CLEVELAND - Rap and hip-hop music has, in my opinion become a stagnant, monotonous and repetitive genre. What was once a creative art form has degenerated into a vicious cycle of sameness.
And it's hurting the game.
The well worn themes of money, jewelery, cars, drugs, guns and women have made this once brilliant form of music lifeless, listless and uninspiring. But as long as the public eats it up, nothing will ever change.
Until now.
Enter Jermaine Perry, the founder and flagship artist of the Cleveland-based fledgling hip-hop group "The Cipher." Perry, my closest friend and colleague is a first-rate visionary with the requisite mentality to change the game. He, along with co-founder Jason Lacey plan to rewrite the now stale and hackneyed rules of hip-hop that places a premium on hubris and manufactured machismo and elitism. These men are actually talking about relevant topics that real people can relate to and appreciate.
The group's first CD debuts this Spring. Check out the breathtaking recording session above and be prepared to pick your jaw up off the floor.
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