Visiting Art Prize in Grand Rapids was pretty awesome. There was some talk about the competition being weaker than past years. However, the fact that the whole city had been transformed into an art museum was pretty incredible. And I thought that the art was impressive too. An entire city was dedicating itself to art, local restaurants were full of tourists and everyone seemed happy to just be wandering around.
I've never thought of Grand Rapids as an oasis for art. And that got me thinking about hip-hop (pretty much everything makes me start thinking about hip-hop). And in particular, I was reminded about Minnesota hip-hop. Like Grand Rapids and art, Minnesota and rap music are not two things seem to match up. But there are a good bunch of talented rappers from the Twin Cities. Three MC's in particular jump to mind, I posted three videos below so you can get an idea of what Minnesota's hip-hop oasis consists of.
Slug (of the duo Atomosphere): Modern Man's Hustle
Brother Ali: Take Me Home
Eyedea: amazing freestyle with Slug
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