Musical Monday with Fu-Schnickens

 
I am not an expert in rap and hip-hop by any stretch of the imagination... but I can recognize talent when I see it and BOY were the Fu-Schnickens talented! Even better -- "Breakdown" has a hook that you will find yourself humming for the next few hours or even days.

I don't grasp the meaning of the video nor the lyrics of the rap (except for the most basic... I understand the words and each sentence, but I am puzzled as to the greater meaning of it all). It's all very fascinating to watch and listen to, and extremely well performed and crafted--and each shot of the video is expertly framed--but all I can ultimately say is, "This is art, and I know what I like. And THIS--I like."

Take a look and a listen. Let me know if you agree! (And if you know what it all means.)

Musical Monday with Fu-Schnickens

We try to mix a little education with the entertainment these parts. So, on this Musical Monday, we bring you a rap video from the early 1990s that answers a question you didn't even know you wanted answered: What is a True Fuschnick?

Click below, sit back, and prepare to be schooled!

Um... okay. Maybe we over-sold the educational value to that video... but it IS a very entertaining bit of rap from the early 1990s. (1992 to be exact, and the third single from what would prove to be their biggest album -- their debut album, "F.U.: Don't Take It Personal.")

You can read about the group's history at Wikipedia by clicking here. (Among the groundbreaking they can be credited with was defining a trail that the longer-lasting Wu-Tang Clan would soon follow.)