UC Curtis Mayfield
Enye yezinto endizithandayo ngomfazi wam kukuba uyawuchaza ngoko nangoko umahluko phakathi kwe (Rap) Superstar kunye (Rock) Superstar nguCypress Hill xa inguqulelo ethile iza kwi-stereo. Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu ekucingeni loo ngcinga ivela kwezinye iindlela ezininzi umculo awuncedileyo ekuchazeni uthando endinalo emfazini wam. Kwakhona, indlela amazwi engoma aye azisa ngayo iziqwenga ezahlukeneyo zolwazi olusebenzayo endihamba ngalo kubomi bemihla ngemihla.
Kwakukho into exhobisayo ukuva amadoda amadala-kwaye, uyazi, iinkwenkwezi zerock -Ungavumelani neentloni zokuba ukugcina uthando kuthandana nomntu kubalulekile.
Kuyafaneleka ukuthetha ukuba uC Curtis Mayfield ucacise umnqweno onzima kunayo yonke endinayo kwiminyaka engama-20 xa wayecula, Ngenye imini ndiya kufumana umfazi, oya kundithanda aze andiphathe kakuhle. Umgca usisiqwenga sebhulorho yeThe Impressions 'Kulungile, kodwa ingcinga igcwele kwaye ichane kangangokuba yenza isiseko seenjongo ezicacileyo, kodwa ezinqwenelekayo.
Xa uStevie Wonder ecula, ndenziwa ukuba ndimthande, ndimnqule kwaye ndimthande uluvo luchazwa kwingoma yemvumi yaseJamaican uSlim Smith ebizwa ngokuba nguBorn to Love. Uqukumbela ngelithi, bendisazi kwangoko nangoko… wawenzelwe mna, kwaye kwakungekho nzima ukukubona: Ndiyaqikelela ndizalelwe ukukuthanda. Mhlawumbi bekukho into exhobisayo ukuva amadoda amadala-kwaye, uyazi, iinkwenkwezi zerock -Ungavumelani neentloni zokuba ukugcina uthando kuthandana nomntu kubalulekile.
Phakathi kolwandle olukhulu lweengoma eziqhutywa yintliziyo kukho ubulumko obungangqalanga kunye nemiyalelo ekufuneka ityhilwe. Xa iindlela endazihamba nenkosikazi yam zaba ngamatye, ndeva umyalezo obalulekileyo Ndiza kuhlala nguFunkadelic: Uyayazi intloko yakhe yaphuma yayokudlala, uzakugqitha koko. Ke, ngokuqinisekisayo ngakumbi kwingoma enye, ndiyazi ukuba umvuzo wam xa ebuya, undigcina ndixhomile. Ndiza kuhlala. Le ngoma yayikade irekhodwe kwiminyaka eyadlulayo yiPalamente njengoko ndizakulinda, ke yayiyimbono yentliziyo kunye nokuzinikela ukuba uGeorge Clinton wayenomdla wokuphinda ahlole ixesha.
Uninzi lwababhali beengoma endibathandayo babenyanzelekile ukuba bavakalise ukulungela kwabo ukulinda, okanye ngenye indlela bacacise malunga nokusebenza kwangaphakathi koxinzelelo lwabo lothando. Imizekelo ecacileyo ibandakanya u-Bob Marley's Ndisalindile okanye Ndilinde kwi-Vain, kodwa ndicinga nangengoma yomnye woonyana bakhe, uStephen Marley, onobuchule bokuchaza amandla othando, ukukhathazeka kwentliziyo nokuzisola kwiingoma zakhe.
Phakathi kolwandle olukhulu lweengoma eziqhutywa yintlungu kukho ubulumko obungacacanga kunye nomyalelo oza kutyhilwa.
KuMntu Omthandayo, uMarley omncinci uyazibuza, Ndenze njani ukuba ndicaphuke kangaka? Vumela umntanam angene emnyango, ngoku andisamboni. Iimpazamo zam, isimo sengqondo sobudenge. Kwenye ingoma, Hey Baby, uStephen Marley ucacisa i-yin-and-yang yobudlelwane obuyimpumelelo: Kuluvuyo xa ndihlala phantsi ndicinga ngamaxesha amnandi esiba nawo. Kwaye senza ntoni ukuze sigqibe xa okuhle kuguquka kukubi.
