a commercial. Our local governments in some form do business with the outlets these messages are distributed across, and business people know –too well- just how impressionable our young people's minds are towards imaging, marketing and yes - Hip Hop song lyrics and videos.<br />
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To combat the growing Twitter-like trend of violence being overly forced and inserted into our videos and song lyrics, the term “conscious” rapper started to emerge for those who showed concern. People essentially were insinuating with this label one would have to be unconscious to consciously allow the studio killing, and pimpin’ to take place on records since all of this may lead to influencing our impressionable youth to commit some of these same actions in the real world. These gunplay and drug filled lyrics are argued to desensitize young people to violence and crime, which the big five are already doing on a daily basis at every possible turn. The debated question will rage on if these kinds of lyrics are adversely affecting our youth. The knee-jerk reaction and answer seems to be yes they do; why else would corporations pay millions just to flash a logo at us, or show us a commercial on a billboard that we only have a moment to glance at?<br />
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Additionally...<br />
Killing is not as natural as some would have us believe, nor is witnessing such violence on our own species. People will say since prehistoric times we have been witnessing violence in the world, and that violence is in our nature as humans. Then again so is love and compassion, but the question is which will ensure our survival? The answer is obvious, as negative energy can influence weaker positive energy and draw it in, but why then do our elders in society allow it and corporations promote it? I think the answer lies with a lack of spiritual grounding of our morals, and the effect of greed in capitalistic societies. Greed is preached against vehemently by most religions, and in fact it is usually the opposite of greed, namely selflessness, that is taught to lead us to salvation.<br />
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Who then is to spiritually guide us, when many major religions have abandoned us through corruption and shame, and our elders go to work for large companies that value only the bottom line? Our family structure is under attack, drugs have become the crutch and alternative to high priced over the counter anti-depressants- available in more affluent communities under the care of a doctor. This further adds to the problem while illegal drugs are pumped into our communities as a short term fix, with the all too eager youth looking to cash in on the excitement, or those who think the have no other legitimate means to make ends meet. These images are preached through our musical heroes’ song lyrics and displayed by flashy jewels they wear as fruits of the labor of selling poison in one's own community. These material images of success are directly a result of selling the illegal product in our very same communities we live in, and reinforce the negative actions with positive end results. A short study of the numbers of Hip Hop artists with or without major deals will reveal only a very small fraction of them are making a decent living off of record deals. The rest are forced to masquerade as successful artists, when in fact the music industry is set up so an artist is always last to get paid, and the commercial rapper arguably has the highest cost to pay as well.<br />
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Many of the most successful (or at least in appearance those who look successful) are promoting their images as virtual rapping drug lords such as Jewels Santana or Fat “Joey Crack” Joe. It is as if rappers who do not possess the ability to speak what they “sometimes see” in society, especially the negative, fear they will be discarded or labeled conscious – which carries the stigma of less paid. The correlation in society is "less paid = less laid," and ultimately less successful. If a rapper wants to speak on some of the positive and provide balance they are labeled one step worse then conscious: they are either “happy rappers” or “backpack rappers”, and to some street emcees there is no worse title to be given. This high stakes gamble that rappers take by not speaking on the outrage of what is going on in urbanized areas leads to only further economic enslavement of people of color and lower socio-economic status. In other words, the poor get poorer.<br />
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The creative voices of the Hip Hop culture have been homogenized into a similar one voice, to speak for the global ghetto. The marketing and rebroadcast of this singular new world order is promoted for mass consumption through outlets such as BET and MTV. Creatively working towards a solution to problems is not often deemed a way to be successful on a street level. This is reinforced by the types of rappers signed to major deals, and the topics they are “allowed” or prompted to speak on. Ironically now, the independent artist has more creative control, promotion ability, and distribution possibilities then ever before. In some cases these artists stand to make much more then the major artist who is promoted with a much larger budget. Again, the irony is that corporate dollars that flood into rap music through endorsements and commercials already backs up the notion that the nation's most wealthy understand the power rap music has to influence the youth. It is as if we have been bought out; to not use our same power through rap music to help ourselves and do great work and self-police our own streets.<br />
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The corporate muffle is in-effect on emcees, and “rappers” essentially are under "gag order" from those signing the check. Others follow suit to potentially land the same eventual checks. The voice of reality and creative energy has “sold out” to small paydays and big dreams the major label is still able to convey through its main tool – the music video. If Hip Hop is to be a solution for violence then the emcee of today and the future must be able to think freely and not be mind controlled into believing there is only one type of way to rap, and think.<br />
