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THA HOOK UP
By Michael Hayes
Minister of Culture
Okay, Fletcher had me take a break to cover the Jazz
Loop/Jazz Fest but now... after much ado I can proudly
present THA HOOK UP as it was envisioned: with willing
participants.
I still wanna remind people of why I chose to offer this to
everyone.
Some people try to downplay the importance of a love life.
So many in our generation (men AND women) have grown up on
the playa principles.
Some of us seem to be allergic to committed, monogamous
relationships or even an admitted serious attempt.
That’s sad, so many of us hop in and out of bed and
“situations” or “arrangements” without a second thought,
risking the hearts and minds of ourselves and our partners
and risking the body- with every name we can’t even remember
a week after it goes down.
I don’t think it’s mandatory to have a love life. Some
people are happy being single.
Some people are happy “slutting it around all over town”
(that’s a unisex term by the way).
But according to many friends, associates and
acquaintances... some of y’all are ready for the real.
As a songwriter/producer – I can say firsthand that
relationships occupy the majority of the thoughts most
people have throughout the day.
When it’s time to create a song with one of the singers on
our label, we deviate at times but for the most part it’s
concerning matters of the heart because it’s universal.
Our art comes from the deepest places inside us as humans,
and when that art centers around who to love, how to love,
where is love etc. – it becomes painfully obvious that this
is just a subject that will never get old.
So I willingly decided to use this art form to address the
subject and also invite (umm... sometimes my invitations are
more like a blatant DARE) to partake alleviating your own
lovesickness. In other words: you said you wanna meet
somebody … here ya go!
No doubt, Toledo women (just like Detroit women and
Cleveland women... and in my opinion Dayton women) have a
reputation.
Out of all the men I know considering dating outside the
city limits (and considering dating outside of other limits
‘wink, wink’)... none of these men had the cojones to say
“ay dawg, gon head and put me in the paper ... I’m ready”.
All my dudes are still skurred.
So, a few sistahs decided they were brave enough to test the
waters.
All of whom have given me the sidebar acknowledgment that
they aren’t relying on this profile to single handedly
change anything... they just said ‘hey, why not?’ And I love
‘em for that.
I proudly present, The Hook Up.
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