From mltsnt Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 20:11
At 02:32 PM 7/16/99 -0500, nordberg wrote: >> >an issue at all, it's CULTURE. my problem is when this music is >> >specifically watered down by suburbanites for suburban consumption. if >> >you're going to partake in other cultures, please have respect for the >> >culture. When someone feels a need to steal this culture and water it down >> >to make it more palatable for people of your own culture, >> >> where the hell did you come up with a comment like that? please explain >> the validity of it to us all. > >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.' > >i don't really think anyone is saying trip-hop >or whatever is ethically wrong or anything, just >that trip-hop and other caucasion attempts at >harnessing the spirit of hip-hop just don't do >it for most people with an intimate attachment >to hip-hop and the culture it is borne of. thank you! rjyan hit the nail on the head there. when i wrote that previous post it was 2:30 am and i really wasn't communicating my ideas properly. it didn't occur to me that i was speaking to people who have no concept of the extreme cultural value of hip hop (no offense) np: mr. bungle- california... this is excellent. everyone get this now.