At 10:46 PM 7/2/2001 -0400, you wrote:
quoted 6 lines Alright alright... I can't believe my post caused so much shit. It's>Alright alright... I can't believe my post caused so much shit. It's
>impossible to have a real debate with text messages spurted back and
>forth. I'm really sorry if I offended anyone, but I don't really see how
>I could have. I may be ignorant for thinking 'rap' is a black thing and
>'country' is a white thing, but is that such a crazy thought? On average,
>I think most people would agree.
yeah, on the whole, you're right. My girlfriend picked up a cd from some
british troupe, kind of fatboy slimmish, called "the wiseguys." She, of
course, listened to it on the way home after finding this, and I said "I
never knew you were into hip-hop" (since some of the songs were very
hip-hoppy, and one even sampled A Tribe Called Quest). She said "this
isn't hip hop." I said "oh yes it is, just listen to that beat, and the
scratching." She said "hip hop is about pimps and hoes."
Indeed!
We had the same conversation in 5 minutes that the entire list spent 2 days
on. Sheesh!
Most people don't give a rat's ass about music. We're "intelligent dance
music" because we give a rat's ass about music. We erupt in arguments like
this because talking about music you give a rat's ass about in an ignorant
way to people who give a rat's ass about it and think about it is bound to
cause controversy. It's like going to a pro-lifer and saying "it's just a
baby, who cares"
cheers,
/derek
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