Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Soldier Rap

One of the most hopeful developments in recent hip-hop is Soldier Rap, the stuff bubbling forth from the barracks in Iraq.

Soldiers have always had their own music, but never before have they been so able to share their songs with the rest of the world. Today they're on myspace and youtube.

Two Soldier Rap acts get some treatment in my book: 4th25 ("Fourth Quarter") and Corner Pocket. The latter have posted their video "Stay in Step" on YouTube. Here it is:


This is the stuff real men are made of! Not cool machismo, but the blues. They're not showing their manhood by their bullet wounds; they're lamenting the loss of war.

Meanwhile 4th25's Live from Iraq [WARNING: There are images of war in this one.]:

posted by locutus est @ Tuesday, June 27, 2006

1 Comments:

At 9:57 PM, August 17, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is Antonio, the video editor of Stay in Step. I am thrilled to see this video on your blog. That is cool! The video was fun to produce and I hope a lot of people like it. Thank you again.

 

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