If I Ruled The World
Ernesto Redruello Fernández, a former student of mine and a cool guy altogether, has been so kind as to participate in this blog with interesting information about the music he likes and of which he is a downright expert. I am talking about rap and hip-hop. He has chosen a specific song he would like me to post here, and this is what he has written about it:
Nassir Jones, born in QB(Queensbridge) hood in New York, aka Nas, started his career in 1994, when his first album “illmatic”, which is considered the best rap album ever made, was published. I consider that his best album is “it was written”, from where I’ve dropped this cool track.
I love everything that surrounds “If I ruled the world”: the lyrics, the rhythm, Nas’ flows and, of course, Lauryn Hill’s beautiful voice, a perfect complement to complete the binomial.
That’s because I’ve chosen such a beautiful rap song, and also because Nas and Lauryn Hill are two of my favourite rap artists (adding rnb and soul with lauryn hill).
Nevertheless, Nas’ last album, called “Hip hop is dead” (an idea that is enormously wrong, I absolutely disagree with him and the music inside this album), has been a complete disaster, but I hope that he will return with his best tracks soon.
Here is my space: www.myspace.com/ritmoypoesiaerf
You can listen to my own rap tracks, and also download my rap radio show, called “RITMO Y POESIA”
And you also can listen to my rap radio show throughout www.radiosedna.net, on Thursdays, at 8 o clock p.m. live
