Comments on: ‘DC Or Nothing’ Trends Worldwide http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/dc-or-nothing-trends-worldwide/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Timothy Hoagland http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/dc-or-nothing-trends-worldwide/#comment-1012 Timothy Hoagland Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:24:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=11954#comment-1012 Are you kidding? Besides the fact that the sound of his spoken word stirs your soul, and the chorus vocals generate the vision of storm clouds.. I live in DC, have for 5 years; every day I see the gentrification and homelessness, even in old-money neighborhoods.  The DC shootings of Halloween? = the influx of guns into the District ("Where there's minimal conscience and there's thousands of choppers").  Wale is the mouthpiece for the city that was built with the intention of being the pedestal from which the world views/ compares themselves.  Rivaling European history, Asian culture & tradition, and South American beauty; and yet we are rife with these problems.  Wale "is the messenger here." His observations are not only "contagious" but transparent; you can see right through him, to the city outline behind him.  He helps us to realize in that this city is the home of our country's greatest leader, not just its most current one but its most prophetic visionary; and yet, there are no leaders in our communities, little guidance to our youth ("Ain't nobody here leading, it's way  too easy to follow//They knee deep in today, ain't too fond of tomorrow").  spread the word. | http://wp.me/p1VgHJ-h | "product of my environment" Are you kidding? Besides the fact that the sound of his spoken word stirs your soul, and the chorus vocals generate the vision of storm clouds.. I live in DC, have for 5 years; every day I see the gentrification and homelessness, even in old-money neighborhoods.  The DC shootings of Halloween? = the influx of guns into the District (“Where there’s minimal conscience and there’s thousands of choppers”).  Wale is the mouthpiece for the city that was built with the intention of being the pedestal from which the world views/ compares themselves.  Rivaling European history, Asian culture & tradition, and South American beauty; and yet we are rife with these problems.  Wale “is the messenger here.” His observations are not only “contagious” but transparent; you can see right through him, to the city outline behind him.  He helps us to realize in that this city is the home of our country’s greatest leader, not just its most current one but its most prophetic visionary; and yet, there are no leaders in our communities, little guidance to our youth (“Ain’t nobody here leading, it’s way  too easy to follow//They knee deep in today, ain’t too fond of tomorrow”). 

spread the word. | http://wp.me/p1VgHJ-h | “product of my environment”

]]> By: Elijah http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/dc-or-nothing-trends-worldwide/#comment-1001 Elijah Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:51:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=11954#comment-1001 Does he accurately describe DC in this song? In a word, yes. Does he accurately describe DC in this song? In a word, yes.

]]> By: Elijah http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/dc-or-nothing-trends-worldwide/#comment-1002 Elijah Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:51:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=11954#comment-1002 Does he accurately describe DC in this song? In a word, yes. Does he accurately describe DC in this song? In a word, yes.

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