Comments on the thought movement: Stolen from Hip Hop

Contributions from the famous Musa Okwonga on my f...

2008-08-28T15:25:00.000Z

Contributions from the famous Musa Okwonga on my facebook note:

Poem !, lines 10-11: that's from "Mathematics" by Mos Def!

"five dimensions...six senses...seven firmaments’"

Braaaappppp!

Poem 1, lines 4-5: Mos Def, “Miss Fat Booty”
Poem 2, lines 4-5: the hook from “Respiration”
Poem 2, line 16: Mos Def, “Respiration”

and he's SO right! :)

@ Ngozi, you're absolutely right L Boogie's Lost O...

2008-08-27T19:45:00.000Z

@ Ngozi, you're absolutely right L Boogie's Lost Ones - third verse. There's actually another line that's inspired/derived from that song - maybe you spotted that too? It's sitting close to a line from Nas :)

I got right to the end, disappointed in myself tha...

2008-08-27T15:59:00.000Z

I got right to the end, disappointed in myself that I could not recognise a single line. And then, 2 line 25. My heart racing, I knew, that's Lauryn Hill, not one of the LOST ONES but one that I have found. That base twanging though my head I pulled out my phone to hear it for real...only to find that I am still lost.

But I know that even when you're gone you can still be reborn
And, from the night can arrive the sweet dawn...you might win some but I just lost one.

Do you mean section I line 2 or just section II. T...

2008-08-27T07:15:00.000Z

Do you mean section I line 2 or just section II. They are actually each from at least three songs/artists.

Hmmmm... is the second one Blackstar? I'm probably...

2008-08-27T04:55:00.000Z

Hmmmm... is the second one Blackstar? I'm probably way off...