Hey Fashionable Folks! In light of Fashion Week in DC and Paris coming to a fabulous end, I thought I would get you alls opinion on one of the latest men's fashion trends...the male dress or as I like to call it "the mess"!
Over the years, men have (in my opinion) been pushing the limits of transgender fashion since the 90's with the introduction of ear piercings, nose rings, tight jeans, jeggings, hair extensions and now dresses; all worn by males of the straight community, so it appears. I mean, what's next? Maybe Kanye will collaborate with Giuseppe Zanotti again to make a "Cruel Winter" men's high heel collection. All I can say is, FELLAS YOU BETTA LEARN TO WEERK! *3 snaps boo*
Ladies, are you okay with your man wearing a hotter dress than you?
Fellas, are you ready to start asking your boys questions like, "does this dress make my butt look big"?
First and Foremost the first week of Culture Shock's Blog was a success. We want to show appreciation to everyone that has added us on IG @Culture_shockedu and that has checked out our posts throughout the week. Every Monday we release one or two videos to let you decide whether you DIG IT or you would TRASH IT....
Today's New Music is from an artist by the name of J'sar. J'sar (with permission from !llmind) lifts a track from !llmind beats for Kanye West EP to respond to all the voices in his ear. J'sar cryptically calls out everyone from the machine to the mirror. !llmind, is a Grammy Award winning producer, produced "The Morning" off of Kayne West's presents G.O.O.D. Music Cruel Summer LP. !.B.F.K.W. consists of a collection of tracks produced during that time with Kanye in mind with co-production from Symbolyc One (Produced Kanye West’s “Power”, “Murder 2 Excellence” on Watch The Throne & part of Kanye’s “Very G.O.O.D. Beats” entity), Dr. Know Jr., M31RK, Hippie Sabotage, Kailiin Yong &The Frontrunnerz. Check out J'sar and let us know whether you DIG IT or TRASH IT (please leave a comment).....
What up Goons! Walked into Walmart yesterday & realized it's about that time for everyone to start preparing for Halloween. Whether you have kids or you are a big kid at heart, Halloween is the best holiday to go all out, dress up, carve pumpkins, decorate the house, watch scary movies, all while pigging out on your favorite candy (hints why I like to call it the Dentists Holiday)! Anywho, in honor of this fun filled holiday coming up, I decided to throw a few throwbacks your way, that may help you get in the spirit & bring out the child in all of us. Remember these?Below let us know your favorite childhood memories regarding these Halloween favorites! #ThrowBackThursday
For Instance, did yall use to go in the bathroom & say Candyman 3xs and look in the mirror then run out the bathroom screaming or nah? #KaySayWhaaat
She
Said: Can yall remember back to when rap was about being the
freshest MC, having the dopest rhymes or even the flyest ladies (no, not
b*tches, but ladies)? Back when Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock rapped lyrics like:
I wanna rock right now
I'm Rob Base and I came to get down
I'm not internationally known
But I'm known to rock the microphone
Because I get stupid, I mean outrageous
Stay away from me if you're contagious
'Cause I'm the winner, no, I'm not the loser
To be an M.C. is what I choose-a
Ladies love me, girls adore me
I mean even the ones who never saw me
Like the way that I rhyme at a show
The reason why, man, I don't know
Back when you didn't just rap anything to get rich, you rapped because
you were hungry to be heard.
Unfortunately, old school Hip Hop is rolling over in its grave with
artists like Lil Wayne, Chief Keef, Juicy J and the likes, taking over with
their provocative, disrespectful, male chauvinist lyrics. We live in an era where sex sales &
everyone is buying in. A generation of young men who feel they can tweet things
like this and think nothing of it:
A generation
of young men who couldn't tell you the first thing about real love, but can
tell everything you need to know about sex, drugs & money. Have we lost our way? Have we forgotten the
struggle those who paved the way before us endured so that we could speak
freely or have we played into the pygmalion effect and truly became as ignorant
as they once thought us to be? #KaySayWhaaat
What do you
think about the direction of Hip Hop music and its influence on young men &
women?
He Said: In talking about the ethics of Hip Hop and how
it has given the image of our culture some of the most degraded thoughts, I
would like to touch on the fact that I am not anti-music nor self expression.
