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Pop.u.LA.tion: Hit the ground walking - Common Ground by Scott Strazzante. Beat poet uses ballpoints, not drum machines. Julius Wright is taking hip-hop down to its bones. The South Philadelphian, calling himself the Lyrical God, uses ballpoint pens to bang out beats. His unplugged rhythms are starting to get noticed.
Sitting behind a card table in the Market East SEPTA station, Wright holds two plastic Bic pens in his fists and, using a variety of taps, clacks and slaps, lays down a rhythm he can rap over. If hip-hop could go folk, this is what it would sound like: he doesn't use a microphone, a turntable, a laptop or a Vocoder. "Cut out the nonsense and industry, the glamour and cars and clothes, things that don't matter," says Wright. "Beating with pens and a table became powerful.
" Wright, 21, says he started doing this on his desk in the third grade. "The bin sounded so good - it was awesome," says Wright. Wright says he was facing six years on a second burglary charge when the judge had mercy on him and kept him out of jail. Wright attracts collaborators in the SEPTA station. She's not the only one. Ken Morganstern, Priya Morganstern, and Bhavani Jaroff. Ms. PRIYA MORGENSTERN: I’m Priya Morgenstern. Mr. KEN MORGENSTERN: Excuse me. Can you raise the volume? Ms. Mr. Ms. Ms. Mr. Ms. Mr. Ms.
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