{"id":25294,"date":"2015-12-20T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T23:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25294"},"modified":"2015-12-21T10:38:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:38:56","slug":"on-sunday-check-out-tish-hymans-superb-subway-art-song-and-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-12\/on-sunday-check-out-tish-hymans-superb-subway-art-song-and-video\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sunday:  Check Out Tish Hyman&#8217;s Superb &#8220;Subway Art&#8221; Song and Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/11146404_1436735759971221_7260059908929617195_o.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25297\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/11146404_1436735759971221_7260059908929617195_o-489x600.jpg\" alt=\"11146404_1436735759971221_7260059908929617195_o\" width=\"489\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/11146404_1436735759971221_7260059908929617195_o-489x600.jpg 489w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/11146404_1436735759971221_7260059908929617195_o-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/11146404_1436735759971221_7260059908929617195_o-326x400.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/11146404_1436735759971221_7260059908929617195_o-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/11146404_1436735759971221_7260059908929617195_o.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn something every day. \u00a0We recently discovered the Bronx&#8217;s battle-rapper\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.listen2tish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tish Hyman<\/strong> <\/a>and her heartrending, empathic, somehow-seasonally-appropriate song\/video <em><strong>Subway Art<\/strong><\/em>, and have been hopelessly mired in its riches since. While resounding like some others (old school <strong>Lauryn Hill<\/strong> in particular), <strong>Hyman<\/strong> stamps her copious personality on <em><strong>Subway Art<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and its affecting people-in-glass-houses lyrics (see below). \u00a0[People: reach out and touch lonely people this season (and year-round). \u00a0Never enough of these reminders.] And there will be harmonica. \u00a0Nice touch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hyman<\/strong> has collaborated with\u00a0<strong>Alicia Keys, Diddy,<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0Kanye West,\u00a0<\/strong>among others. \u00a0But clearly her own stardom is imminent. \u00a0We look forward to <strong>Hyman&#8217;s<\/strong> debut album, <strong><i>Dedicated To<\/i><\/strong>, which is to be released in early 2016. \u00a0Keep your ears and eyes out.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, listen to another gem, the Jamaican-ish\u00a0<em><strong>All I That I Can Do<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0So very good.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A-nYINci4Nw\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/149506597&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Subway Art<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not gon&#8217; cry this time so it sounds better<br \/>\nThere is life in New York<br \/>\nUnderground in the coldest hearts<br \/>\nLonely people are subway art<\/p>\n<p>Lonely people cast away<br \/>\nFor the crimes they committed<br \/>\nAnd the love ones they pain<br \/>\nHope for redemption on a crowded train<br \/>\nCan you spare some change? Cause my baby need some diapers<br \/>\nI just got out of jail and nobody wants to hire<br \/>\nMy mother just died and I have nowhere to go now<br \/>\nGot hurt on the job, got laid off and I&#8217;m broke now<br \/>\nI could be robbin&#8217; you but I&#8217;m tryna sell this candy<br \/>\nI need to feed my family, somebody help me<\/p>\n<p>There is life in New York<br \/>\nUnderground in the coldest hearts<br \/>\nLonely people are subway art<br \/>\nLonely people<br \/>\nIn the coldest hearts<\/p>\n<p>Lonely people whose broken dreams<br \/>\nSlowly became distant memories<br \/>\nMost of their prayers fall on dead ears in this crowded train<br \/>\nHooked on drugs and I can&#8217;t get sober<br \/>\nI&#8217;m only 18 and my whole life is over<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve done been to jail 5 times, give me a dollar<br \/>\nI&#8217;m just hungry, I&#8217;ll take food if you got some<br \/>\nAnybody wanna buy my mix CD?<br \/>\nI need to feed my family, somebody help me&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn something every day. \u00a0We recently discovered the Bronx&#8217;s battle-rapper\u00a0Tish Hyman and her heartrending, empathic, somehow-seasonally-appropriate song\/video Subway Art, and have been hopelessly mired in its riches since. While resounding like some others (old school Lauryn Hill in particular), Hyman stamps her copious personality on Subway Art\u00a0and its affecting people-in-glass-houses lyrics (see below). \u00a0[People: reach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25303,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25294\/revisions\/25303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}