To continue looking at the therapeutic qualities of Hip Hop, I want to briefly mention Lewis Parker's Rise 12”; one of my favourite UK Hip Hop records. What I love about it is how in both tunes ('Rise' and 'Visions of Splendour') Hip Hop culture is treated with almost religious awe. Parker places Hip Hop at the centre of his world, finding hope and strength in its various aesthetic elements. We hear his therapy expressed in and through the medium of beats and rhymes, not incense and bell chimes. Armed with a stack of records, some fat-lace puma suede's and a microphone, Lewis Parker attacks life's 'Wackness' in all its forms. Have a Listen...
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