"Take any photo from The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ and overlay it with lyrics from a Top 100 song."I grew up in Los Angeles, CA, greatly influenced by Hip Hop and Rap music; so I just HAD to do this assignment!
I quickly found the perfect picture from The Boston Globe of a Libyan Rebel holding a gun, acknowledging the people in victory. Here it is:
The lyrics are actually featured in two of my favorite rap songs, which both made the top 100s. The Original song is by Grand Master Flash and the Furious five, "The Message." It's such a good song with great lyrics and a good beat. It goes:
"Can't walk through the park cuz is crazy after dark/
Keep my hand on my gun cuz they got me on the run."
The second Top 100 song that featured those lyrics is Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dog's "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" which embodies the West Coast gangster rap culture:
I'm so glad some of your generation know about Grand Master Flash.
ReplyDeleteThe orinal video for "The Message" is one of a kind!
Thanks for the great ds106 posts.
Loving the grand master Flash! Really like how you managed to blend the message behind the image with the lyrics too, a lot of similarities I'm sure with Grand Master Flash's reality and what Libyans have been experiencing.
ReplyDeleteThank you guys! @Lockman, before only people greatly influenced by hip hop music would know of the older goodies, but I think that now thanks to the interne and Youtube, they could easily find it! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Ben, the message does pack powerful lyrics. Fortunately GMF's reality was not as bad as Libya's!