De La Umphefumlo. Yeyiphi ingoma oyithandayo yehip-hop? Umbuzo olingeneyo ophuma kunjingalwazi wam wehip-hop, yayilula kodwa ilayishwe; nayiphi na impendulo kusenokwenzeka ukuba idibene nenxalenye enkulu yomgwebo.
Uninzi lwabafundi eklasini-uninzi lwabo beluya kuzichonga njenge-hip-hop purists-khange bazichaze iingoma ezirekhodwe ngaphambi kuka-2000. U-Eminem, u-Common, uJ. Cole, no-Kendrick Lamar bakhutshwa ngokukhawuleza, kodwa omnye umfundi wasothusa konke ngeempendulo zakhe: Imiphefumlo yeklasikhi yakudala 93 ukuya kwi-Infinity kunye nohlanga olubizwa ngokuba yi-Quest UBenita Applebum.
Xa ucinga ngokubaluleka, i-Golden Age hip-hop, elo xesha libalaseleyo kwii-80s kunye nee-90s, iTribe Called Quest ifika ngokulula engqondweni, kodwa akho amanye amaqela — nto leyo ethe yabangela impumelelo yeTribi- enje nje : UDe La Soul kunye nabazalwana baseJungle.
Kodwa kutheni ubukho beJungle Brothers kunye noDe La Soul kwihip-hop busencipha xa kuthelekiswa nohlanga olubizwa ngokuba kukufuna?
Ngokusebenzisa ubugcisa be-afrocentric obabubonakaliswe ngempahla yabo, iinwele kunye nokuhamba, uDe La Soul kunye neJungle Brothers bakha isichazi-magama esiza kuvulela amanye amaqela e-rap iTribe Called Quest kunye neBlack Star. Banikezela ngemiboniso eyahlukeneyo yobudoda obumnyama; ngexa iNW.A. kunye neentshaba zikawonke-wonke zazingabavakalisi abazimiseleyo abazibonakalisa ngokusebenzisa kwabo Amandla aMnyama, uDe La Soul wavakalisa ezobuhle bawo ngamava abo okukhula njengamadoda amnyama kwiindawo ezimnyama zodidi oluphakathi eLong Island ezathi zahlangana phakathi kwamadoda amaninzi ase-Afrika nawaseMelika.
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Kukhutshwa ngo-1989, Iinyawo ezi-3 ziPhezulu kwaye ziyenyuka livumele iqela ukuba lenze umboniso womdlalo wobuhle ngevidiyo yabo yomculo ethi Me, Myself And I. Ngokucacileyo kubonwe njengabantu abagxothiweyo kwividiyo-Ngaba ingangubo yam iDe La okanye nje iDe La Soul yam? Ihempe ezininzi, i-asymmetrical kunye nezoyikekayo iinwele, kunye nezacholo ze-afrocentric. Kwi Yikhuphe Baye baqhubeka befuna i-Aesthetic eNtsha eMnyama eyahlukileyo kwimixholo yemigulukudu kunye neempawu zembali ye-hip-hop yama-90 okuqala: Thatha ezo nzwane zeqokobhe, Khupha loo doo-rag!
Ebonakaliswe njenge-hippie-bohemians ye-hip-hop, uDe La Soul uthathe indlela engacacanga kunye nolwimi-esidleleni ngokusebenzisa iingoma zabo njengoko kubonwe kwisimo esibuhlungu sikaBuddy, ubumsulwa bobutsha bukaJenifa wandifundisa, kunye nebali labantwana leTread Amanzi. Kodwa imantra kaDe La Soul -iDa Inner Sound Y'll-ayinakuncitshiswa ngokudlala ngokungenamsebenzi.
Umyalezo wabo wawungengowothando noxolo kuphela kodwa yayikukukhangela umphefumlo owawuphikisana neenjongo zabamhlophe ngokwamkela ubume baseAfrika, nokuba yayiphawula ngezinyani zezitalato zasezidolophini eGhetto Thang (Isimo esibi esasiqhuba umboniso / Xa iqonga i-GHETTO) okanye ukugqabaza kwiingcinga ezigwenxa zamadoda amnyama kuM Mna ngokwam kwaye nam (Kodwa olo uzuko luye lwaliwe / Abantu bacinga ukuba bayamchasa umntu wam besithi ndimpakishileyo).