Kukho mhlawumbi akukho ngoma apho ukuzisola kokuphulukana nothando lomfazi kunokuvakala ngokucokisekileyo nangokucacileyo kunakuqala xa uBob Dylan ebongoza ukukhululwa kowayesakuba ngumfazi wakhe, uSara. Njengokuba emkhumbuza ngeeholide ababebelana ngazo, izifinyezo zengqondo yabantwana babo ababedlala elunxwemeni — njengoko ekhumbula kakuhle ukuhlala iintsuku e-Chelsea Hotel, ekubhalela 'Sad Eyed Lad of the Lowlands' —ndiva ubunzima obupheleleyo bomnqweno wakhe onzulu uhambe ngendlela engafanelekanga kunye neziphumo zeemvakalelo zokungaphumeleli. Kwaye thina, umphulaphuli, sinokuzama ukuwuphepha loo mgibe kubomi bethu.
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Kwinqanaba elisebenzisekayo nelingelolakho, umculo uphila ngokwamandla alo okuba lulwimi kwindalo iphela, kokufaka umbala kulwazi lwam lweendawo zehlabathi andisokuze ndilutyelele ngelixa ndikwaququzelela unxibelelwano kunye nobuhlobo kuko konke ukuhamba kwam.
Kutyelelo lwakutshanje eJamaica nenkosikazi yam, siboniswe emaphandleni ngumfana wasekuhlaleni ogama linguTre. Njengokuba sasiqala ukubazi, wabonisa indlela endandibonakala ndonwabile kwaye ndichuma ngayo. Ndimazisa ngeengxaki ezahluka-hlukeneyo zezezimali nezeemvakalelo ezibekwe phantsi kwangaphandle kwam ndathi, Ndiyakuxelela ndoda, kungcono uze! ngokungacwangciswanga icaphula ingoma kaDelroy Wilson eyaba yingoma yomkhankaso wokhetho lukaMichael Manley ngo-1972.
Umculo uphila ngokufikelela ekubeni nakho ukuba ‘lulwimi lwendalo iphela.’
Wahleka ngaphakathi kwaye wathi, Uvakala njengeJamaican, mon! Kuzo zonke iintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo, sasizibophelela emculweni, kwaye wandazisa kwiingoma ezintsha, kubandakanya UMarie nguVybz Kartel-ingoma yothando yamayeza, into esinokuyixabisa kwangoko.
Esona siqendu silibalekayo ukususela kwixesha lethu sikunye senzekile xa siqhuba iindlela ezindulini zeJamaican, siqhushumisa iHotnotize kaBut Notorious B.I.G. U-Tre wayeqhubeka ebiza ukuba abuyise! Ukuyalela ukuba ndiphinde ndiphinde ndiphinde ndibhale amanqaku omkhondo. Njengokuba ezo zandi zimnandi, zilindelwe kukuvulwa kwezipikha zeemoto, wapompoza isingqi kwisingisi, kwaye isithuthi senyuka senyuka ngendlela. Abantu ababukeleyo esitratweni abanikeli ngqalelo ingako kuthi okanye bathambekele ngokungathandabuzekiyo kwimoto ebalekayo.
Kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuba i-Notorious BIG. (nee Christopher Wallace) wazalwa ngumama waseJamaican, kwaye ukusondela kwenkcubeko kwi-reggae ukuya kwi-hip-hop akunakwenzeka ukuba kungajongwa ezinye izizathu, nazo. Ngokomculo, iBrooklyn sisiqithi esikufutshane neJamaica, kwaye imodeli yesandi yaseJamaican yamaqela esitalato abonisa ii-DJs kunye nokudanisa kwakha ibhloko yokwakha kwinto eyathi ekugqibeleni yakhula yaba kukuqala kokuqala kweBronx hip-hop.
