Hip hop is over 40 years old & she's asking such a dumb patronising question. She also implies that hip hop is for the young & immature. Am I too old? What a cheek! Part of the problem is how the likes of mtv, Westwood & record companies in general present rachet hip pop.
Now I'm not going to lie about what my background is or who I am, I was born and raised into a English, white, middle class family that yes wasn't elites but at the same time we and I'm not from the struggle and I'll never pretend that I am because A:it's just pure disrespectful in my eyes towards people from this background and B:If I do, I'm just acting like quite a lot of other teens my age, trying to be something that we're not only later in our lives to go on and maintain this system (unfortunately for a small part in my adolescence I did pretend/imagine that I was living in the struggle), this society that creates and maintains the struggle via systemic racism, lying about the past, promoting young rappers and artists who continue to push the same songs just with different beats, flows, lyrics etc. Which glorify men of African origin killing each other, bragging about the possessions they have, bragging about how much drugs they do and people from my ethnic and social economical background eat this up. However I'm not saying this is the universal case for all white teenagers and all white people in general but from my experience I've seen a fair number of white people around me wearing their trousers down around their arses, Bragging about doing drugs, trying to act like their hard or they've been through the struggle, trying to be something they're not. But artists like Akala and Lowkey have opened my eyes not just through their albums but also through the interviews they've taken part in and the projects they've lead. Akala's analysis on systemic racism within English society as well as Western society has opened my eyes to just how society is set up to give me privilege, comfort, economic stability based upon my skin colour and how society constantly perpetuates this pseudo-intellectual idea that "white is right" via the mass media. On top of that I also feel that the the hip hop Shakespeare company has the power to claw influence and power away from the elites who run this society by breaking down the pedestal that Shakespeare has been placed on in terms of being dubbed as this elite intellectual who's out of reach of the working class. As for Akala's message with learn for yourself instead of letting schools or as George Carlin would've put it "Centres of indoctrination" I want to preach it to all of the others in my school year when I go back to school because they teach us such bull shit and fill our heads with lies and misconceptions so that we fall in line and serve the elites. Lowkey has shown me that militant music that spreads the truth can never be silenced and ignored because them messages he spread on his 2011 album Soundtrack to the Struggle in songs like Obama nation, Terrorist?, Long live Palestine and even the skits before the songs hold relevance even today. And the work he's done for the Palestinian struggle is so far quite unrivalled, as a pro-Palestinian Jew, this Iraqi-English rapper as well as other Jews like Norman Finkelstein have given me the drive to get active and speak openly for Palestine. I don't want to be a keyboard warrior or a social media warrior, I actually want to get out there and challenge Israeli apartheid. Reflecting on this, I've come to the conclusion that Akala and Lowkey, two men I'll never met, two men I can never relate to, two men who'll I'll never be able to match in intellectual levels have helped me open my eyes to reality as well as giving me lessons that I don't think my parents, friends, other family members etc. Could never give me, Akala's lesson: learn for myself and don't let society fill my heads with lies and bullshit. Lowkey's lesson: get out there and fight against oppression, speak out against it whenever it comes up no matter who tries to silence me, never shut up. Their music is unlike anything I've ever heard and it needs to be heard
the thing i hate about this video is they don't say thankyou to him. He's doing some really interesting and important shit, just feel like he needs more appreciation
So much stupidity on behalf of the newsnight cast what a joke the white guy to the left of akala was trying to turn it into a comedy act and not once acknowledged the power behind what he was saying
the people in power in the music industry want to keep the status quo and push a certain type of hip hop image, hence they will never let a "rebel" undermine their agenda. Akala seems to be a great intellectual guy
'unheard of' lol not really just being intelligent and black does warrant a spot on the BBC, akala is basically doing revolutionary things by making the 'lower class' and the working class children into self made people who think on their own accord and dont fall into the basic mindset that because of their upbringing and background they can't achieve, and thats why he's there.
In all fairness I don't see why she'd have any intention of being patronising. I think quite a lot of older people actually look up to young people because they see them as more 'in' with modern trends and to me it just came across that she thought maybe she wasn't cool enough to associate herself with hip hop-something perceived as reserved for young hipsters. I think Akala was just thinking of a well-worded and probably somewhat lengthy explanation and just didn't have a chance to say it.
