Rap Vs. Country

This post might end up being my all-time favorite. I’m going to be discussing a very controversial topic, the difference between rap/hip-hop and country. Country music fans always seem to have a problem with rap music and rap fans don’t care too much for country, I know I don’t. Really though, what’s the difference between the two? Other than the beat and background music the lyrics are quite similar. Well sure they use different words, but the words are synonyms. Both genres of music talk about the same topics: drugs, lovin, and having a good time. I took health my freshman year, and the teacher taught me that alcohol is a drug.

Think about all the country songs that talk about people getting a little drunk. I would name some but I can’t think of any at the top of my head. Then you got the classic hip/hop song… Tipsy. See they talk about all the same things. So why can’t country and rap get a long? The only country song I have ever listened to by choice would have to be “Honky Tonk Badonk a Donk” I don’t know if that’s the correct spelling of the title, but I think you are able to understand which song I’m getting at. Isn’t that song all about booty? Most rap songs have at least one booty reference throughout the course of the song. 

There are some rap songs that talk about shooting guns at people. While Country talks about shooting guns at animal, tying them to the grill of their car, driving it home, and eating it. Shooting people is bad I know, but I would much rather hear about that than the picture that came up in my head from reading the previous sentence.

I’m not trying to convert any country music listener into an avid rap fan. I’m just trying to get a few points across. So that the next time a country fan says that rap music is horrible they can read this and be like “wow” he makes a good point. It’s all about what you like to listen to, and what your musical preference is.  You won’t see me blasting any country through my system speakers, and I don’t expect everybody to be bobbing their heads to that new Tyga mixtape. But if you don’t like someone else’s music then just keep your comments to yourself, because we really don’t care, it’s not going to change our opinion on the subject matter.

P.S. I can’t believe there is a song out there called Honky Tonk Badonk a Donk.

Feb. 14

With Valentine’s Day approaching quickly, I’ve decided I’m going to talk on it. You probably think that I hate this holiday, but that is not true. I look forward to it ever year! Except for getting girl’s a gift. That part is hard because with all the jewelry store commercials that come on TV around this time of year, you know you are not going to live up to the expectations. I’m young still, so I’m not really trying to get that fancy of a gift for anybody. (Haha you’re lucky if you get a bag of candy from me ;)) some of the reasons I like Valentine’s Day are that everybody is usually nice and in a cheerful mood. Except for the lonely bitter people, but that’s beside the point. Another reason I like Valentine’s Day is because it is my best friend in the whole wide world’s birthday… Gage Alley. Mr. Joseph and I have been tight since kindergarten.

I remember the first time I ever went to his house; his parents said I had way too much energy so I wasn’t invited back for awhile. Now that I look back on it, I can’t recall a day where I haven’t been at his house. I like being able open up the garage and walk in. When he is asleep I’ll pop the lock on his door and go wake him up, I don’t know if he likes that at all, but it happens. When he is at work I’ll go up to his house, make some food, play some video games, and sleep on his couch until he gets back so we can go do something stupid together. This is how spontaneous our relationship is, it’s Christmas Eve and we are just cruising around because we are bored. My favorite song is playing so you know I’m showing off my talented vocals. All of a sudden Gage turns the music down, I got kind of frustrated because I was about to hit them high notes. He looks at me and says, “Man, let’s go get a kindle fire.” I responded, “Dude, it’s 11 o’clock on Christmas Eve, Santa is coming soon.” But we go anyway, and to our dismay Wal-Mart is closed. I’m pretty sure on the sign outside of Wal-Mart it says open 24 hours, but I guess not that night. So of course since we are in Winslow we have to stop and see Halle for a little while. I don’t think we got home until about 2 in the morning. You know time flies when you’re hanging out with your best friend.

Gage and I have been through it all. We been through all the break-ups together, for him it has been A LOT; for me, not so much. Gage can’t cook too well, but I know if I was sick and needed soup he would try and cook some for me. That’s when you know that you have a great best friend. I most likely wouldn’t try and cook but I would definitely go out and buy him some if he really needed it. Awww so much I could talk about with me and my buddy, but I’m going to leave it at that before these tears start flowing.

You know me just giving a little shout out to my bro for his birthday. Girlfriends come and go but best friends are forever… ayyye ;)

The First Attempt

You know when you see something that makes you jump out of your comfy seat? (there was supposed to be a picture of Blake Griffin's violent dunk on Kendrick Perkins right here. but i couldn't figure out how to get it to work... ah well, look it up.)

After seeing that on TV the other night, I knew I needed to blog about it. Not really much you can say about it, right? Just looking at the picture above I’m still in shock wondering why Kendrick Perkins even tried to jump with Blake Griffin. Kendrick Perkins has been in the league for a while; he played with the Boston Celtics up until last season. He has a championship ring, and has enough experience to go around. Enough experience to know that if you rotate to help side late against the clippers this is what is going to happen. When other player’s in the NBA see Blake Griffin jump they stand, watch, and get out the way because this is always a possibility. This is a career ending play for Mr. Perkins. No one will remember his great play with the Celtics, but they’ll remember this moment forever. It kind of reminds me of my first attempted dunk during a game. “Dang this kid has done it all! Walk-off Homeruns, Dunks, Dates, the list goes on and on.” That has to be what just crossed your mind. And for the most part it’s true. I have pretty much done it all in the short 18 years I have lived. Well back to my dunk. It’s my sophomore Basketball season at Holbrook High School we are playing against a weak Ganado team at home. I Get a steal right around the half court circle, put my head down and run as fast as I can. (When you put your head down you can’t really see in front of you… remember that. It’s a good life lesson.) I couldn’t really see where I was at until I jumped. I took off like Blake Griffin did in this picture; actually I would have gotten more air than him. You see I put my head down and didn’t take off at the free throw line like I intended. ;) I actually jumped right under the backboard, it was the weirdest thing. The ball hit the bottom of the rim flew out of my hands and bounced out of bounds. It must not have been meant to be, because I was going to bring the entire hoop down with me Shaq Style. So I’m glad it didn’t happen the way I wanted it to. Because we would have had no hoop to play on anymore and we all know the school wouldn’t have gotten a new one for at least three years.

There are actually 2 life lessons you can learn from my blog this week. The first, Always keep your head up. Otherwise you don’t know where you are jumping from. I promise you I would have had the best dunk you have ever witnessed. The dunk pictured above was bone-rattling. Mine would have been bone-breaking. Hahahahahahaha. The 2^nd life lesson is; if you can’t jump with the big boys then go ahead, stand there and watch. After all Kendrick Perkins would have had the best seats in the house to see that dunk. But now he’s on posters all around the world.