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| From | <nonstoppop@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Is Rap music? |
| Date | Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:31:13 -0500 |
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> While Rap is obviously a unque branch of "music"...the negative connotation
> of a lot of it is a real turn off, especially when you have dudes filling a
> whole album with rhymes about bitches, ho's, poppin' caps, drinkin 40's, not
> having a job and partying all the time.
Of course it's a turn-off when it just focuses on those things. But a point I was trying to make is that when an artist who practices within the rap genre comes out with a groundbreaking album that expands the genre's lyrical palate beyond just those limited topics and goes into different musical territories as well, and people are saying as much, adding, "I don't generally like rap, but I like this album," it just seems inappropriate for the response to be a blanket statement like, say, "All rap is shit." Not that you personally said that, you understand...but it's certainly been said on the list, more or less...
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