DC hip hop is a touchy subject that I’ve addressed on the site before at length. But nobody can deny the amazing nature of Nonchalant’s 1995 gold single “5 O’Clock.” At the height of the jackin’ fools and making cash moves era of hip hop in the mid 1990s, DC’s Nonchalant stood tall as a lone female voice antagonized and annoyed by this behavior, and with a phat sing-a-long hook, had a top notch one hit wonder. The track is solid, the vocals are important, but between the hook and a video that took place five minutes from my front door (1210 Eastern Avenue, NE is literally five minutes away from the corner of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road, NE), it struck VERY close to home and made an immediate impact for me personally as a call to intellect over violence. Oddly enough, it wasn’t soon after this track that out went my jeans and hoodies, and in came my cardigans, pressed slacks and suede saddle shoes.
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