binary functions: #thasmyflava or #thasnotmyflava

human beings seem to be generally averse to change. IMHO this may have a lot to do w/the unwillingness of many of us to recognize our mortality.

WTF does this have to do w/the Refinery &/or music?

a whole lot...

on multiple occasions as a hip-hop head i've seen a great struggle between generations. it seems that each time there is a changing of the guard, there are a group of old heads who essentially make it their purpose to shit on any & all young bucks. this is more so the case if the younger generation doesn't do things exactly like the older generation feels they should be done. this pattern of human behavior doesn't just affect hip-hop music/culture, but this is my primary filter at the moment.

there are some very serious issues created by handling generational transitions w/the above mentality. likely the most prominent is the loss of history that occurs when the older generation creates a barrier between itself & the younger generation. the idea that younger creators have no valuable energy to contribute simply because they are young is relatively absurd. the same can be said of younger creators dismissing the older generation as having run their course in the mix. for some odd reason this has been perpetuated within hip-hop to the detriment of the culture.

take a look around at other cultures that involve creative energies. a creator generally does not stop creating until they are physically unable to do so. in many cases where 1 form of expression is made unavailable to a creator for whatever reason, the energy is channeled into some other form of expression. in fact, quite a few creators have multiple forms of expression anyway. why would hip-hop creatives be any different?

the idea that as you get older you somehow become less effective at being a creator is averse to the idea of improvement w/practice. perfection may be unattainable, but improvement will always be within the grasp of any of us who reach for it. in this light the younger & older generations are served better by finding ways to work w/& through each other. the potential held but such energy combination is worth some consideration by all of us.

as far as giving universal love to everything that's out here, i'm not advocating for that. we still need standards & quality control. the point here is that we are not served well by generalizing based on generational or any other demographic for the purpose of causing separation.

nothing is all good, & nothing is all bad. IMO we all have a lane within which to operate our vehicle(s). as i tend to say i dig watidig & put things in 2 categories.

support what YOU dig & get at me...

PEACE
...be calm...