NEW MUSIC - 'Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You' by Parliament Funkadelic feat. Ice Cube & Kendrick Lamar

So what does a bangin new track by Parliament Funkadelic featuring Ice Cube and Kendrick Lamar have to do with education?

...Hollup, lemme post the video first.

When Hip Hoppers Can’t Funk With the Jazz

I didn’t know whether to put this in my ‘Here Lies Education’ section or in my ‘The Experienced Listener’ section.  Luckily, it’s my site, so I can put it in both.  I love when music and education connect…

I’ve reviewed a lot of albums during my several stints as ‘The Experienced Listener’.  Just about two weeks ago I had the pleasure of witnessing rapper Kendrick Lamar drop one of the greatest Hip Hop albums I’ve heard in years. Some are even saying it’s one of the greatest albums in music period; time will tell once the butterflies of the moment have passed.

April Fool's Day, Part I

4/1/2015, 1st Period

Overhearing some casual conversations between students today, I felt helpless.  They talk about crime as if it’s a life goal.  They are literally inspired by the criminal activities of their peers.  They don’t brag about the graduates they know, or about the friends they have who’ve gone off to college.  They brag about who can “throw them hands” the best.  Who got “bammed up” by the police the other day.  How they didn’t panic when they saw an elderly person being robbed, but didn’t get involved either.  The only positive thing they brood over is if a friend of theirs manages to get a job.  “Yeah man, he/she gettin’ that paper now…”