From Kent Williams Sent Wed, Apr 21st 1999, 04:55
From Kent Williams Sent Wed, Apr 21st 1999, 04:55
I hate it when people think that MC's have somehow 'advanced' since the old school days. The stuff that was good back then is still good now -- what tends to kill a style is all the wack trend followers that come after the originators and make crap tracks. Africa Bambaata? Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five? Biz Markie? Erik B and Rakim? The good stuff still stands up! Same thing holds for other styles. I've been playing a Prince greatest hits cd in the car because it came into my wife's store, and some of his tracks are still state of the art. If he'd made them today, he'd of had a fatter kick and pitched it up a bit but that 4x4 dance beat is still there, along with loads of funky sounds and vocals. He was making tracks like 'Controversy' back in the early 80's, and you can still drop them in a house set with a straight face. You might as well say that Bach is wack because he's been dead 300 years. Fashions change in music, but it's not some linear evolution towards perfection -- otherwise the Spice Girls would be better than Billy Holiday. For that matter, where would hip hop be if producers weren't digging in the crates at the Goodwill for samples? kent williams -- xxxx@xxxxxx.xxx ICQ:33001909