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Creative thought itself is ignited in the brain when both hemispheres are working together to form a spark, much like the one Hip Hop is able to ignite in the mind of people of all ages, sex, color and creed through graffiti art, the DJ, the MC and the B-Boy or B-Girl dancer. It is this type of excitement that can shelter people and provide respite from many of today’s societal ills when they are focused and practice the art of self expression. The power of creating something from nothing, which Hip Hop has always offered, hints at the same magic the finest scientists and mathematicians have never been able to solve about the origin of the universe itself. If you want to find these types of solutions and answers to life’s biggest challenges and riddles perhaps the answer lies somewhere in the principles of the of Hip Hop culture!<br />
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The emcee must know the true history of Hip Hop culture and how it was made to be a solution to the violence. It may be time to teach true Hip Hop culture in the schools (including all the elements) if we want to find a solution. Recall or recognize, it was Hip Hop positioned to be a similar solution in the seventies in the Bronx during the most violent of times that gave birth to the phenomena we see today across the world.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 78%;">Lyrical is rapper, and college professor originally from Lowell, Massachusetts now living in Cambridge. He teaches mathematics full-time for Northeastern University in a freshman only cohort for accepted former Boston Public School students. He is also an adjunct professor of Entertainment Management at Bay State College, in Boston Massachusetts and teaches and has taught for various colleges all around the area. For more information on Lyrical go to www.tinyurl.com/professorlyrical.</span></div></div>Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-45518681597194125812010-12-12T22:19:00.000-05:002011-03-01T22:20:59.666-05:00The Quintessential By Lyrical<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Who the most motivational, standing ovational?/<br />
Schooled in how to handle the tool, vocational/<br />
Mastering the manual, hand you a demonstrational/<br />
Able to train management, functionally operational/<br />
Just in case you- were not aware the repertoire/<br />
Meet your Butta Messenga, Legendary X-Caliber/<br />
Lord of the Lyrical, sword slicing material/<br />
Mastering the elements, Hip Hop's imperial/<br />
Mental meditation, I travel through several layers/<br />
Envision me cross-legged, somewhere in the Himalayas<br />
Even though my body is probably sitting in Cambridge<br />
Sipping coffee with some sloppy professors, acting all snobby/<br />
Nothing will stop me, from skipping through archipelagos/<br />
Spitting some acapella - with visual arpeggios<br />
Freestyle material - coming to me in visions<br />
So I listen, grab a pen, and convert em quick into writtens<br />
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The quintessential, lyrics to instrumentals/<br />
Ever that's been assembled, - my influence - transcendental/<br />
Metaphysical, certainly Heisenbergian/<br />
Principals that's Copernican, vocals valid Victorian/<br />
Fit for palaces, lifting up golden chalices/<br />
Celebrating accomplishments, Acts of the final balancing/<br />
Who more talented, grounded but on an echelon/<br />
Nothing has ever rested on, once I just touch my pencil on/<br />
Paper, will levitate -demonstrating the action/<br />
Elevating my game - Like Tom Chambers on Jackson/<br />
Wilt Chamberlain wing span that's so massive/<br />
Gripping the mic stand from the front row while I'm scratching/<br />
Multi-talented, trained in ways of the mystical/<br />
Turn and twist pivotal, drain almost instinctual/<br />
Named Lyrical, reasons most obvious/</b><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Flow of a seasoned pro that make most seem like novices/</b></span></b></div></div>Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-73250039356498519992010-12-11T22:11:00.002-05:002011-03-08T18:54:39.809-05:00The PROFessional<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The consummate professional, in concert or processionals/</b></span><br />
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My vocals in a zone of their own - exceptional/<br />
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So I take exception to anybody suggesting/<br />
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That I would ever settle for less than total perfection/<br />
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No question, the talent level is staggering/<br />
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And proof of what a human can do when we choose to master it/<br />
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Choose to imagine it, viewing your future happening/<br />
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Establishing yourself and your music beyond comparison/<br />
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Beyond the packaging, industry manufacturing/<br />
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And swagger thats artificially flavored faker than saccahrin/<br />
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Lacking the judgement, and presence of moral character/<br />
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But listen I ain't judging, its probably poor parenting/<br />
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Poor handling, horrbly poor management/<br />
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These poor adolescents, need lessons in how to handle it/<br />
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Promoting acts as young, stupid and arrogant/<br />
