There’s something about Hip Hop that releases a kind of dancing queen inside me. Sometimes I think it’s the melody, sometimes the lyrics.
Sometimes it’s the way the artist speaks, as though no one could ever have said anything better.
There’s something about Hip Hop that moves me. It makes me want to sway my hips and move my feet to an ever growing rhythm.
I love Hip Hop songs accompanied by the harmonies of lady voices, those are my favourite.
I love the way when a Hip Hop song plays, I recognise it instantly and without warning, my body does too.
Before I know it, I’m right there in the middle of this tight beat, swaying with my mind, body and soul.
There’s something about Hip Hop that creates romance and sexiness. Flirting with someone over a Hip Hop beat, for one is exhilarating. I love the excitement of dancing with another for the first time, while the melody creates the mood and the chemistry.
There’s no right or wrong way to dance to a Hip Hop beat. There’s no in and out, not up and down. There’s just the bobbing of your head and the swaying of your hips while you recite the lyrics that you know off by heart, over and over.
There’s something about Hip Hop that sometimes makes me close my eyes; somehow it makes the song better, louder, more sensational.
There’s something about Hip Hop that defines me. Maybe it’s because I’m a writer and I Am Magazine inspires me.
Hip Hop inspires my sneaker collection, my love for straight peak caps and new fashions. My interest in that group of local Hip Hop dancers and Emcee’s whose desire to be discovered moves me in a way I never thought possible.
There’s something about Hip Hop that makes me want to work harder to make it better for all those who love it too.
There’s something about Hip Hop that makes me want to leave a legacy behind for the culture.
I bet there there’s something about Hip Hop in every one of you.
>> I wrote this piece for I Am Magazine, a Proudly South African publication. www.iammagazine.co.za
