From: Dan John <djohn1@home.com>
quoted 2 lines Sorry... but could you give us an example of these so-called "great" rap
> Sorry... but could you give us an example of these so-called "great" rap
> artists? One's that don't rip samples from otherwise classic songs, or
that
quoted 1 line don't contain obsessant profanity pointing out how "hard done by" the
> don't contain obsessant profanity pointing out how "hard done by" the
artist
quoted 1 line is?
> is?
I'm no rap expert, but I think there's a lot of interesting stuff out there.
I got into it when I was living in a ghetto area in San Francisco, because
it seemed to have a lot to say about what was going outside my front door
and why. For example there was some 2pac (yes, 2pac) track which my roommate
turned me on to which examined the life of a crack dealer - why he got into
dealing, how it was benefitting his life in some respects and screwing it up
in others. It's easy to dismiss this as self-indulgent/justifying wank, but
when these dealers/pimps/hos/etc. are your neighbours and turn out to be
real people who have good days and bad days like everyone else, it bears a
closer examination.
As for rap being crap, 90% of everything is crap, even IDM.
Anig Browl
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