From Tomas Jirku Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 20:25
From Tomas Jirku Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 20:25
i understood that much from the beginning. i'm just wondering why he
decided to narrow the blame on "suburbanites". you think pop culture is
the product of and for the suburbs? this division does not exist in pop
culture. pop culture is all-emcompassing. in hiphop the division you're
referring to is: ghetto ("keepin' it real") and non-ghetto ("watered
down for mass consumption").
tomas
(disgruntled suburbanite. bored, but happy to be away from the noise and
pollution of the city.)
nordberg wrote:
> i might be totally wrong on this, but i think
> Multsanta is referring to the fact that hip-hop
> music isn't just cool noises and slick beats.
> Was it Chuck D? that said "Rap is the CNN of
> the street." i don't think it's THAT outrageous
> for Multsanta to have beef with artists taking
> the music that is tied inseparably to the urban
> culture of america's cities, distilling the political
> and cultural element out of it completely (and please
> no one try and t ell us that there is no political
> element in rap & hip-hop) and turning it into
> an uncharged, sterilized + acceptable way for
> white folks to 'get their groove on.'