No more little hвЂ™s.Д«enjamin Banneker and George Washington Carver and Madam CJ Walker and Garrett Morgan and other black women and men of note would be included in textbooks. This was all in effort to turn black history into Black History. Carter Godwin Woodson, said man, started the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), the Journal of Negro History, and founded the Negro History Bulletin from his home in DC. This man, who literally had studied African American history at Harvard before African American History was a subject, sat bewildered at the charlatan and made a vow that black history would be accurate, celebrated, and incorporated into broader History as taught and learned in the United States.

In other words, it wasnвЂ™t capital H history. It was not in textbooks or taught in schools. He was upset because he had just attended an event where someone was paid to speak about African American history.and didnвЂ™t know what the HELL he was talking about.ДЄt the time, black history was hardly recorded or included in writing anywhere. This is the only good story I will ever tell about a Que, so you know it has to be pretty good.Д«ack in 1915, the second African-American man to earn a doctorate from Harvard (right after WEB Du Bois) was pissed. And, per usual, I have a story for yвЂ™all. If there is anyone listening to this song for the first time after reading this blog I hope it brings a positive memory of someone in your life like it does for me.I have recently been thinking about little h вЂhistoryвЂ™ and Black History Month thanks to An Intimate History of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin. We should all strive to leave a positive memory to the people in our lives. If someone is going to dedicate a song to your memory this is how it should be. Roy when he was alive other than he danced with Heavy D. There have been some as good but not better. I hope itвЂ™s a consolation for them that after 17 years since this song was released there hasnвЂ™t been a hip hop song any better. ItвЂ™s too bad this group got caught up in the beginning of the G-Funk gangster rap explosion and their positivity couldnвЂ™t sustain and give them a more accomplished career. He does an excellent job of painting a portrait of the people in the song. The lyrics are poetic, intricate and yet easy to follow. The third voice is dedicated to their friend Troy that the song is named after. The second is about his grandfather who was his father figure growing up. The first one is about his mother and how she overcame the struggles of being a teenage mom.

CL Smooth raps three verses in this song. The horn sample begins the song and sets the vibe. The instrumental track produced by Pete Rock features a horn and bass line sample by a song called вЂњTodayвЂќ by Tom Scott. He died in an accident while they were on tour in 1990. The song is named after Troy вЂTrouble T RoyвЂ™ Dixon who was a member of Heavy D and the Boyz. This is one of the five best hip hop songs ever and shows the power of the genre when itвЂ™s done correctly. It was recorded on their album Mecca and The Soul Brother in 1992. There is no hip hop song that embodies this feeling more than вЂњThey Reminisce (T.R.O.Y.)вЂќ by Pete Rock and CL Smooth. Every now and then you have to reminisce and pay respects to the good people in our lives in the past and the present and show them how much we care. We also understand the value of having support and appreciation for the people that helped us along the way. We got to live through and experience the community changing right before our eye and watched friends and family members struggle. We deal with the loss of our peers for foolish reasons. The hip hop generation has been dealing with some serious issues at a younger age than we should have. Most people have their lives shaped by a combination of support, adversity, and change.

When they reminisce over you my god