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*Hip Hop and its influence on popular culture will be the focus of a new Smithsonian exhibit to debut next month at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.

       LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Common and Erykah Badu are among the artists featured in Recognize! Hip-Hop and Contemporary Portraiture, which will be on display from Feb. 8 through Oct. 26.       

       Photographs by David Scheinbaum will be available for viewing, as well as paintings by Kehinde Wiley, video self-portraits by Jefferson Pinder and several works commissioned specifically for the show. Poetry, spoken word and graffiti will also be included.

       “Recognize! Hip-Hop and Contemporary Portraiture shows that much of the art inspired by the Hip-Hop movement is a form of portrayal,” said Gallery director Marc Pachter. “Music, photography, painting, poetry and even graffiti provide a medium for self-expression and establishing identity.”

       Award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni wrote an ode to hip hop, titled “It’s Not a Just Situation,” that will be published in an accompanying booklet for the exhibition as well as displayed in the gallery.  Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist Shinique Smith will interpret the poem and create an installation in the same gallery that will include an audio component.

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So recently some friends of mine were talkin about Barak Obama & Hillary C. The subject of hip-hop came up as Barak was recently quoted saying he is currently listening to Jay-Z American Gangster but prefers Old School rather than new stuff. Hillary said her daughter had given her & Big Willy (Bill Clinton) 25 Hip Hop Albums to get acquainted with the music genre.

So the question of the week to you dear reader is simple. What are the 10 albums you would give somebody completely unaware of what hip hop is and why? I’m not talking about someone that’s American or taking into consideration their pre-disposition on the music. Let’s stretch it and say Aliens came to earth…they find a time capsule inside The Temple Of Hip Hop. What are the albums that you nominate to be in that capsule?

10 or as close to 10 as you can get I encourage you to leave your nominations.

1. 2 Pac – Me Against The World
2. Scarface - The Diary
3. BDP – By All Means Necessary
4. Outkast – Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
5. Nas – Stillmatic
6. LL Cool J – Radio
7. Public Enemy – Takes A Nation Of Millions
8. Notorious B.I.G – Life After Death
9. A Tribe Called Quest / Roots Any LP
10. Jay Z – American Gangster
11. N.W.A – Niggaz 4 Life or Straight Outta Compton
12. Dr.Dre – Chronic

Every album on my list makes sense and I challenge you to prove otherwise. Each artist/album represents a seprarate sound or vibe in the music genre. Each is necessary to tell the complete story. I find it regrettable that Rakim, Too Short,Run DMC, MC Lyte, Kane, and Eminem did not make the cut but their impact is either represented by an artist already listed or not large enough to show on the overview of hip hop (Bay Area Music for example).

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