Im tired but: HipHop and The Human Brain

       Yo Johnny Voltik here and Im tired as a muhhff. So Bloggidity Bloggatron Von bon booty gon. Okay Okay wake up Voltik. I purchased a diary last week and I been right'n my ass off. Wow who would have thought that the diary could be so effective. I mean you hear that kids should write in them. My man Jim Rohn said to buy a diary and right in it.  I used to write songs in them now I write goals and friggin recaps and shhh.
      
        See I started off as an Emcee. So I had the diary type of book. You know the joint that was black and white or red and white or any other color and white. I used to write in these mickey fickeys all day. Im talk'n BOOOOKks. I would even right in circles on the pages, up and down. from the back to the front. Then i even started writing in reverse to train my self as a rapper. I even wrote over my own rhymes and would often right without beats. I would ride the train and listen to songs with emcees on it and rap over them like they weren't there. I would focus on having my own style  and would not be influenced by the lyrics on the song that I was writing over top of. Then I would freestyle all day. I would go up and down the alphabet forward and reverse. During the week I would rap at work (I got fired for drinkin wine on the job once, houlihans, haha) Then go to my second job as a bouncer and would freestyle. Then I would write on the train and then rehearse at home shhh I wrote. On the weekends it was rediculous. My roommates used to get annoyed. Then when I smoked herb I got really raw(All my emcees out there know what that about) 

        Now weed is the shhh and when I blazed I turned into off superman. But I wanted to be the illest so I stopped smoking because I wanted it to be pure. Then i finally reached the master level of being an emcee.The work ethic of John Coltrane brought me to the next level. I Stopped thinking and the words, thoughts feelings emotions, jokes and what have you just came. I reached the high that we seek when we smoke, drink, eat, and fuhh. I was able to shut down the conscious mind and let the subconscious mind express. The language was understood because the mind itself had been trained to the point that the commands for the words were automatic. As I write this I am beginning to realize that this is what Bruce Lee had accomplished and Ekhart Tolle speaks of. When you get i tha zone It is the shhh because confidence becomes your stride. You can hear this in artists like Lil Wayne, Jay -Z, Dre 3000 and Elzhi.  

        When I finally got serious about music I stopped rapping. I totally deconstructed my self mentally. I stepped back into hiphop as if I knew nothing. At the time a friend of mine named Amadeu got me into playing percussion. My other homies Jtronius and Jr.Mega got me into singing. Then my band mates completed my studies. So for like a year I stopped rhyming seriously ( I would just blah blah blahthen get on the drums and play till my hands would swell). Finally I started to ryhme again. This sort of transformed my whole style. I began rapping like an instrument. Now im not talking Nelly sing rap, (all due respect) but like a part of a trio or band. I was like water; I could crash and I could be still. I was shapeless except for that of which held me. This has been with me ever since. Finally I stopped writing. I haven't written a song in like a year ( well maybe like a verse or 3) Its funny because I dont rap as much as I used to. I wasn't very inspired( been singing alot). Since I have moved to Brooklyn ny though, Im back at it again. The change of scenery has sparked it up again. Plus to be here and to actually see and meet the guys I grew up listening to has changed my perspective. I feel like we are brothers rather then them being big time dudes I look up to. Im am on the same field of these cats. There is no doubt in my mind that I will shine because so much has shined on me. I just would like to share my consciousness the world. Im not talk'n bout incense and protests and head wraps and shhh... I would just like to experience life fully and give people something to experience.

Wow a Eff'n tangent huh? Holla back at the kid

 

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  • 10/26/2008 11:36 PM Johnny Voltik wrote:
    oh yeah the diary I now Actually use as a dairy not as a song book
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  • 10/27/2008 12:53 PM Svana wrote:
    UH OHHHHHHH!!!! the world better get ready! people, people, you better get ready- we need you, you need us, the world needs us, the world needs ART, YOU need ART.

    Isobel Music Society baby

    -Svana '08
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  • 10/28/2008 4:19 AM Sparkle wrote:
    WOW. I don't even think I've heard you deliver as many words verbally as you've done so eloquently in this blog. And this blog certainly explains a LOT...lol! I dig your mindset, and your talents obviously can't be denied. I'm very proud of you...keep rising, and best wishes to you always. Take care.
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  • 10/28/2008 7:33 AM Mickey wrote:
    You will triumph; you have guaranteed your self prosperity by envisioning it. Your outlook is incredible and the passion you have for altering our minds with your antithetic sounds is outlasting. With that said, Isobel and You, will not fail only conquer.
    ~Peace, Mickey
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  • 10/28/2008 1:12 PM SVANA wrote:
    PEOPLE GET READY! JOIN US IN THE MOVEMENT!
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