I love different genre's including Hip Hop. However, I am more
accustomed to the conscious rapper that shines light on what goes on in the
hoods of America but also, does not make it seem like its the only and right
way of life. There are elements and topics in music that should be met,
but as we observe some of the lyrics of rappers like Chief Keef who rap lyrics
like:
You aint
gonna let me fuck and I feel you,
But you gone
suck my dick or I’ll kill you!
I may not be the most religious but I
do know CHRIST and I do know that as a father and a man that has came from
nothing to something I will not allow my son to listen and idolize the images
these rappers depict because I will work as hard as I can to let him see the
positive icons that encompass what it means to be a gentleMAN is and not a
hoodNIGGA..... #ButYouDontHearMeTho
What can we
do as parents to protect the next generation from the downward spiral music has
taken over the years?
Please Check
Out! Gospel Go-Go Rap Artist Uncle Reese "Until I Pass Out"
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Today's New Music
OMARION ft. Pusha T & Fabolous " Know You Better" Omarion's new label Maybach Music which is controlled by famous artist and CEO Rick Ross has given Omarion the break through to a comeback. Coming a long way from his B2K days Omarion has reached some new heights and has caught the attention of his old fan base and new fan base. His new song presents the talent of Good Music's Pusha T and the Street King of New York F-a-b-o-l-o-u-s. WOULD YOU TURN UP TO THIS??? Let us know comment #DigIt or #TrashIt in the comment box below...
Kid Ink "F**K Sleep" Kid Ink has came from an underground artist to one of the above ground hypes within the last couple years. Kid Ink's Almost Home EP made a great debut and is still in the sound systems of many. Check out his video off the EP called "F**K Sleep" a video for all the GRINDERS out there.... DO YOU.... #DigIt or #TrashIt ???
Kay Say Whaaaat: Honestly, I've been over it since the fad started! Our
generation ceases to amaze me with the things we choose to invest our time and
energy in (twerking being only the tip of the iceberg). Ask a young adult about new book releases or global
current events and they don’t know, but I bet they can lead you to the latest
twerk video. Really? Yes, really! A group of academic internet analysts found
that in the month of August more people tweeted about twerking than they did
about the crisis in Syria or any other current event for that matter.
Yeah I get it, maybe Syrian issues aren’t
your thing and that’s cool but teaching your 2 year old to twerk is? Eh, I
guess to each his own. Who knows, maybe Juicy J will sponsor her education one day. *rachet shrug*
Nevertheless, I think what bothers me the most about the
twerking movement is not that it’s become a widespread fad (as we have seen
many come and go), but more so how it all came to light. Twerking has recently
been coined a Miley Cyrus thing, so where you hear the word “twerk” her name is
sure to follow, but did she create twerking? Hell, is she even twerking?
Contrary to our younger generation’s belief, whatever it is Miley calls herself
doing and the actual dance coined “twerking” are the farthest things from one
another. Her VMA’s performance was in my opinion little more than a sick erotic off beat joke, but little twerking really went on.
So what is twerking and where does it come from? Though there are debates on where the dance
originated (Africa, New Orleans, Miami, the list of possibilities goes on) it
was in the 1980's when the dance came about in African American communities and rapidly
became popular in party settings and in hip hop music videos. Thus meaning, your mom had more of a
likelihood of creating the dance and was probably better in her day than you
may think you are now. However, that’s a topic I’ll leave your family to discuss
at the next reunion. So anywho, for
a little more than 30 years women of color have been so called ‘twerk dancing’ but
it seems when Disney Channel child star, Hannah Montana (aka Miley Rae Cyrus) decides
to rebel against her innocent childhood image by shaking her sweet niblets (Hannah
Montana phrase) or what I call having a seizure on stage, all of sudden the
dance style gets attention and justification from media outlets, researchers
and even the Oxford Dictionary.
Should twerking have been put in the Oxford Dictionary or Urban Dictionary? Could race play a role in the recent popularity of twerking? Is Miley even twerking? Twerking for scholarships? Let us know what you think below. If you are for the twerk movement add hashtag #PopIt to the end of your post & if you are against the so called twerk movement hashtag #StopIt.
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