UDe La Soul ukwathe inxaxheba kwintetho ye-Afrocentric eyayililitye lembombo le-DAISY Age mantra: Abazalwana boMphefumlo abakhoyo / iDove bayofundisa inyani, uPosdnuos uyakushumayela ulutsha / kwinto yokuba oku kuzokuphelisa engalunganga. Olu hlobo lwe-Afrocentricity aluxabisekanga kwilifa le-griot kunye nezithethe zomlomo zase-Afrika ngokusetyenziswa kwamagama okushumayela nokufundisa. Amagama abo abelana ngomzabalazo wabo wokulinganisa ubume babo base-Afrika naseMelika-enye ibadibanisa nembali yabo yase-Afrika eyadlulayo kunye nenyani yoxinzelelo lwezentlalo noqoqosho lokuba ngamahlwempu nabantsundu eMelika.
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Abazalwana baseJungle nabo balwa ngokucacileyo kunye nobunikazi bobabini kwi-Straight Out of the Jungle. Indoda efundileyo, evela kwilizwekazi, uyabona, bandibiza ngokuba yinkwenkwezi kodwa ayisiyiyo le ndiyiyo. Ndingubhuti wehlathi. Kodwa bayavuya kulo mzabalazo kwaye bahlala benethemba, benethemba kwaye benamandla.
I-Tribe ebizwa ngokuba yi-Quest ibandakanyeke kwi-rhetoric ye-Afrocentric yokufundisa kunye nokubhiyozela Yityhale kunye , Kodwa izingqinisiso ze-Afrocentric ze-De La Soul kunye neempawu ezibizwa ukuba zibize ulwimi olwahlukileyo oluthetha nomnqweno we-Afro-American wokuzibonakalisa kunye nenkululeko.
Kodwa yintoni eyona nto ibeke bucala iDe La Soul njenge Sajini Pepper ’s ye-hip-hop yayiyimveliso yeNkosana uPaul.
Ngokusampula yonke into ukusuka ekuZalweni okutsha, kwiiTurtles, eSly kunye neLitye loSapho, ikholaji yonyana kaPaul yayiquka yonke into esuka kwijazz, ifunk, ilitye, ireggae, ipop kunye nomphefumlo. Ukanti iya kuba lelokuqala nelokugqibela icwecwe le-hip-hop ukuba lisampulwe ngokukhululekileyo: Isimangalo esineeTurtles sikhokelele phantse kwizigidi ezibini zeedola zamalungelo obunini, ekugqibeleni sishiya umculo kaDe La Soul ungabikho kancinci kumaqonga omculo. 
Abazalwana baseJungle. (Ifoto: Wikipedia Commons.)
Ngelixa inkampani yerekhodi yangaphambili yeDe La Soul uTommy Boy isuse iisampulu, okushiyekileyo kuyinyani yeWarner Bros Records kukuba iisampulu zokucoca isampulu kwii-90s zokuqala zazibandakanya ukucocwa kweefomati zomzimba ezinjengeCD kunye nekhasethi; ngoku uninzi lweentengiso kunye nezivumelwano zibandakanya ukukhutshwa kwidijithali. Ngaba umzabalazo wokukhutshwa kwelungelo lokushicilela ugubungele uphawu lukaDe La Soul kwihip-hop?
Isizwe esibizwa ngokuba yi-Quest sihambe ngcono kakhulu phakathi kwewaka leminyaka kwiklasi yam, abathenga kakhulu umculo wabo kumaqonga edijithali. Uninzi lwabafundi lubizwa ngokuba luhlanga olubizwa ngokuba yi-Jazz-rap kunye nokubandakanya iingxelo ze-Afrocentric kumculo wabo, ngaphandle kokwazi ukuba iJungle Brothers kunye noDe La Soul bavule indlela yokuba abanye baxhamle kule mixholo.
UDe La Soul kunye nabazalwana baseJungles banikezela indlela eya kwixesha elitsha, elitsha eliye labanjwa ngokudibana kwabo, iiLwimi zesiNtu. Kwaye ngelixa i-Tribe Called Quest ihlala iligugu le-Era yeGolide ye-Hip-Hop, kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba iqela lilonke lixhomekeke njani kumaxesha abalulekileyo kuphuhliso lwabo (i-Q-Tip yayiqala ukubonakaliswa kwi-Straight Out I-Jungle) iseta i-Tribe ebizwa ngokuba yi-Quest yokuphumelela kwabo ekugqibeleni.
Ukomelela kolwimi lweeNkobe kukhuthaze ukutshintsha kwenkcubeko yokwamkela ubuntu kunye nokuziphatha okungahambi kakuhle kubumnyama bomntu; inkuthazo isavakala nanamhlanje.
