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| From | Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com> |
| Subject | Re: Top 15 for 2k6 |
| Date | Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:53:01 -0700 |
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However, Sam, you say that you don't know enough about hip-hop to
comment intelligently about it, but then go ahead and say that
critics fawn over (basicallly) rappers who aren't coherent and/or
articulate. This is a pretty broad generalization.
Admittedly. I mean, I could dig up examples that helped form this
opinion, but still it's a pretty broad brush. So your point is taken.
Yes, there is a lot of crap out there that sells -- but basing views
on rap on the lowest common denominator thugs would be like basing
views on rock music on Nickleback.
I try really hard NOT to do this. I don't even bother with hip-hop unless
something comes recommended, so in theory my reaction is based on "the
best." Now, sometimes the recommendations pay off nicely (The Streets,
for instance). But other times I walk away thinking that if THAT'S the
best of the genre, what's the point. I mean, please, Eminem? Spare me.
The next time I hear that he's the Beatles of rap I'm going to yak on
somebody.
If anything, a lot of the most critically acclaimed rap of recent
years has been music that has been very expressive -- The Roots, Lupe
Fiasco, Kanye West, and many others.
Kanye I know almost nothing about as a performer, although I respect what
I know of him as a social commentator. The Roots are currently being
highly recommended by a source I trust a lot, and are on the list. So I
try to keep an open mind, as best I can.
Thanks for commenting on this, though. I'm always trying to better inform
my opinions....
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Sam Smith
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