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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Blur |
| Date | Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:44:03 -0700 (PDT) |
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--- Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> wrote:
> At 12:07 PM 6/19/2003 -0500, Billy G. Spradlin
> wrote:
> >Hey I was joking here. I apologise to anyone I
> upset. I used to love a lot
> >of Rap when it was "fresh" back in the 80's, but
> it's become too much of a
> >formula now. Theres not much innovation in rap
> music anymore - unless you
> >like "crunk" music (Bia! Biaaaaaaaaa!) which is
> very annoying. Im also
> >tired of every rapper who thinks he's a record
> mogul now and gives all his
> >bud's record contracts!
>
> Joking aside (and I believe that you were, not that
> it excuses a statement
> like that), once again I have to assume that your
> knowledge of the current
> hip-hop scene is, at best, superficial to the point
> of non-existant. As
> I've said, saying "all hip-hop sucks" when all
> you've ever heard is a few
> Puff Daddy and Ja Rule singles is like saying "all
> rock and roll sucks"
> when all you've ever heard is Avril Lavigne. As in
> rock, the best hip-hop
> is rarely the most commercially successful, and
> until you can honestly say
> that you've heard the likes of the Roots, Common,
> Blackalicious, Jurassic
> 5, De la Soul, etc., I'm sorry, but your opinion on
> the matter can't be
> taken seriously.
>
> It's cool if you don't like it. But dismissing the
> entire genre out of
> hand is just boneheaded.
>
> S
>
> NP: MUSIC FOR SCATTERED BRAINS -- AZ
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~you know.... i totally agree with the
point you're making, stewart. i didn't care for
billy's statement, either. however...i don't really
care for you calling people dumb and boneheaded.
that's not the kind of atmosphere i'd like to see
perpetuated here. and i think it's the reason a lot of
lurkers stay lurkers. i think there's a way to get an
opinion across without resorting to what is tantamount
to namecalling.
jocelyn
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