Just Checking in with HIP HOP

Hey Fellow HIP HOP Heads,

Well its been a while since Team Hip Hop has made a post, but as you know our summer class has ended and we all began other courses. Dorian P., NaTasha G., and I (Megan C.) all ended up in the same PR Research & Strategies course.

NaTasha G. & I were placed on a team together which we named Team Water Works-- Follow us on Twitter @teamwaterworks and check our blog www.teamwaterworks5.blogspot.com, with tips on how to save water and reusable water containers.

OK so back to HIP HOP, the entire world was moved to tears when the King of Pop Michael Jackson died, and tributes began popping up all over the web, and news fronts. Hip Hop made sure that they were not left out. On the online music social network Imeem, there was a list of songs that either had MJ back beats, or MJ lyrics in them on the home page. I listened to the tracks and realized just how much of a cross over artist MJ really was.

Its crazy, here is a list of songs in which Imeem named "Hip Hop--I Sampled MJ"
1. H to the Izzo- Jay-Z
2. Don't Stop the Music- Rhianna
3. You Ain't a Killer- Big Punisher
4. Good Life- Kayne West
5. Hey Lover- LL Cool J
6. Thug Nature- Tupac
7. Move- Q-Tip
8. Got Your Money- O.D.B.
9. Right Here- SWV

Now remember to sample doesn't mean that they took the music and and put different words on it; it could mean that they used a portion of the beat and re-tuned it for their song, a phrase. But we all can see how this one man made and impact on the entire world.

R.I.P: Michael Jackson, may your career and your music be the legend that lives on.