I have always loved hip hop music. Although embarrassing now, my first full length album was Mase's Harlem World in sixth grade. As I grew older, I became more and more obsessed with it and began to think of myself as sort of an "expert." There was a time when hip hop music was in its prime and there were many new rappers who actually had talent. However, in recent times, this has all changed because hip hop music has been so commercialized that it lacks what it possessed in its past such as great lyricism and production. But, in the past year, I have began listening to some older and more underground hip hop music that still retains what the mainstream hip hop has lost. This has led me to discover a rapper who blows my mind away with his delivery, lyrics, and his beats.
The man I am talking about is Brooklyn native Jemini the Gifted One (real name: Tommy Smith). After releasing the promo-only EP Scars and Pain in 1995, Jemini has become more popular with underground hip hoppers. In 2003, Jemini parterned up with producer Danger Mouse to put out the album Ghetto Pop Life which as its title alludes to is more pop-driven than his EP. Yet, this does not take away from the genius of Jemini-he truly is the gifted one in every sense of the word.
To listen to some great hip hop by Jemini click on the following links:
Funk Soul Sensation
Scars and Pain
50 MC's in a Cipher
Story of My Life
Can't Stop Rockin (Fat Laces Mix)
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