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re: is it rap or techno..

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1995-01-13 20:01re: is it rap or techno..
1995-01-14 03:46Lazlo Nibble re: is it rap or techno..
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1995-01-13 20:01941SHELTON@MERLIN.NLU.EDU> i'm getting admonished by a roommate as > i write this. he says "what about the beastie
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quoted 3 lines i'm getting admonished by a roommate as> i'm getting admonished by a roommate as > i write this. he says "what about the beastie boys?" well, i hardly > call the beastie boys hip hop much less rap anymore.
quoted 7 lines I know we're getting off-topic here but I have to call you out on this>I know we're getting off-topic here but I have to call you out on this >attitude -- it's complete bullshit. You want to be able to prop up this >bogus theory that an entire genre is creatively defunct so you >oh-so-cleverly define the stuff you happen to *like* out of the genre? Give >us a break. ("Disco sucks!" "Yeah, well, what about that Giorgio Moroder >record I see in your collection over there?" "THAT'S NOT DISCO! >It's...uh...it's ELECTRIC EUROPOP! Yeah! Not disco!")
You make his comment sound like part of some insidious plot, Lazlo. The man just doesn't think that the Beasties fit into the prevalent bought-n-sold, give-the-black-man-the-WORST-image-possible gagsta scene. And I second that. Rap is one of their ingredients, but I too would honestly hesitate to broadly label their stuff 'rap'. Brad.
1995-01-14 03:46Lazlo Nibble> You make his comment sound like part of some insidious plot, Lazlo. > The man just doesn
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Fri, 13 Jan 1995 20:46:57 -0700 (MST)
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quoted 4 lines You make his comment sound like part of some insidious plot, Lazlo.> You make his comment sound like part of some insidious plot, Lazlo. > The man just doesn't think that the Beasties fit into the prevalent > bought-n-sold, give-the-black-man-the-WORST-image-possible gagsta > scene.
And since when is that scene all there is to rap? -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@rt66.com) ::: Visit http://rt66.com/lazlo/ for Discographies, Record ::: Collecting Resources, The Internet Music Wantlists, and more.