Re: (idm) Hip-hop history/CD philosophy

From the Quaternions
Sent Wed, Apr 21st 1999, 00:19

> sam: i understand what you're saying, but just check out some rap
> acapellas:put on a public enemy track's acapella version and you will *still*
> hear the power
> behind chuck d's lyrics. re: rappers: if you ("you" being "the person
> rapping") have something to say, you have something to
> say, that's my opinion. andrew :)
> 

I don't dispute that.  But it's not only what you say--it's how you say
it.  This goes back to something said a week or two ago, that he didn't
think politics belong in muisc at all. Well, I'd say, they belong in
music, but only if they fit in with the music--Chuck's politics are
insperable from the Bomb Squad's production and his rhyming style.
Politics are only bad when they clunk, but the same goes for any subject
matter.  The question is, without the Bomb Squad, would Chuck have rhymed
the way he did?