Introduction

Many of you have “conceptual” ideas about the Early days of Hip Hop.

You fantasize about how wonderful things were, how incredible the highs came, and how the World welcomed us with Open Arms.

You are not just mistaken.

You are absolutely delusional!

Let’s go into those early days and what it was like.

Issue 1 – The World

This is the MAJOR ISSUE with the Invaders and the Compromised and the Followers.

All of these people are obsessed with “The World.”

And this is the sad thing, they have NO IDEA what the World is.

It is right there in plain sight and people still don’t see it.

Do you have any idea what it is?

I’ll give you a few seconds, go ahead.

If you don’t have the “RIGHT” answer, then you’ve been tricked too.

Don’t look around, I’m talking to you.

This is slowing us down, so let me help you out.

You know its aliases and its hidden identities, but never identified it as “THE THING” itself.

Here’s some aliases:

• The Matrix
• Pop Culture
• The Status Quo
• Society
• The Public

Isn’t it simple?

Substitute any of these terms with The World.

And guess what?

Now you know “some” of the Truth.

Issue 2 – Toxic Mimics

Our society has degraded itself so low, some are calling us “mentally dead.”

That’s not how I would describe it, I would say that we are focused and obsessed with toxic mimics.

What is a Toxic Mimic?

It’s when something takes the form and completely perverts the content of the thing itself.

Here’s a short list for you to ponder:

• Trap is a Toxic Mimic of Rap and Gangsta Rap
• Gangsta Rap is Toxic Mimic of Rap
• Rap is a Toxic Mimic of Hip Hop
• Commercial Hip Hop is a Toxic Mimic of Real Hip Hop

So the conclusion is simple:

• Trap is a Toxic Mimic of Hip Hop

Let’s do another example:

• Pop Culture is a Toxic Mimic of Community

Issue 3 – Sorcery

What is sorcery?

It’s when someone uses dysfunctional manipulation because they cannot communicate with the divine, they are cut off.

Not making sense?

Let’s go through the different Tiers so it makes sense to you.

Tier 1 – The Personal

When people tell themselves lies and attempt to trick themselves, this is Sorcery.

When people live double lives, Reality and their fake life online, this is a form of Sorcery known as Self-Delusion.

Tier 2 – The Couple

When people are in a relationship and they lie to their partners to get their way, this is a form of sorcery.

For example, men are notorious for lying to women, yet certain women think their “lying partner” is different than the others.

Did you know that guy has been practicing in the mirror for decades about the right thing to say, when to say it, and how to “read you” to get you “in the mood” or to “feel the spark.”

This is sorcery.

Tier 3 – Business and Fake Data

When a business uses false advertising, fake news, fake data, and manipulates stats to serve their needs, this is a form of sorcery.

Tier 4 – Fake News and Propaganda

When a nation or country uses Propaganda to achieve a desire or an outcome, this is also sorcery.

Now, you should know what Sorcery is.

Issue 3 – No Role Models

The first two issues dealt with Mental and Perception and Cultural Studies, the next three have to do with Personal Development.

In our instance, we didn’t have the “options” of driving around ATL and studying other people and crews.

I had to pull out my cardboard, use my imagination to “envision” new moves, and create at least one new move every week.

Since I grew up in the SWATS, there were only three places to battle: Greenbriar Mall and the Rainbow Arcade and Jellybeans Skating Rink.

• Greenbriar was for the warm-up battles.
• Jellybeans was for the “commercial” battles.
• The REAL battles were done at the Rainbow Arcade.

Every week, I had to imagine and practice and master a new move for our battles every Friday and Saturday.

I want you to imagine this life?

There are no archetypes.

There are no cheat sheets.

There is no curriculum.

There are no “study guides” or “blueprints.”

As we said back in the day, this was done “straight off the dome.”

Issue 4 – Rejection by the Status Quo (Parents and Uplines)

When Hip Hop came, I heard the same thing from these people:

That’s not real music!

In order not to disrespect my Elders, I’ll keep it to this one line.

Issue 5 – Rejection by the Status Quo (Peers)

Believe it or not, we were “not accepted” by our Peers.

I still remember those early days at Greenbriar.

I would be breakdancing and this is how I was treated:

Oh my God girl, he’s been spinning on that dirty floor.

Don’t touch me, Lord knows where your hands have been by touching that floor.

Why would you spin around on a floor where everybody’s shoes have been touching?

You’ve been on that dirty floor, don’t get near me with yo stanking hands!

Bruh, you’ve been spinning on that floor and now, you wanna dap me up?

For all you people who think Hip Hop was readily accepted, you are ABSOLUTELY delusional.

Issue 6 – No Reference Material for Research

Now, we come to the final point.

Like the rest of you, you can go to the Library or the Internet and get information about the early days of Hip Hop.

I went to the Library several times.

There were no books on hip hop.

There was no radio station.

We had the Fresh Party come on V-103 every Friday and Saturday, 2 hours each.

That’s all we got back then!

Conclusion

This is a Blog, so this is a condensed summary of the challenges we faced in the early days of Hip Hop.

This is not “everything,” it’s meant to give you an “overview” of how bad people treated us when we were breaking, popping, and yes, even Yeeking.

I promise you, people even played defense on Yeeking, how is that possible?

Back to Issue One.

That is how The World treats you Shawdy!

Homework Questions

Just re-read this Blog until it penetrates your Pre-Frontal Cortex.