Okubaluleke ngakumbi, zombini ezi ntlobo zomculo zivelisa ukuqonda ukuba bujongeka njani ubomi kunye nezandi zinje kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo, ezigcwele iingxabano zehlabathi lethu. Ukuba ebengekho uJacob Miller noBob Marley, ndinganalo na uluvo lweyadi yokuhlala okanye izingqisho eziphikisanayo zezitalato ezinamanani zaseTrenchtown?
Ukuba akunjalo ngabaculi be-rap abafana ne-8Ball, i-Outkast kunye ne-UGK, ngekhe ndive ngeendawo zaseMelika ezinje ngeOrange Mound, iCollege Park, okanye uHiram Clarke. Nangona ndikhulele kufutshane eManhattan, uninzi lweendawo zam ezibonisa indawo ezinje ngeZantsi kweJamaica, iQueens, iBrownville, iBrooklyn, kunye neSouth Bronx zenziwa ngeengoma nge50 Cent, M.O.P. KRS-One, ngokulandelanayo.
Xa iindlela endazihamba nenkosikazi yam zaba ngamatye, ndeva umyalezo obalulekileyo othi 'Ndizakuhlala' nguFunkadelic.
Xa i-8Ball isithi, Unokucinga kuphela i-ghetto ukuba awukhulisanga kuyo, ndiyamkholelwa ngokupheleleyo.
Kwaye ke kukho igama elithi ghetto ngokwalo-uninzi luncedo lubeka umbono kum ngengoma engaqhelekanga endiyivileyo ngexesha leseti ekhokelela kumboniso weNkcubeko eSO.B kwi-NYC 1997.
Ndiyathandabuza ukuba ndiyakuze ndikwazi ukufumana isicatshulwa, kodwa u-DJ wayidlala ngesandi esikhulu, ilizwi lomntu ovakalise ngokuzithemba, Khumbula! Igama elithi ‘ghetto’ lavela kwindawo yamaJuda. Loo mgca wedwa wanceda ukuvala umsantsa omkhulu ekuqondeni kwam umgama phakathi kweUpper West Side kunye neBedford-Stuyvesant.
Nanjengomntu okhule engumJuda oguqukayo eNew York -neminqweno yokuhlola rhoqo ubukho bukaThixo endaweni yokwamkela ngokuzenzekelayo uhlobo oluthile-ndithandabuza ndazisa indawo yokugqibela yokucinga kwam apho amazwi engoma anike intsingiselo. nokuqonda kum:
Sele kuyimfashini ukucazulula iingozi zenkolo kunye nokusebenzisa kakubi abantu ngokwenkolo yabo kumandla aphezulu, kodwa ndicelomngeni kuye nabani na ukuba aphulaphule uYesu kaCurtis Mayfield kwaye angachukunyiswa lilo naliphi na ixesha ode kaMayfield.
Xa uStevie Wonder ezibuza malunga nentsingiselo kaThixo eZulwini zii-10 Zillion Light Years Away, wakha umfutho kude kube yimigca yokugqibela yengoma, evakalisa ngoloyiso, ndavula intliziyo yam ngenye intsasa, ndaye ndayiva! Andikaze ndiyimamele le ngoma kwaye andiyiva.
Ngelixa ii-Wailers zacula, isiqingatha sebali asikaze sixelelwe kwaye satsho ukuba uThixo onamandla nguMntu oPhilayo, bafaka ilitye lembombo elibalulekileyo lenkolelo yeRastafari, kwaye bayayenza ngendlela evakala isengqiqweni kum.
Ke kwakhona, mhlawumbi ndilungelelene kakhulu kuyo yonke le nto, ndisebenzisa ulwazi olungelulo kakuhle endibanga ukuba ndibhikice kwiingoma zepop. Mhlawumbi iingoma zenzelwe ukuba yindlela elula yokudanisa ujikeleze kancinci kwaye wonwabe ngengoma. Mhlawumbi ndigqwetha ubuhle bemibongo yomculo endiwuthandayo ngeenjongo zokoqobo ukuze ndiphile ngaphakathi kwihlabathi lokukhupha kunye nokubaleka.
Okanye, mhlawumbi ayimbi kangako. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, njengoko utshilo uBob Marley, ngubani oziva, uyayazi.