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So insecure rappers act immature and embarrasing/</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Study my movements, establishin the protocol/</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Who more meticulous? - speakin' clear & articulate/</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The ambersand's my "and' cuz im symbolic & Prince with it/</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>White gloved Like Mike, but im still leaving my fingerprints/</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>On mic's so deliberate, some say that I'm Simpsonish/</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>If yall don't know the story than you should probably look into it/</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Would probably win the Heisman if music had the equivalent/</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Cause I just have a way with the words when I play with sentences/</b></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">The most sick with it, flows that are so intricate/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Unlimited potential on instrumentals & instruments/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">"The determination, the dedication and discipline"/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">“The Focuz” never left, just the records get more intelligent/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Growth exponential, the most exceptional specimen/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Mental and the physical, both reflections of excellence/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">True credentials, so influential and relevant/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Choose to be respected, do business as a gentlemen/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">My profession is “professional lyricist”/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Professor Lyrical, international appearances/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Paid panelist, teacher, lecturer, analyst/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Who nearly every weekend is speaking at different campuses/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">My advantage is, understanding percentages/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">And represent myself cause my bachelors was in management/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">A few assistants but my persistence - I channel it/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Ta truly be successful, yet still essentially handle it/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;"><br />
</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Highly conceptual, intellectual emphasis/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Stressed in every syllable still incredibly delicate/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Infinitesimally balanced, with spacial elegance/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Save them to place in palaces, frame up my greatest sentences/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">I’m Feng Shui all day, come peep my residence/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">While still real enough for the streets to reap the benefits/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">My recent effort is, reading the recent evidence/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">I've reasoned that we’re needing ta reach the children with deficits/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">So my attention, is focusing more messages/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Ta get em with the music, and making them more competitive/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Better businessmen, better at every discipline/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">And better with the letters and numbers for younger listeners/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">And if your older and motivated as citizens/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Then your participation as witnesses isn't "innocent"/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Your just as guilty if you don’t make them apprentices/</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><strong style="background-color: black;">Complaining your too busy, just criticizing the president/</strong></span></div>Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-23784178257972994952010-10-17T22:59:00.002-04:002011-01-12T17:31:23.910-05:00Scholarship by Lyrical<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b>The flow's so academia, hooded robe and regalia/<br />
My verses floweth over I'm so Mesopotamia/<br />
Holder of diplomas and scrolls with gold frames on them/<br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Lower on the left hand, signed with old names on them/<br />
Poems- I'm arranging em, older than Origami/<br />
Folded in a pattern sequential as Fibonacci/<br />
Rap on the instrumentals as lavish as Liberace/<br />
Elaborate as my bachelor pad now thats all behind me/<br />
Now my wife, she lay beside me, so gorgeous upon the sofa/<br />
Now my whole home aroma is so William Sonoma/<br />
Pebble grained leather in plaid twill with Mocha/<br />
Handle match the Mother of Pearl mantel and poker/<br />
Director of Investor Relations, with paid vacations/<br />
Punta Cana in December, on Christmas with reservations/<br />
Now we so Golden Ratio, so Alger Horatio/<br />
Going from "Rags to Riches" replacing whats on your radio/<br />
So Poet Laureate -Provost and Chancellor/<br />
Shaking hands daily with substitutes and janitors/<br />
Soloist at the seminars intellectual lecturer/<br />
Only one at the podium, known to be standing next to/<br />
Mayor with one shoulder, the other's rubbing with débutantes/<br />
Delegates, intelligent eat at elegant restaurants/<br />
Rest of us Ghetto Fabulous... Blessings unto my audience/<br />
