SOULS OF MISCHIEF INTERVIEW: THANK YOU HIPHOP
This been floating for a minute figured I might as well post it up here for those that don’t troll the hippitty hoppitty sites too tough( I do daily by the way). These cats been my peoples for a long ass time. Seen them go from boys to men and it’s a beautiful thing were still peoples after all these years. God Bless I say
Funny as I get older I realize that more and more mc’s/rappers/artist have become people of import in my life. I never did college to tough, HipHop was my furthered education and when I get a moment to reflect on this I cherish the education and upbringing the culture has blessed me with. Wouldn’t do it any other way if I could and that’s the gods honest.
The Hiero crew, The Soul Assassins, Brand Nubian and the Native Tongue peoples have all made a serious impact in my life way beyond music. It feels good to know even in a very small way that I’m part of the history of this thing and to be able to reflect upon this and celebrate it in my own lifetime while I can still appreciate and enjoy the culture and still enjoy my brethren and my own personal contributions to the bigger picture is priceless. It is the best gift I could ever be given.
I am not much on sentiment ask anyone who knows me well they will echo this thought. It might be the holidays or the fact my friend James Lebon passed away yesterday morning in London or the simple fact that in the last few weeks I’ve been given more love by my fellow pupils/masters/teachers/friends/brethren/culturalist than I have ever been cognizant of before in my 41 years on the planet that makes me feel so touched by the spirit of HipHop of late. Lots of good energy out there these days and somehow all these years later I feel more relevant and acknowledged than I had been in years. That puts a smile on my face all day long. The Knitting Factory show last Friday confirmed this in droves. Glad I was part of that evening its one for the record books.
Thanks HipHop your my soulmate always were I just forget every once in a while.
Dante Ross
Christmas eve 2008
NYC