LJi Day 1 A.E. (After Elimination): Influences

[cloworora]

This post, I've been meaning to make for weeks now. I kept getting delayed in writing it by pressing deadlines and losing myself in a fleeting fantasy world that didn't seem to mesh well with Live Journal Idol readers. My bad, I suppose; I now know to shelve that idea for further development with about fifty other book ideas. Coincidentally, the

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[yachiru]

My friend went to a Childish Gambino concert a month or so ago. Said it was fabulous. ^^

[cloworora]

I really like a lot of the underground hiphop scene, here and globally. Tyler, the Creator, is pretty much on the level with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, as far as experimental expression and theatrics. All of the Strange Famous guys are amazing lyricists (unreal poets that I can't even begin to comprehend their creation process). And then there's huge graivity in the UK and Australia with some very inventive, genre-smashing material from very talented writers...

Donald Glover is great. He has appeared at the right time with his strange brand of soul-mixed thick rhymes, compact punchlines and subversive raps on every track. It's hard to believe it was originally his -side-project- from...you know, being on television.

[mac_arthur_park]

I was really sad to see you go. You were one of my favorites. :(

[cloworora]

I'll stick to the home game and wait for the final season. I always admired your range of style, from one iconoclast to another. From your first entry, I was driven into PM's. I started off so terrified that if I wrote something the way I wanted it written, people might not understand or misunderstand. Then I read your entry. It sort of told me "You aren't alone. Have no fear."

The difference is, when you stepped outside of the box, you didn't set it on fire behind you!