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Chris Frey
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:14:09 -0800
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Re: [idm] Hip Hop
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This was good for a laugh. Pseudo-intellectualism at its finest. the inertia of the Postmodern ethos of mediumistic
quoted 1 line deconstruction>deconstruction
the 1960s hermeneutic of the post-dada studio production and
quoted 1 line re/de-simulation foci of the rising production mnemonic in live music.>re/de-simulation foci of the rising production mnemonic in live music.
The term was allegedly codified, if not fabricated, or at least
quoted 1 line lexicalized,>lexicalized,
quasi-conscious,
quoted 3 lines de-semanticization of Afrocentric loan terms aimed at fostering a discourse>de-semanticization of Afrocentric loan terms aimed at fostering a discourse >of racial empowerment and a subsequent deconstruction or reformulation of >the Eurocentric grammar.
quoted 3 lines semantic drift that is tellingly symptomatic of syntactical uncertainty>semantic drift that is tellingly symptomatic of syntactical uncertainty >grafted on to the language of popular culture (seen from the post-Hegelian >viewpoint, at least).
the tacit epistemological justification of early hip hop
quoted 3 lines the subculture's zeitgeist demonstrated its susceptibility to capitalistic>the subculture's zeitgeist demonstrated its susceptibility to capitalistic >king-of-the-hillisms with a facility emblematic of the Heraclitean flux of >market forces.
hip hop is not so much a genre in the traditional Platonic
quoted 1 line essentialistic sense, but rather a Wittgensteinian "family of resemblences".>essentialistic sense, but rather a Wittgensteinian "family of resemblences".
instantiates the historicization of the autonomous selfhood of
quoted 2 lines cultural organization congruent with the incipient textuality of the musical>cultural organization congruent with the incipient textuality of the musical >lyric.
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