 Termanology is like the quiet guy you don’t pay much attention to when you’re horsing around on the ball courts. He warms up like everyone else does, he’s smooth and graceful but he leaves the Hot Sauce at home. You might catch him crack a smile when one of the louder blacktop comedians initiates the trash talking but that smile disappears, as soon as the ball is checked.
“Oh shit…” His defenders ankles are the first to realize this. The 6”8’ space eater in the paint is next. Blacktop comedian announces a death on the concrete for the whole park to hear, and while ’Ology would like to smile again, he knows the game has just begun. The game began a long time ago for Termanology but his first wow from the crowd came on an assist from DJ Premier in 2006. “Watch How It Goes Down” became an underground hit, the first of many. Another feed by Premo and “So Amazing” solidified Termanology in the rap game. Now with “Politics As Usual” having just dropped on September 30th, Systemrebels.com takes a look at how Term has won over the respect of so many.
Watch How It Go Down Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1991. Tensions between the city’s remaining working class whites and the new influx of Hispanic immigrants continue to boil but this time to destructive levels. In an eighteenth month period, over 200 buildings were set on fire, creating unprecedented damage to the city’s landscape and unity. And perhaps that fire never died down, still flickering inside the lungs of Termanology. Half white, half Puerto Rican and all Lawrence, it is not hard to relate to Term. Coming from a working class family in a small city, Term represents one of the largest hip hop demographic in America. Yet, this same group of hip hop followers has few of their own make it to the limelight. About as well represented as India was in the Olympics, hip hop towns now stand united behind Mr. So Amazing. After going years without a legit representative, they can finally hear their stories narrated from their perspective.
So Amazing Termanology is here to remind us that poverty is universal and like many of his fellow youths, he turned to hip hop for an outlet. He is the dealer waiting in front of your building when the mercury doesn’t show on your thermometer. He is the director of tragedies, success stories and action films on a notepad inside his room with one dim light bulb shining on and off. He is the small city kid dreaming of fame in class. He is the Spic running from the police AND the whiteboy who is NOT well off. Simply put, Termanology is hip hop. “I don’t bite Jay, bite Big, bite Pac
Im in a tight spot
They say I might flop
If I don’t make a Shoulder Lean or an Ice Box"
Born Alone Die Alone
|
