"In the late 1920s, Le Corbusier created a plan for Paris," Ford says. "Its most celebrated portion was called 'Towers in the Park.' [...]
Think unremarkable, high-rise apartment buildings. Think low-income housing projects. [...]
"Many of hip-hop's most prominent artists were born, raised, and perfected their crafts in those very same housing projects. Hip-hop was a result of the economical, political, and sociological deprivations instituted by the housing projects across America."
— metrotimes.com
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from the Archinect archives.
Visualizing the realism of life in actuality
Fuck who's the baddest, a person's status depends on salary
And my mentality is money-orientated
I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
Cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as 5 percenters
But somethin' musta got in us cause all of us turned to sinners"
-Le Corbusier
Whatever happened to Le Courvouisier?
Throw in keywords like "Kardashian" and "Bieber" and you might get even more clicks, Amelia.
so is no one else going to bring up the whole big butts thing?
do I have to do it?
can someone please invent some sir mix a lot / corbu neologism ?
I think there's a lyrics thread like that in the archives....
hurry before Thayer brings up FERGUSON in some oblique idiotic fashion.
voila
Put them on the glass - sir mix a lot....thats more philip johnson than corb......
And no mention of MC Solaar?
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Le Corbusier and Tupac both bald. Coincidence?
Corbusier died in 1965, Tupac was "born" in 1971.
Haha yeah Miles that was a good waste if 2 minutes of my life. I prefer Vanilla Ice's story, when Suge of Death Row records held him over a balcony (Vanilla denies this) and said pay me proceeds from Ice Ice Baby. In the Nat Geo Documentary about the 90's Vanilla says he knew he owed it to them (white boy making bank on borrowed culture, you know like Led Zepplin ripping off all those blues artists) Vanilla was now proud to think he helped Death Row records produce guys like Dr. Dre (now a billionaire), tupac, and Snoop Dogg to name a few. Miles I was listening to NWA and 2live crew long before that prison conspiracy theory, white kid overseas. I aint buying it. Corb has more to do with hip hop....
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