 As we get ready to embark on our journey into the New Millennium..I don't want to leave everything behind in the last century.. I am wholeheartedly committed to bring just a few things that made us great into the 21st century.. Hence to put forth my 25 News Year's Resolutions.. [tongue & cheek of course]
2-I'm bringing back African Medallions and Malcolm X caps. As an added bonus I'm gonna bring back the Jungle Brothers and have them re release their first two albums..'Straight Out The Jungle' and 'Done By The Forces of Nature' 3-I intend to bring back basketball great Clyde Frazier and Puma sneakers. I'll toss in the fat laces for extra measure.For some of the real old schoolers we'll bring back Chuck Taylors, Chinese Kung Fu slippers and of course Pro Keds 69ers. 4-I'm gonna get Chuck D to re-record the land mark album 'It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back'...It will have a year 2000 twist to it..Maybe we can get some guests appearances from X-Clan. 5-I'm gonna bring back break dancers who don't need wear bicycle helmets to spin on their heads. I'm also gonna bring back subway cars that won't allow you to easily get rid of graffiti. 6-I'm gonna bring back British Walkers for my East Coast brethren and British Knights for the kids out West. I'm adding in a free Members Only Jacket with each shoe purchase. 7-I'm bringing back Lee bell bottom jeans with the sewn in crease down the middle. You'll get extra credit if they're Onyx Lee jeans from Fordham Road in the Bronx. Everyone will get a free mock neck with each pair of jeans purchased..For those who don't like jeans I'll include a pair of matching overlaps or box square pants
 8-I'm bringing back Big Daddy Kane when he was 'Raw' and could 'Get The Job Done', before he tried to be the Hip Hop version of Barry White....and while we're at it I'm gonna bring back Cold Chillin' Records and the entire Juice Crew. 9-Everyone who is down for Hip Hop will get a free copy of Biz Markie's landmark 12" single 'Pickin' Boogers'.. I'm also gonna have the folks from the group Soul II Soul let everyone know that's where they got the drum loop for their hit song 'Keep On Moving'. 10-I'm bringing back Spoonie G and I'm gonna have him have re release his album 'The Godfather of Rap'.. Maybe I'll have him reintroduce the world to the Treacherous Three as he did with the b-boy classic 'The New Rap Language'.
 11-I'm gonna get Eric B and Rakim back together again. The R hasn't been the same since they broke up... I'm reuniting Pete Rock & CL Smooth as a cure for jigginess. I'm gonna reunite Ultramagnetic and I'm gonna bring back DJ Chuck Chillout.12-I'm gonna return Q-Tip to his Hip Hop roots and make him write 2000 times on a chalk board.. 'I am Q-Tip and It Is Wrong For Me To Get Jiggy With It!'. I'm gonna have Raekwon take a good listen to his classic album 'Cuban Links' and then go back into the studio and record another album. We'll just pretend he never released 'Immobilarity'. 13-I'm gonna bring Puffy back down to earth and take away his '1980s Greatest Hits Collection'. If he acts up and gets out of hand, I'll take away his sampler. And while I'm on the topic, I'm gonna pull out my James Brown collection and bring back records with James Brown samples. 14-I'm gonna bring back Gazelle glasses, Corterfield coats and Ceaser [haircut] for my east coast cats and jheri curls for my folks out west! If those two hair styles don't move ya, I'm gonna bring back high top fades and gumby cuts. 15-I'm bringing back KDAY. Hip Hop's first 24 hour rap station in Los Angeles. I'm gonna bring back LA Hip Hop pioneers Egyptian Lover, Uncle Jamms Army, The Mixmasters and Captain Rapp who will be made to re release his classic cut 'Bad Times [I Can't Stand It]'. 16-I'm gonna set up the ultimate 4 way battle between pioneering groups The Cold Crush Bothers, The Crash Crew, Grand Wizard Theodore and The Fantastic Romantic Five and Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five and see who was really the best from the old school. 17-I'm gonna make Afrika Bambaataa reveal the names of all his original break beats so we all can nick named 'Master of Records'. In the meantime everyone will get two free copies of Captain Sky's 'Supersperm'. 18-I'm bringing back the group 3rd Bass and have them re-record that alltime classic 'The Cactus Album'. I'll be looking for them to do 'Gas Face 2000'. I wonder who they'll give the gas face to in the new millennium. 19-I'm gonna have DJ Skribble of MTV reunite with his old group The Young Black Teenagers and have them re-record another record dissing Madonna... 20-I'm gonna get Digital Underground to remake the video to their single 'Doowhatchalike' and MC Hammer redo the video to 'Pumps In A Bump' just so I can revisit the sets and experience all the... oops never mind let me not go there :) 21-I'm gonna resurrect Eazy E, 2Pac, Biggie, Cowboy, Big L and Freaky Tah from the dead and have them all do a song together. While were at it, I'm gonna bring back the late Pumpkin and have him do the beats while the late Master Don, DJ Flowers, Disco King Mario, Bigga B and DJ Darryl Cwill all take turns cutting and scratching.
 22-I'm bringing back Redhead Kingpin, BG The Prince of Rap and of course Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch. The Backstreet Boys need to be shown what time it really is!23-For now on all gold, platinum and iced out jewels will have to be eliminated until brothas either have a controlling interest in the mines that these minerals derive from. 24-No rapper will be allowed to say 'Ya know what I'm saying' when doing interviews or speaking to the public.. Words like 'Fresh', 'Def' and 'Cold Getting Dumb' will be brought back into the Hip Hop vocabulary..The word 'nigga' will be replaced by the word 'brotha'. Calling women 'bitches' will be forever eliminated once and for all.. 25-The International scope of Hip Hop will be more appreciated as more and more artists outside the US gain a higher presence within the Hip Hop arena. In the year 2000 and beyond, Hip Hop will really become a world wide phenomenon. The question is who will be Hip Hop's biggest International star this upcoming year? All in all we hope everyone has a safe and prosperous New Year.. Good luck to everyone and their endeavors.. Thanks for all your support Davey D |