quoted 3 lines i fully agree with their sentiment> i fully agree with their sentiment
> that hip-hop needs to be pushed in new directions and i appreciate their
> efforts to do so
now, get me straight here: i'm saying white kids shouldn't listen to
hip-hop, because they all should. nor am i saying white kids shouldn't make
hip-hop or involve themselves in hip-hop culture. what i'm asking is: is a
crew of white kids really qualified to make generalizations about what
hip-hop needs to do and not do?
"OK, Jay-Z, that's all nice and good what you do, but we're here and we're
going to make hip-hop advanced now. Seeya."
I guess I don't really have a solid opinion on Anticon, but I've encountered
quite a few of their rabid fans -- kids who don't actively listen to hip-hop
and/or buy new hip-hop records who are all too ready to say that Anticon is
the "best thing in hip-hop". Meaning, I guess, that Anticon is better than
Nelly or Shaggy or whatever is on MTV. It seriously seems like some people
think that grabbing some Anticon mp3s off Napster makes you absolved of
having to listen to any other hip-hop music. "Oh, I only listen to advanced
hip-hop. But I have some Cash Money mp3s because they're funny."
I hate to be the one that brings up racial issues here, but they're not
going away if you stick your head in the sand. Or if you stick your head in
the internet.
-rk
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