I used Audacity to record a poem and also to import an instrumental. The poem I decided to recite was Nikki Giovanni's Ego Trippin' and the instrumental was Kanye West's Cant Tell Me Nothin'. (Kanye West wrote as well as produced this instrumental) I felt that it was only appropriate to recite this poem over this particular instrumental because both have an "ego" or cocky feel to both the poem and instrumental.
Ego Trippin' is a powerful poem that calls for all Black women to embrace their heritage and understand that they are beautiful women too. In the song Can't Tell Me Nothin', Kanye West bascially says that he is better than everyone and you can't tell him nothin' about it. He samples a Blues singer for the background vocals and the tempo is slowed down like southern rap songs. Also, I reversed the instrumental so it sounds a little distorted.
http://www.clc.wvu.edu:8080/clc/Members/center/ego%20trippin.mp3/file_view
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