But the early Jackson 5 stuff is good, too! They had some funky, funky beats in there that kids just don’t know about. This man is a genius! He was one of my heroes. Kurtis Blow: You gotta pick up a couple of one of his old albums, like “E-Man Boogie” or “A Groove Will Make You Move,” that album.
Marc Allan: Really! Oh my goodness! Okay.
Also, the Isley Brothers, the early Jackson 5, Jimmy Castor, and the Jimmy Castor Bunch. Kurtis Blow: If you wanna go back, I think the late ’60s, and listen to the early James Brown stuff, not the early James Brown stuff, he started in the ’50s, we know that, but the middle years of James Brown, when he really put together that hip-hop beat, which is so synonymous with the format of making a rap record till today. One is, I’m doing this piece about, the assignment was, how do you give depth to your record collection, and so what I wanted to ask you is, if you’re listening to, let’s say today like the Wu-Tang Clan or Puff Daddy, or Notorious B.I.G., Master P, what should you go back and listen to? Marc Allan: I wanted to do two stories with you. ‘Cause when you’re on top, you think that you’re there forever and you think that you’re the best thing since sliced bread, and you also think that you could never fall. This is what gives them that hunger and that energy and that motivating factor, to make them stand up on their two feet again, and go out there and really work hard, and struggle, to really get things done, and get back up there on top. And a lot of times, people need to go and get back down to Earth, when they’re way up there. Marc Allan: Happy Anniversary, that’s cool! Today is my wedding anniversary, 14 years being married. I have a family of five, been married for 14 years. I had it all once, and right now, I have nothing! I mean, let’s just put it bluntly! I had it all, and then I lost it all! I mean, I didn’t lose it, but I just, I quit, I let it go! It was my time to just say, “Goodbye,” and I left the industry, I stayed away, purposely, and I raised my family. Kurtis Blow: Yeah, let’s put it this way, the music industry is a very up-and-down industry. Marc Allan: Without getting… Well, I don’t wanna barge into your personal life, but. Marc Allan: I mean, without getting too personal. Kurtis Blow: Well, let’s put it this way. Marc Allan: Did you have everything taken from you? And he has a way of just showing people, giving them signs to let people know that he is real, and that he is the Creator, and he is the Almighty, the omnipotent, you know? Kurtis Blow: Well, see, God has a way of taking everything from you to bring you back down to Earth. But still, God was the creative influence and the motivating factor behind what I’ve done, for sure! I used to always think it was all me, you know? I had such a big ego until God humbled me, and made me realize that he was the one behind everything I did! He uses people as his tools in the creation of many different things that control the world! The way we think and how we live, and a lot of times, Satan gets in there and messes everything up. Kurtis Blow: Oh yeah, God has his hand in everything. Marc Allan: Do you really think God cares about pop music? “The driving force behind the creation of hip-hop was God.” You really think God cares about what pop music does? Marc Allan: Yeah, well, good! Yeah, you have a quote in this press kit about how… Let me see exactly what it is. Kurtis Blow: Not bad, I’m blessed, you know, what can I say?
They always are on the front lines of creating new fashion and new slang, and it’s just hip.” They have the expression, the slang, the gear. Also the singers pitch is ear piercing at high volumes.“The haves always wanna be like the have-nots. The fact that it opens up with lyrics, rather than music makes it especially annoying. If we like the song or not, the fact that we cant disable it from coming on during the launch process of the game is the issue. So my question is - can we disable "WE PLAYIN' BASKETBAAAAAAAAWWL" from playing every time I power on my PS3.īTW: Kudos for the addition of rap artist Skyzoo in the soundtrack. It actually has 12 million hits on Youtube. No one should be subjected to hearing "WE PLAYIN' BASKETBAAAAAAAAWWL" 50+ times per month.īow Wow's song was a smash hit a few years ago for children in elementary school. The "Beatz" revolution has been ruining sports games for over a decade. I'll even go as far as stating that music in video games should be largely instrumental with little to no lyrics. As hip-hop fan since 1985, and find that the addition of this song was done in poor taste.