From Andrew Hime Sent Tue, Jul 27th 1999, 18:54
> MCs who continue to rap about these tried-and-true, > generic concepts like, "how great i am," "how much weed > i smoked yesterday," and "how i fucked all these bitches > since i was 13" are going to have to deal with a mad ... > you can be from the hood and rap about things other > than weed and St. Ives and having lots of sex. > who else better to rap about revolution, injustice > and racism? > poverty is a serious topic, that is depreciated when > surrounded by tracks about how fly my new Benz is, > and how all the ladies love my jimmy. Aw, come on, the Beastie Boys gotta carve their "loved by whitey" niche somehow. I mean, wow, "Root Down", "3 MCs and 1 DJ", the thing with the wiffle ball bat. Woohoo! Free Tibet and party on, dudes!