Re: (idm) mtv, woodstock, and kidrock

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!