The chorus of Dude N Nem’s Watch My Feet is a speedy 150 BPM track (that’s beats per minute) breaking down to a traditional hip-hop tempo of 75 BPM during the verse. The verdict is still out on whether it will be a huge hit, but the song symbolizes something significant. A ghetto feel, no bling, no violence, no girls in bikinis – Watch My Feet is a clarion example of where hip-hop is headed — Faster and more fun.
We talked about the Soulja Boy phenomena a few weeks ago in the weeked RAP up — I mentioned that Soulja Boy danced more than any #1 selling rapper has since MC Hammer. For everything that Soulja Boy is not, he made a #1 hit out of the underground jookin, buckin, clown and battle dance resurgence in hip hop.
Sorry that I’ve been away a couple of days, work has kept me a busy boy. But hey, when you come across something this funny, you have to take a minute and share.
Watch this quicky before the Barney people demand its taken down! Whoever made this is a sick individual.
Another week in commercial hip hop’s slow decline into irrelevance has passed. Was there anything worth talking about?
We learned that Kanye and 50 Cent’s feud over who would sell the most records was nothing more than a publicity stunt (yawn!). XXL, a leading hip-hop rag, shared the news that the two would be posing on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine together.
The Billboard Top 10 singles chart this week was high on samples.
what do you think