1) School...Going to a school that has the nickname "The Harvard of the Midwest " is apparently no joke lol
2) I dont like to post bullshit...period...I am not going to blog just to blog...then it would be a waste of time for you to come to my page and read some useless stuff. Everything I post comes from random thoughts in my head, I dont sit and try to think of things to post. Anything I post I want to be enjoyable. From the feedback I am getting, I have fulfilled this task, and I will continue to do so.
Enough with all that, lets get to what your here for...
Something that has always stood out to me was the references of Alcohol in rap. Now I am not bringing this up to belittle it or disagree. But I find it interesting because it does a lot for the culture as well as the society. How you ask?
First let's start on the west coast. The oldest reference I could think of granted my generation of music references...
2) I dont like to post bullshit...period...I am not going to blog just to blog...then it would be a waste of time for you to come to my page and read some useless stuff. Everything I post comes from random thoughts in my head, I dont sit and try to think of things to post. Anything I post I want to be enjoyable. From the feedback I am getting, I have fulfilled this task, and I will continue to do so.
Enough with all that, lets get to what your here for...
Something that has always stood out to me was the references of Alcohol in rap. Now I am not bringing this up to belittle it or disagree. But I find it interesting because it does a lot for the culture as well as the society. How you ask?
First let's start on the west coast. The oldest reference I could think of granted my generation of music references...
Now while this song may not visually might not fully encompass the use of the drink described in the chorus of the song, it still gets the same idea across. Along with the popular image of a 40 in a paper bag, which is also displayed highly in films based on west coast street life such as Friday and Boyz 'n' The Hood. But that kinda gets away from my main focus rap/hip hop...
Next..the infamous...
I don't have to say much about this..
That pretty much sum it all up..this song was a phenomenon at the time...I'm sure the company appreciated the free advertising..
Now we have my favorite..
Fabolous is the reason why I couldn't wait to taste Hypnotic when I was little lol. Back when I was a big fan of his he glamorized the drink highly in his videos and songs. The "This is my Party " video is a full out endorsement for the drink. The whole video is filled with the blue substance. The first words of the song are "They aint no tellin what this Hypno will do to me"
More recently we have..
"I'm on that patron so get like me" this line will never get old as made famous by Young Joc's "It's Goin Down" or we have Wayne's "I got that Patron in my system, somebody gone be my victim" Even T-Pain has a song called "Silver and Gold" were talks about his drunk experiences of mixing Silver and Gold Patron together.
Now it seems like the industry has stepped its game up...we just cant have regular liquor anymore..
Ron Brownz and Jim Jones club banger "Pop Champagne" basically says you aint ballin unless your pouring $150+ champagne on the ground..Drake even did a remix called "Pop Rose"
This man made poppin bottles famous...between
and 
No one else possesses more class than him in..it was because of him that people started drinkin cris
It doesn't just stop there...with Diddy and his Ciroc campaign and the recently popular Nuvo..all we can do is Blame It on the alcohol..