All of my true constituents still yearning for Scholarship/</span></b></span>Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-30204527400350172752010-09-05T18:00:00.001-04:002010-12-16T11:51:33.874-05:00Mr. & Mrs.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seriously how lucky am I?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="uiHeader uiHeaderBottomBorder mbm" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><div class="clearfix uiHeaderTop" style="display: block; zoom: 1;"><div><h2 class="uiHeaderTitle" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;">Master Craftsman</span></span></span></h2></div></div><div class="clearfix" style="display: block; zoom: 1;"><div class="uiHeaderSubActions rfloat" style="float: right;"></div></div></div><div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix" style="display: block; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-right: 100px; word-wrap: break-word; zoom: 1;"><div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>I'm built for this with the skills and will travel/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>While yall Semi-pro with your flow like Will Farrel/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>While my desire is more higher than Pharoahe's</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I am not another rapper just trying to acquire apparel/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>But I, stay fly whenever what's fly is classic/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>But I'd rather drop a G and a half on taking classes/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I'd rather travel the country speaking at campuses/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Talking bout labels instead of what labels on my pants these is/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>And I ain't knocking rocking primates on your pockets/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>But its obvious monkeyseemonkeydo, when dudes go shopping/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>If you got it, drop a deposit on a vacation in the tropics/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>because the trends will come and go, </b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>but all this stress is mostly nonsense/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I've done concerts at colleges round the continent/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Had continental breakfasts at several different conferences/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Corporate endorsements and several different sponsorships/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>All cuz these A Capella's I prepare are spit with flawlessness/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I freak beats when I speak peaking the decibels/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Would never settle for average I'd rather reach incredible/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Levels inevitable, yall should peep my schedule/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>You'll find me eating vegetables at several Greek festivals/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>My idea of partying is not like the rest of you?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I didn't get this Lyrical by doing what the rest would do/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I never rested dude, son I got my lessons too/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>College professor call me Mr, cause respect is do/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I got a question dude if you could only spit one verse/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Would you rhyme about yourself or uplift the Earth?/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Would you lie about your wealth, gross or total worth/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Before your lying by yourself face full of dirt/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I dig you done some dirt, you done was a kid, </b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>you wish you wouldn't have done but you did and its done did/</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Dun, sun, kid, I ain't tryna act all holy father</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>But if you coming Nasty like Nas - I'll son you Olu Dara/</b></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">HIP HOP LYRICISM by Professor Lyrical</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The world at first glance can appear unconnected, but mathematical and even algebraic thinking and analysis can train the mind to see subtle cause and effect relationships that at first were unapparent. Different manifestations of positive/negative, yin and yang, x and y, left and right, up and down, and ultimately add and subtract can be compared for the similar properties they reveal. In a simplistic approach the “absolute value” of these so called opposite concepts reveals their sameness, as their distance back to a true zero is the same! Through simplifying difficult concepts I seek to reassure the would-be teacher that math is a very learnable language with far fewer rules and symbols to understand than its traditional linguistic counterparts.</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">My appreciation in the beauty of all disciplines which seek to convey truth at their origin, allow me to cross reference and sight a multitude of examples that go beyond the traditional text book. Philosophy, various religions, and the arts all seek to express an implicit truth through each respective school of thought in the same manner that mathematics and the sciences go about the identical quest. What is true at the core of each method of study is an attempt to convey what is consistently true to the individual using each means to achieve the desired end. The connectedness of these disciplines imply a connectedness between all things, and the relationship is perhaps best defined through mathematical devices which encourages the student who is intrigued to master this mathematical language we explore as learners. </span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>HIP HOP LYRICISM -Course Summary:</u> </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This is a Hip Hop lyric writing