SWIIIIIIIIITCH!

DJs used to do that during a jam. You're dancing with someone and he yells out...SWIIIIIIITCH! And you're trying to get ya game up talkin' to the girl you're dancing with right now but DJ just called it out so you gotta move. Gotta change partners. Not Cool!

Speakin' of switchin', it's funny how we gain and lose appetites for things. Kids start drinking coffee before they're 10 years old now. I didn't really start 'til I was about 27/28 and even then it was seldom. I remember working out for pro basketball and boycotting all things caffeinated, sugar-laden and dairy. So my affinity for coffee and tea probably began more like at age 32/33. I'm down for a cup-a-day now. A dude I hang out with told me that he used to drink like 25 cups some days when he was in the Marines. C'mon son....

Anyway, I was on that Spotify the way I normally indulge and I hit that juke box vibe and took it back to 1995. I dug up Das Efx, a 90s rap duo that I listened to back then. I went to the tracks I remembered liking. The tracks started, beat kicked in and I was 18-20 years old for like 5 minutes. Ah but then it happened. Something didn't taste right. Yo, it was the lyrics. They really didn't make sense to me anymore. It was like I'd had a gross change in palette. And it wasn't just the profanity because that was actually minimal. But it was the reverberation about sexual prowess, violent exploits and hedonism. I couldn't stand the refrain. Not all the songs dealt in those three themes but bottom line...MY TASTE FOR SUPERFICIAL MUSIC MAY BE GONE. I ain't for certain but I think I may actually be growing up. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a hip-hop guy down with the underground likes of Theory Hazit, Eshon Burgundy, Derek Minor, Deepspace 5 etc. But I'm good on that other stuff.

The coolest part is when you're not trying to be noble, not trying to prove that you've chosen a more refined rap alternative. It's cool when the right choices just kind of find you because something on the inside of you has changed. I wish I could still listen to DJ Quik the way I used to. Somehow I don't see that wish being granted and I'm fine with that. #authenticity