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cutups
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Date:
Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:46:54 -0500
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Re: [idm] anticon and hip-hop
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The great thing though is for several years you haven't had to be rich to put tracks on the internet. Even most poor kids i know at least have computer access. I'm sure the percentage of well of folks is higher for sure, but its not 100% exclusive. Having gear to make tracks is harder but if you've got the knowhow to work with freeware/warez shit you can get by with some minimal stuff. - cutups
quoted 21 lines Now i don't know how much of this is true, I don't know much of anything> Now i don't know how much of this is true, I don't know much of anything > about Anticon aside from the fact that they got started putting out tracks > on the internet, which screams "rich kid" to me ... the race issue is at > least partially relevant, as there are more rich white kids than rich > black kids ... > > at any rate, i think Outkast is doing a better job of revolutionizing > hip-hop than anticon (for better or worse) and Andre is a much better > dresser than any of those white kids :) > > josh > > -- > String Theory : Digital Music for Humans > http://www.enteract.com/~yoshi/index.cgi > > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Rjyan Kidwell wrote: > > > > i fully agree with their sentiment > > > that hip-hop needs to be pushed in new directions and i appreciate
their
quoted 4 lines efforts to do so> > > 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
quoted 1 line hip-hop or involve themselves in hip-hop culture. what i'm asking is: is> > hip-hop or involve themselves in hip-hop culture. what i'm asking is: is
a
quoted 3 lines crew of white kids really qualified to make generalizations about what> > 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
quoted 3 lines going to make hip-hop advanced now. Seeya."> > going to make hip-hop advanced now. Seeya." > > > > I guess I don't really have a solid opinion on Anticon, but I've
encountered
quoted 1 line quite a few of their rabid fans -- kids who don't actively listen to> > quite a few of their rabid fans -- kids who don't actively listen to
hip-hop
quoted 1 line and/or buy new hip-hop records who are all too ready to say that Anticon> > and/or buy new hip-hop records who are all too ready to say that Anticon
is
quoted 1 line the "best thing in hip-hop". Meaning, I guess, that Anticon is better> > the "best thing in hip-hop". Meaning, I guess, that Anticon is better
than
quoted 1 line Nelly or Shaggy or whatever is on MTV. It seriously seems like some> > Nelly or Shaggy or whatever is on MTV. It seriously seems like some
people
quoted 2 lines think that grabbing some Anticon mp3s off Napster makes you absolved of> > 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
quoted 4 lines hip-hop. But I have some Cash Money mp3s because they're funny."> > 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
quoted 19 lines the internet.> > the internet. > > > > > > > > -rk > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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