
A fine example of how to be both very different and much better.

Black Violin – “A Flat”



“A Flat” (2012)
The track “A Flat” is from “Classically Trained,” the second album by the (not coincidentally) classically trained hip-hop duo Black Violin.
Richer, Deeper, Hipper
While the instrumentation suggests that this is classical music, the urban setting and the motifs are clearly those of pop or hip-hop.


Black Violin
The duo comprises 2 Florida natives – Kev Marcus on violin and Wil B on viola (aka, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste). They took the name Black Violin from an album of that title by the noted jazz violinist Stuff Smith.

Different and Better
Wil’s goal as a performer is to inspire his audience “to be better people.” Kev’s goal is to encourage people to do things “different than anybody else.” If their audience needs an example to follow, they have to look no further than the members and the music of Black Violin for excellent models of how to be both very different and much better. (Image source)
note – Thanks to YouTube commenter D.H., who categorized Black Violin’s music as “Hip-jazz classy funk.” ☺ I borrowed that phase and used it in the heading for this post.
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3 – “Honor Roll”
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Links to my other series ...

Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 1"
Lou Reed – "Anthology of Memorable Lyrics, Part 2"
Great Lyrics, a compilation – “Part One – My Lyrics Posts 3~30”
Great Lyrics, a compilation – “Part Two – My Lyrics Posts 31~60”
Vocab-Ability – "Introduction to Vocab-Ability"
Vocab-Ability – "Index" to all Chapters and Sections
Notes from Under the Tatami Mats – "Part One – Notes 1~50"
Notes from Under the Tatami Mats – "Part Two – Notes 51~87"