course, and students will study lyrics and work on making Hip Hop or <i>rap</i> lyrics of their own, thus moving towards the final goal of the completion of an actual recorded song. The beginning of the course will speak on the background of many of the classic lyricists throughout Hip Hop history, and even a brief history of Hip Hop. The bulk of this course will develop several techniques of writing Hip Hop lyrics, which if well done must have a flow that works with the vibe and feel of the chosen instrumentals (and chorus) that accompanies them. </span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Instructor Philosophy:</span></u></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Lyric writing can be a powerful tool of self expression or, to a greater extent, self therapy. The creative genius found in rap lyrics over the last three plus decades can be difficult for some to understand unless there is some background information given about the culture and what the particular artist may have been going through at that time. Historically whenever a group of the “haves” attempt to hold down the “have nots” by using force to shackle free-will it is usually only a matter of time before we can see the “have nots” draw on the human ability to overcome by using any means necessary. In time we soon see survival instincts start to emerge and bring about creative ingenuity to overcome and adapt to the situation. </span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Hip Hop is the case study of the fascinating phenomena of making something from nothing and thus - overcoming. In addition, many of the ancestors of those who were the culture’s first participants broke free from the shackles and chains of slavery, and ironically throughout Hip Hop’s history, descendants of those who have broken free have often went on to adorn chains of their own worth a small fortune for the world to see, perhaps as a symbol of overcoming great odds and adversity of their own. This concept could be made into a Hip Hop lyric or metaphor like this: those who were once “have nots”, now literally <i>have knots</i><sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4261353064858354343&postID=5168377410265410516#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a></sup>. </span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">We will briefly examine this history to understand how to use our own experiences to tap into our well of emotions that have helped define who we are as we move towards becoming better lyric writers and more expressive in general. Many of those entering into Hip Hop, if such a thing in fact can actually be done, have a warped understanding of its’ history and believe without their own personal hardships and struggle they too can not be effective lyric writers or Hip Hop artists. This course will study the devices that today’s poets use to be effective Hip Hop artists lyric writers, and why those with a misguided perception believe they have to “perpetrate the myth” and artificially create tales of great hardship or in some cases actually bring it about in their own lives for inspiration and street credibility. Creativity is something that can be trained and developed without having to experience great adversity or joy first-hand to write effectively- though it may be a stimulant for great writing it should not be taken as a growth hormone to bring about the creative muscle. We will train and nurture this skill and work towards the ability to summon creativity from the wells within us to write better lyrics and perhaps, in some cases, be able to freestyle them as well.</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Course Outline</span></u></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 1</u>: <u>Introduction</u> - Pass out syllabus. Create a “Lyric Book” and “Slang Dictionary.” Student’s will choose their own emcee name to be called all semester and those student’s who rap already will be encouraged to do so during our daily 5 minute freestyle ciphers (“4 bars and pass”) where the instructor will also participate as needed. We will discuss the 4 main elements of Hip Hop and a brief history of how they emerged.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 2</u>: <u>Lyric discussion</u> – What makes a <i>great</i> lyricist? Are any great lyricists in Hip Hop still highly relevant? Develop and defend a class generated top ten lyricist/emcee list. Discuss the difference of the term <i>emcee</i> (MC) and <i>rapper</i> and eliminate those who are not <i>emcees</i> off the lists. What were their <i>styles? </i>What made these styles so ill at the time, and who may have done these styles first? </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 3</u>: <u>Lyrical analysis and slang</u> – “Break it down” in groups students will translate <i>rap slang</i> (or Ebonics) into regular English by first looking at an award winning high school students’ break down of Notorious B.I.G. lyrics. Students will also work in groups choosing their own lyrics from text to translate. </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><u>Week 4</u>: <u>Drop a topic and go fish </u>– This is the exact opposite of week 3 where we broke rap lyrics down, we will now work on building them up! We will work on object writing<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4261353064858354343&postID=5168377410265410516#sdfootnote2sym" name="sdfootnote2anc"><sup>2</sup></a></sup> about a given topic in paragraph form without the need for rhymes, also making sure we are utilizing our own full range of senses and experiences. We then will <i>fish</i> for our favorite words, images and phrases and incorporate them as our own one-liners or couplets about the particular topic at hand, thus building these into rap-ready form.</span></span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 5</u>: <u>Developing new topics</u> – We will discuss the traditional topics found in rap songs, and how to come up with our own fresh perspectives on those topics or how to develop entirely new ones. We will again fish through our own object writing to develop intro lines, or powerful imagery we can build on and work towards leading into a hook.