"What a piece of work is man" could be read ironically but that is not necessarily it's definitive 'meaning'. Hamlet says he cannot appreciate man because of his situation, but the speech can reasonably be read as celebrating the human condition. This is an ironic juxtaposition but it's not the same as sarcasm.
Shakespeare's great, they just don't explain his shit properly in jokes. Shakespeare relied extensively on fart jokes and sex jokes, his contemporaries hated him and thought he was immature. Now centuries later kids are taught that these fart jokes are important because it sounds like the Bible.
I hope so too and I can see what you mean when I thought about it like that I thought mm maybe. But Isn't she also a comedian? Hopefully she was trying to poke fun at herself.
The difference between being intelligent and being a smart aleck Green786Ranger is knowing that there's no such word as whole-fully. seriously, its as pointless as saying to iterate a point further or irregardless of the facts. And also, "stop trying to be a smart [backside reference]". Really? Its just so pathetic. Come on up your game man.
I understand where you're coming from but lots of people do good things. Akala is contributing like many others. There's no need to say thank you. And he hasn't achieved anything big yet
so so proud...Akala. this is what it looks like living in purpose.. Keep pushing forward.. this is true 'enlightenment '
"Who inflicted this bitter sickness, then left us to witness" - RZA from Wu-Tang, A better tomorrow
2:32 lol
I like how Akala didn't bother acknowledging that ignorance with a response.
Hip hop is over 40 years old & she's asking such a dumb patronising question. She also implies that hip hop is for the young & immature. Am I too old? What a cheek! Part of the problem is how the likes of mtv, Westwood & record companies in general present rachet hip pop.
Now I'm not going to lie about what my background is or who I am, I was born and raised into a English, white, middle class family that yes wasn't elites but at the same time we and I'm not from the struggle and I'll never pretend that I am because A:it's just pure disrespectful in my eyes towards people from this background and B:If I do, I'm just acting like quite a lot of other teens my age, trying to be something that we're not only later in our lives to go on and maintain this system (unfortunately for a small part in my adolescence I did pretend/imagine that I was living in the struggle), this society that creates and maintains the struggle via systemic racism, lying about the past, promoting young rappers and artists who continue to push the same songs just with different beats, flows, lyrics etc. Which glorify men of African origin killing each other, bragging about the possessions they have, bragging about how much drugs they do and people from my ethnic and social economical background eat this up. However I'm not saying this is the universal case for all white teenagers and all white people in general but from my experience I've seen a fair number of white people around me wearing their trousers down around their arses, Bragging about doing drugs, trying to act like their hard or they've been through the struggle, trying to be something they're not.
But artists like Akala and Lowkey have opened my eyes not just through their albums but also through the interviews they've taken part in and the projects they've lead. Akala's analysis on systemic racism within English society as well as Western society has opened my eyes to just how society is set up to give me privilege, comfort, economic stability based upon my skin colour and how society constantly perpetuates this pseudo-intellectual idea that "white is right" via the mass media. On top of that I also feel that the the hip hop Shakespeare company has the power to claw influence and power away from the elites who run this society by breaking down the pedestal that Shakespeare has been placed on in terms of being dubbed as this elite intellectual who's out of reach of the working class. As for Akala's message with learn for yourself instead of letting schools or as George Carlin would've put it "Centres of indoctrination" I want to preach it to all of the others in my school year when I go back to school because they teach us such bull shit and fill our heads with lies and misconceptions so that we fall in line and serve the elites.
Lowkey has shown me that militant music that spreads the truth can never be silenced and ignored because them messages he spread on his 2011 album Soundtrack to the Struggle in songs like Obama nation, Terrorist?, Long live Palestine and even the skits before the songs hold relevance even today. And the work he's done for the Palestinian struggle is so far quite unrivalled, as a pro-Palestinian Jew, this Iraqi-English rapper as well as other Jews like Norman Finkelstein have given me the drive to get active and speak openly for Palestine. I don't want to be a keyboard warrior or a social media warrior, I actually want to get out there and challenge Israeli apartheid.
