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So these last few months has given me a chance to look around Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to see some really wonderful places. I’ve done more exploring in the last few years of my living here, than I’ve done in entire time I spend living at my old house. And while I’m not the only one re-exploring the Queen city, it’s provided the opportunity for me to re-situate myself within the city.
So the family has changed, and people are starting to move away: no exception here. The lease on our condo runs out soon, and my dad and I are starting the process of finding a new place, figuring out if it’s worth it to stay, or even renting out any spare space. But what we’ve both found to be our best, and most exciting move, is to move within the city to be closer to work, closer to newly moved family, and closer to the heart of the city.
It’s kind of funny, I started this post to talk about how I’ve grown away from the use of a television set: but it’s turned into a brief explanation of my current living situation. But nonetheless, it’s given me a chance to really evaluate my life and what’s important: while not having to worry about school or student loans. Right now in my life, I have no debt to anything or anyone. I can move without fear of employment, and I can leave without fear of neglecting my loved ones at home.
Right now, I’m pretty much free.
Pretty much broke too, but I figure that’s a given across the board. And frankly, I don’t see that changing anytime soon. I suppose for someone pursing money, this lifestyle wouldn’t be ideal, but I’m ready to soak up the experience, live somewhere dangerous, and trade warmth and comfort for excitement and challenge.
But this post is getting rapidly off-subject, and is very ill-organized in the grand scheme. I’ll talk more about this later.
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We Bang & We Boogie
On my other blog, we do this segment called Artist Watch, which was created by us to share artists we though didn’t get enough recognition, dig an oldie out of the dusty stack of forgotten albums, or just heap a shit-ton of praise on artists that deserve it. So because it’s not metal, and in keeping with all the stuff I’ve been posting about Cincinnati recently, I figured I’d do a small artist watch for a rap group who I just can’t get enough of, Tanya Morgan.
I first fell in love with them after finding out that 2/3rds of the group hail from my own Cincinnati: collaborating with another musician in Brooklyn, New York through instant messengers. The group would later fuse the two cities to form their latest album Brookynati: a true masterpiece in terms of both the quality of rapping, and the production value. Not to mention fusing the two cities in a media-campaign to promote the fictional town in which the album revolves, and breathing life into the residents of the town to draw the listener in with more hooks than a fishing boat.
So like a lot of hip-hop acts, their big break came from a successful release of a good mixtape to the online community, followed by a successful EP. Having gone back and listened to all of their prior material like the aforementioned recording: I can’t believe these guys aren’t headlining their own tour right now. But I suppose they’ll settle for winning the “Show Us What You Got” Hip-Hop Artist Competition in 2007, another amazing EP entitled The Bridge, and regular performances at the CMJ Festival. From what I’ve heard already, these guys still have their best years ahead of them, and many, many more monumental recordings ahead.
So if you’re into underground hip-hop, or maybe just a casual listener: I highly suggest picking up this album and this artist, because it’ll scramble your brain, and re-wire the circuits that told you what good rap was.
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