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C-Rayz Walz- BlackOut f/ The Angel and The Preacher

By Transmute

Published: February 7th, 2006

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Bronx emcee C-Rayz Walz is one of the illest and most talented emcees out today. Member of the Strong Hold crew, Walz has recently released his second solo effort on the Definitive Jux imprint entitled Year of the Beast.

The album contains a number of fiery tracks, including the social commentary “BlackOut.” The instrumental on this track is on point. Produced by Myk Defy, the track opens with a short electric guitar solo, which explodes into a bouncy head nodding beat. Throughout the song the guitar *switches up (?confusing)* , as well as the bass line for the song, keeping the beat interesting.

But it’s the lyrics that make this song shine. Walz spits the first verse from the perspective of a Black man frustrated with being harassed by cops because of his race and living the “street” life. He wants to be successful, play golf, and live a comfortable life; yet questions if that lifestyle would be considered “trying to be white.” The second verse is handled by 4th Pyramid, who flips the perspective of a white man who respects what Blacks have done and wants to be associated with their achievements, namely the culture of hip-hop, but recognizes that he, being white, reflects the racial persecution that Blacks have suffered by whites in the past. The third verse, spit between Walz and 4th, acts as a summary of the sentiments felt about being Blacks and whites who are individuals doing their thing and are seen as trying to emulate the other’s race (Walz). and a comment that some whites do genuinely respect Black culture and though whites are seen as the dominate race, there are some that do not fit the role (4th).

The song has a serious message, but ironically, the hook has that tongue-in-cheek humor that keeps the listener entertained as well as informed.

We’re Black and we wanna be white. We’re Black and we wanna be white. We’re Black and we wanna be white. All night, alright, all hype. (Walz)

We’re white but we wanna be Black. We’re white but we wanna be Black. We’re white but we wanna be Black. Fight back like this, like that. (4th)

The video for this song adds to the humor in the song as Walz and 4th are flowing and singing with a bunch of puppets wearing stereotypical golfing cloths and African garbs respectfully.

The song clearly has no intent to offend any race; instead it calls out those narrow minded people who make generalizations about the way people act and about race. This is definitely a smart and entertaining song that is worth listening to.

As a side note, I’m not sure which is The Angel and which is The Preacher, but I know they are 4th Pyramid and C-Rayz Walz.

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The imperial emcee and devout Hip-Hop head Transmute ANS, or Tr. ANS, reps for the state of Connecticut, but chills in the Illadelph for the time being. Not one to divulge much information about himself, this is what should be known. People think he’s nice on the mic, he says different; until he is heard the question is: “is he ill?” or is he what an emcee is supposed to be? Whatever the answer is, Tr. ANS does have too many aliases, multiple personalities to go with them, and too many crews/groups that he is associated with (hence his love for Madlib and MF DOOM). As a Hip-Hop head, Tr. ANS’ mind is that of a Hip-Hop DJ, in that Hip-Hop music is not just rap music, but encompasses every genre that has influenced the culture’s music. Therefore, for Freshout, Transmute handles rap (which is called Hip-Hop on the site), funk, jazz, soul, and reggae (Kool DJ Herc baby! Respect!). Hip-Hop is such a large part of his life that he has dedicated his life to the study and development of Hip-Hop Architecture (the man has a Bachelors of Architecture degree). (It should be noted that Transmute did not make this discipline up, there are others who have dedicated time to this study.) Also, Transmutist is a music junkie. The man downloads and buys music so much that he make a crackhead look clam next to his dealer. His knowledge of music is fairly good and if he does have a particular that someone is looking for (Hip-Hop of course), he will look for it. As a Fresh Out writer, Transmute puts his “stamp of approval on every artist that he writes about, so check out his posts and the artists that he is listening to, hit him up if you want and remember to spell the man’s name right— capital “T”, lower case “r”, “dot”, “space”, capital “A”, capital “N”, capital “S”; the hardest name to spell in Hip-Hop— Tr. ANS. Casper.