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 6</u>: <u>Slang, and slang as a one word metaphor?</u> – In depth analysis of the role of metaphor, similes and slang in Hip Hop, and how to create better metaphor and simile. We will discuss alternatives and the overuse of “like” in Hip Hop. We will constantly add onto our own vocabulary by inserting <i>accepted</i> Hip Hop slang into our own Lyric Books.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Weeks 7</u>: <u>Word Play</u> – Students will examine many instances of wordplay and meaning of words being manipulated in throughout the main four elements of Hip Hop culture for many reasons. Double entendre, innuendo, and the close relationship to slang will be looked at in popular lyrics while we work on our own wordplay. </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 8&9</u>: <u>What it means to “Flow</u>” – We will examine different emcees (such as AZ, Pharoahe Monch, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes and Twista) and their flows and how they use rhyme (internal, slant, end), alliteration, consonance and assonance while playing close attention to meter and rhyme schemes, and techniques such as tounge twisting to establish their <i>flow</i>. Students will also develop a few bars that create tounge twisting. We will speak on the art of Ghostwriting as well as it pertains to Hip Hop.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 10:</u> <u>Finding the right word</u> - The role of the dictionary, thesaurus, internet sites, and the all controversial rhyming dictionary will be examined. How to find the right word with the right tone for the song and hook at hand will also be practiced. Techniques such as “My flow is like” will be performed in class where one group will use books and magazines, and other group will not in there quest for new words and simile.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 11&12</u>: <u>Spit a hot 16 with a tight hook</u>- or better yet writing a hot 16 (16 bar verse) and the importance of writing in typical and atypical bar form will be examined, as we work on writing our own 16 bars in 4 person groups and as individuals over beats. Students will continue to work on developing several different 16’s while attempting to chisel each one to better perfection. Week two we will work on memorization techniques and performing our 16 bars in class and how to create hooks (typically 4 bars repeated to be 8) that work for our lyrics and beats, or lyrics that work around hooks already in place.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Weeks 13 & 14</u>: <u>The And’s & The’s-</u> We will make our verses more concise by eliminating unnecessary parts of speech such as indefinite pronouns and conjunctions or add them when needed for proper foot (iambic, trochaic, etc) and meter purposes. This nuance when combined with slang can create powerful new ways to express something rather typical and give it more excitement. In this section we will also work on delivery as how we say what we write will determine if it has enough “hops” to jump through the speakers.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Weeks 15</u>: <u>GET IN THE BOOTH /OFFICE VISIT</u> – We will take our lyrics (and hooks) to the booth and work on a few techniques to record professionally and efficiently. In this week students will have a time provided to come see Lyrical one on one and receive feedback and tips on how to possibly tighten the track.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Week 16</u>: <u>Final Projects</u> - Class presentation, and MP3/CD of track due. Those looking for possible extra credit may be inserted into an actual live show in the area to perform their final song as well as a possible freestyle.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 85%;"><b>Required Materials</b>: <i><b>Hip-Hop and Rap: Complete Lyrics for 175 Songs</b> </i>(Paperback) by D. Spence, <i><b>Writing Better Lyrics</b> </i>(Paperback) by Pat Pattison. Students will also need a <b>Lyric Book</b>, preferably in, or part of, a binder that represents them well. Though the Lyric Book can be as simple as a notebook included into a binder, it is preferable that the Lyric Book stands out and makes one want to only insert finely crafted gems into its jewel case. Pencils and plenty of perforated paper will be needed to be inserted in the Lyric Book as final verses written. A thin one subject notebook that can be inserted into a binder (with punch-holes).</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.19in; margin-top: 0.19in;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u>Suggested Material</u>: <b>A pen</b> that stands out from all others in similar fashion to the Lyric Book. <b>The album iNFiNiTi</b> by Lyrical available on most digital download sites or at the bookstore. Suggested reading: <b><i>Hip Hop America</i></b> by Nelson George</span></span></div><div id="sdfootnote1"><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4261353064858354343&postID=5168377410265410516#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym">1</a> Knot is Hip Hop slang for money, “having knots” means to have large sums of cash tied in a rubber band or money clip in one’s pocket. The term Knot is now one of many generally accepted to mean cash.</span></div></div><div id="sdfootnote2"><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4261353064858354343&postID=5168377410265410516#sdfootnote2anc" name="sdfootnote2sym">2</a> “Object writing” is a method developed by Berklee Professor Pat Pattison in length in his book <i>Writing Better Lyrics</i></span></div></div></div>Lyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462170960288703913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4261353064858354343.post-1299552773253831712010-01-12T13:18:00.001-05:002010-12-16T11:54:51.630-05:00He's teacher by day, rap artist Lyrical by night - The Boston Globe<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/01/05/hes_teacher_by_day_rap_artist_lyrical_by_night/">He's teacher by day, rap artist Lyrical by night - The Boston Globe</a><br />
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