Reflecting on this, I've come to the conclusion that Akala and Lowkey, two men I'll never met, two men I can never relate to, two men who'll I'll never be able to match in intellectual levels have helped me open my eyes to reality as well as giving me lessons that I don't think my parents, friends, other family members etc. Could never give me, Akala's lesson: learn for myself and don't let society fill my heads with lies and bullshit. Lowkey's lesson: get out there and fight against oppression, speak out against it whenever it comes up no matter who tries to silence me, never shut up. Their music is unlike anything I've ever heard and it needs to be heard
thanks for putting this up. akala is an interesting dude
Akala is a great rolemodel for alot of the youth
the thing i hate about this video is they don't say thankyou to him. He's doing some really interesting and important shit, just feel like he needs more appreciation
"A-K-A-L-A"
So much stupidity on behalf of the newsnight cast what a joke the white guy to the left of akala was trying to turn it into a comedy act and not once acknowledged the power behind what he was saying
the people in power in the music industry want to keep the status quo and push a certain type of hip hop image, hence they will never let a "rebel" undermine their agenda. Akala seems to be a great intellectual guy
man.. great concept... All literature can link with music... in fact music is literature... i find it incredible how he teaches this concept
'unheard of' lol not really just being intelligent and black does warrant a spot on the BBC, akala is basically doing revolutionary things by making the 'lower class' and the working class children into self made people who think on their own accord and dont fall into the basic mindset that because of their upbringing and background they can't achieve, and thats why he's there.
once one understands their nature....nothing they do or say becomes..... insignificant!
stop seeing them as black and see them for what they are, brilliant humans.
His dancing is cool!
yeah one shakespear line really surprised me
'swaggerin' up in his swag with his swagger'
-William shakespear
CHA. That guy sitting beside Akala vexed me. 'If i didnt think so id be in real trouble what with the guy sitting next to me' what a fool.
what songs the its not that love is blind it just doesn't care what the eyes see from?
Surely the idea is to emancipate a particular class to begin with, but all humanity at once.
lol 2:33 akala doesn't know if he should answer that stupid question
In all fairness I don't see why she'd have any intention of being patronising. I think quite a lot of older people actually look up to young people because they see them as more 'in' with modern trends and to me it just came across that she thought maybe she wasn't cool enough to associate herself with hip hop-something perceived as reserved for young hipsters. I think Akala was just thinking of a well-worded and probably somewhat lengthy explanation and just didn't have a chance to say it.
"What a piece of work is man" could be read ironically but that is not necessarily it's definitive 'meaning'. Hamlet says he cannot appreciate man because of his situation, but the speech can reasonably be read as celebrating the human condition. This is an ironic juxtaposition but it's not the same as sarcasm.
speaking of shakespeare and hiphop. i have to say Slug (from atmosphere) is the closest thing
bless you Akala
Magneto knows akala. awesome lol.
but now hiphop is all poluted with crap you can put akala in that genre. hes in a league of his own
I know, they didn't clap hip or anything after his performance either.
@SOS763 Depressing?
AKALA FEEL FOR YOU SHE KEEPS CUTTING YOU OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
i thought it was 3 right 1 wrong?
AKKKK - AHHHH - LAAHH
Shakespeare's great, they just don't explain his shit properly in jokes. Shakespeare relied extensively on fart jokes and sex jokes, his contemporaries hated him and thought he was immature.
Now centuries later kids are taught that these fart jokes are important because it sounds like the Bible.
I hope so too and I can see what you mean when I thought about it like that I thought mm maybe. But Isn't she also a comedian? Hopefully she was trying to poke fun at herself.
@Green786Ranger It's not though.
Uno what i like akala ..but when he started rapping i was thinking to myself this aint gunna work.. i was proven wrong.
Three right, one wrong. LOL
Ah right ..Nice one
big up akala
and Poppa Bangs
omg gandelf! lol akala is so young there.
its not rumour, that kid akala, its not AK-A-LA, beg yer pardon
True.
0 dislikes for a reason
wouldn't have said it better than lilmale
@ lilmale
Ms dynamite knows.
Hello!
Lol hes making fun of her i think
kmt - wheres the views & why is th women doing an ali g ting
shah abbas 00:01
The difference between being intelligent and being a smart aleck Green786Ranger is knowing that there's no such word as whole-fully. seriously, its as pointless as saying to iterate a point further or irregardless of the facts. And also, "stop trying to be a smart [backside reference]". Really? Its just so pathetic. Come on up your game man.
I understand where you're coming from but lots of people do good things. Akala is contributing like many others. There's no need to say thank you. And he hasn't achieved anything big yet
lmao
Really? What a strange thing be scared of.
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That woman is so annoying:@ :L
this is hedious!
why has no one disliked this? Im scared :-(
Gio1san Akala did the math before the interview