ctalley's Hip Hop Honors Pt. 1

So VH1's Hip Hop Honors aired last night and I didn't realize that this was the 5th year anniversary for the show. Man, I remember when VH1 only showed Celine Dion videos...then one day, they started airing Flavor of Love and it all went down hill from there. But I must give VH1 props for evolving with the times and pop culture. Hip Hop is Pop Culture, no matter how much we don't want to admit it. I am sure some of us miss the days when Hip Hop was underground and too gritty & grimey for the mainstream.

But it's great that VH1 supports & celebrates great artists in Hip Hop. My friend and I was just talking about the line up of honorees for 2008 and we weren't very impressed. Well besides the obvious, Slick Rick, De La... Though there are some Honorees from the past and even 2008 that I may not agree with; this video blog is Part 1 of those honorees that I think definitely deserved the honor.



So you know I rep the BX hard (even though there isn't really much here, but a place to rest) , BUT this is where Hip Hop began, regardless of the naysayers from Queens always hating("Manhattan keeps on making it, Brooklyn keeps on taking it, Bronx keeps on creating it and Queens keeps on faking it!") ...lol

Love's Gonna Get Cha - Boogie Down Productions (BDP)/KRS One - 2004 Honoree

Boogie Down Productions - Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love) Music Videos SPIKE.com

"What you say to me is still paper thin, in one ear and right out the other..." -
MC Lyte - Paper Thin - 2006 Honoree




R-A-W! Saw him perform last year at the Throwback Comes to Harlem show at the Apollo, dude still got it. Ain't No Half Steppin' - Big Daddy Kane - 2005 Honoree



This is so appropriate for the time right now, we have to Fight the Power on Nov. 4th and get this fool out of office!

Fight the Power - Public Enemy - 2004 Honorees




Now I chose this Whodini video because dude is wearing the tightest white shorts. Now I know tight was in back then but damn! And check out lil Jermaine Dupri with the mean Jheri curl...a good look...lol and I think he is the same height too...

Freaks Come Out at Night - Whodini - 2007 Honorees




Ending this one with the one and only Slick Rick the Ruler - Teeange Love - 2008 Honoree

Slick Rick - A Teenage Love
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Make sure you catch the debate tonight, one month until election day!

One Love,
ctalley