There is a lot that sucks on a grand scale in the world right now; down economy, hunger, foreclosure, just to name a few. Not to mention the millions of unemployed Americans – I know from my own experience that a certain feeling of hopelessness consumes you and pulls you down from every direction… all before prospective employers don’t bother to call you back. Makes you want to listen to some aggressive tunes.
And music has long been an outlet for such mass emotional strife. And Vision the Kid’s got it by the balls.
Vision the Kid‘s new album “Lost Summer” was released Nov. 10th, 2011 and is available as a FREE download here.
From Minneapolis, Vision is an indie hip-hop artist with elements of funk and soul with rap attitude covering the usual bases of sex, drugs and parties from a post-sensitive perspective.
But what draws me into his music is the way he weaves in a raw and direct flow of poignant, relevant and ear-catching lyrical genius.
A song that I just can’t hear enough is “D!e a Rockstar”, the closing track from Lost Summer, check it out:
Download: 10-de-a-rockstar.mp3
Yes, it’s vulgar, yes it’s aggressive , and yes it said, “…All the teachers are getting cut, all the prisons are filling up, politicians don’t give a fuck, I might as well give up and try to die a rockstar, baby / we all going to hell, hell might as well try to die a rock star, baby / burn ’til I burn out…”.
Less than a year ago I would have never, ever believed that I would be where I am today: selling cars?! WTF. But this song sums it up. You can’t change the world, you can only change your attitude.
You know it when you see a rock star, whether it’s a rock star quilter, a rock star cashier, a rock star sandwich artist, or a rock star dentist – it’s people who do their best and enjoy it at the same time. And it makes the experience of everyone around them better. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, you’ve got to own it. Define it. Be it.
“…It’s not our fault we were taught this, I had a point but I just lost it / can you blame me? they’ve been making crazy since the day I was born and now they’re asking for more / after they shorted our futures, sold our careers to computers, sold the factories to China, do they really need reminders? / why most people my age ain’t finding no jobs, all they say is believe in God, I say try to die a rockstar, baby / we all going to hell, hell might as well try to die a rock star, baby / burn ’til I burn out…”
