Rapping on Iraq
So Lady Jane DJ has a soft spot for Soldiers, U.S. Soldiers. In the past few years our U.S. Soldiers have been dealing with situations that most people could not even imagine. I'm often curious about a soldier's out look on life. If you are as curious as I am, then we are about to get it tomorrow in the form of Real Hip Hop. Lady Jane DJ feels that this CD is going to be Real Intense! It's titled "Voices from the Frontline". Check It!
Excerpt:"Soldiers Share Battlefield Stories in Hip-Hop CD
By GITIKA AHUJA
When Marine Cpl. Mischelle Rae Johnston was deployed to Iraq, she was not prepared for how different her life would be from the way it was in slow paced eastern Montana where she was raised. She now says the seven months she spent in Iraq forever changed her perceptions of life, love and family.
Her detailed perceptions, along with those of a dozen of her military comrades are part of a new hip-hop CD called "Voices from the Frontline" due out Tuesday.
"Music was an outlet, a way to keep sane among the insanity," said 23-year-old Johnston whose song "Desert Vacation" describes the emotional strain on a soldier in combat.
"I think the hardest part is not the physical aspect, but the emotional strain you go through," said Johnston, who wrote the lyrics while on active duty in Al Asad, Iraq. "You come so close to snapping, but you had to keep your cool and calm and you never know what is going to happen. Then, all of a sudden a bomb drops."'