Do You Stanky Leg or Do You Humpty Dance?

I’d like to think I’m one of those open-minded individuals that can appreciate a wide variety of things. One of those things is definitely music. I’ve deemed myself a music “pig”. Just like pigs eat anything, I’ll basically listen to anything – essentially, I have extremely eclectic musical tastes and interests. That being said, Prince, who is my all-time favorite artist, released his latest endeavor “LotusFlow3r” last week. I haven’t copped it just yet, but of course I will be adding it to my collection. But I have sampled the tracks, and am impressed as usual. The album owns his normal trademarks, thoughtful and cocky lyrics and beats so funky they stank. Anything less would be an artist like, oh, I don’t know, Justin Timberlake. And yes, I am still bitter.

A few days ago, in honor of LotusFlow3r’s pending release and due to my barely managed excitement, I poured a glass of wine and reveled in some of his artistry. Matter of fact, I created a playlist on Imeem, if you want to checkout some of my favorite jams. But as I listened and enjoyed the music, I just kept thinking to myself, “Back in the days when I was young I’m not a kid anymore. But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again.” Simply to say, music is changing and I missed his signature songs and style highlighting just how real and funky music can be. Prince has even been rumored to answer questions about the album’s release with comments like “I was tired of waiting on Sade to release a new album”. Simply to say, he felt the world was missing some quality creativity on the music scene. With the advent of artists like Soulja Boy and GS Boyz, it’s obvious music has changed. But is the Stanky Leg really that much different than the Humpty Dance by Digital Underground? Okay, maybe I’m dating myself a little, but I’m an 80’s baby, and I was a fan of The Humpty. But seriously, The Humpty? In verse one of the Humpty dance Humpty Hump proclaims “Just let me introduce myself, my name is Humpty, pronounced with an Umpty, yo ladies, oh how I like to funk thee“. Now is the aforementioned really any different than “If you a ace boon coon chick, you can do it too, snap your fingers in the air and shake yo micros too“? You tell me:

The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground

The Stanky Leg by GS Boyz

I wasn’t ashamed to do the humpty dance in the 80’s and I’m not ashamed to stand on the podium and profess that I do the stanky leg when I go out in 2009! There are always going to be the nonsensical club tracks that are created to make you dance and/or laugh at the foolishness. I think sometimes as adults, we like to judge today’s muscial artists but we have all listened to some suspect music in our lives, and enjoyed it. That’s the beauty of music and expression, there is a song for EVERY mood, and sometimes, I just want to be silly. So maybe I’ll save artists like Prince, A Keys and Anthony Hamilton for those reflective moments in my life, and I’ll ‘walk it out’ and ’swag surf’ on the weekends. What about you? Do you ’superman dem hoes’ when you think no one is watching?

*DD Exits*
*Watch me hit my birdwalk, watch me doooooo it! YUAH!*

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Tags: Digital Underground, fast life yungstaz, lotusflow3r. GS Boyz, music, Prince, soulja boy, stanky leg, swag surf

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