After reading the article about the dissection of the inner conflict of Channels of Rage, it is very interesting to see tidbits of both sides of the story. It seems as though both of them are doing this during a violent time, but stick to their own sides. However, they both understand what the other is going through. I think that the most interesting part was the quote from each at the end, when Tamer says the problem isn't between him and Kobi, but Kobi believes the opposite. Maybe this is to make it bigger than it really is, or they are really in a struggle to find that inner peace.
The Israeli Hip-hop article 'All Flow, No Edge' really puts a different perspective on how Israelis look at rap compared to those in the United States. When reading the article, one thing really caught my eye: How Israeli rappers perceive 'black'. Now to start this off, are there not any white rappers? Of course there are, and even though African Americans are a majority of the rappers, I think it is obscure to point them out like that. There are tons of famous white rappers and to directly try to link to the blacks is weird to me, considering the Israelis can probably relate to the white rappers more. I think the comparison of violence in Israel and in the ghettos aren't very similar and cause two different styles of rap, which is good for the category.
The interview with Subliminal was also very interesting from him rapping at his house to the army to making albums. He has been progressing to make his music out of Israel since he has basically taken over the hip hop market there. His next mission is to make an album in English for Europe and then progressively to the United States. It is interesting to see where he has come from to where he is now. Although he compares his childhood to being on the streets like the rapper Biggie Smalls, he was more in the politics side because there really isn't any other option. He has come a long way to his success and I think he will continue to develop and hopefully make a difference in the region and in the world.
I too thought it was interesting that Subliminal used not only his heritaged language to express his emotions in his rap music. I think its also interesting after a little research that no where else in the world do you really see other rappers creating a point from their music in a semi-positive light using multiple languages to reach out to many types of audiences.
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