On Sun, 1 Jul 2001 01:57:54 -0400 "Dan John" <djohn1@home.com> writes:
quoted 1 line I didn't grow up the 'hood, but I find that rap is an outlet for rage
> I didn't grow up the 'hood, but I find that rap is an outlet for rage
and
quoted 2 lines anger geared towards young black males that don't know any better
> anger geared towards young black males that don't know any better
> than to 'buy' scads of cds {etc, etc.}
I think you accidentally said "black" when you actually meant "white".
quoted 2 lines Sorry... but could you give us an example of these so-called "great"
> Sorry... but could you give us an example of these so-called "great"
> rap artists?
Mos Def. Talib Kweli. There's two (both taking very different pathways
to common visions - check _Black on Both Sides_ if you don't think you
can fit Stevie Wonder, Doug E. Fresh, and Charles Earland on the same
record groove). (Mos Def was also the brightest spot on DJ Spooky's tour
2 years ago - there's the IDM quotient) Need I mention the Roots, too?
Or even Erykah Badu? We could all go on ...
quoted 2 lines One's that don't rip samples from otherwise classic songs, or that
>One's that don't rip samples from otherwise classic songs, or that
> don't contain obsessant (sic) profanity pointing out how "hard done by"quoted 1 line the artist is?
> the artist is?
Although question 1 has nothing to do with question 2 - I think I get
your gist. Can you name the unnamed samples that course throughout Pete
Rock and CL Smooth's _Mecca and the Soul Brother_? Or their _The Main
Ingredient_? Or even any Third Bass song? No. Sample-ripping isn't
bad, per se, when done with the spirit of anonymity. Any other way is
just grandstanding/money grubbing populism.
Profanity is neither here nor there (seen any Kevin Smith film?).
Although I would be thrilled if Vladislav Delay's next album was all
booty shaking ghetto jack. Maybe he could hurl some Finnish expletives
over the top about his "hoes" and making big lucce. It would probably
get 5/5 in every magazine review as they would rave about his constant
reinvention, so we're probably all full of it and should shut up. I'll go
first.
J "pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel"
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