From Tomas Jirku Sent Wed, May 26th 1999, 22:37
>Lexus thug mainstream. For one thing, you need to check your local >scene -- >nearly everywhere has some locals struggling to make a splash, and in >my >opinion Hip Hop is like beer -- there's no substitute for drinking a >local >brew while it's fresh; fuck the packaging. ya, maybe i don't have to check the local scene. i'm stuck with Choclair, Kaos, Kardinal Offishall (sp?), etc.. weak, weak shit. >Check, if you're interested: >Dr. Dooom -- Kool Keith reinvents himself again with a funny, profane >The Roots -- The Roots ALWAYS deliver, straight up. ?uestlove's live both were discussed in the original message in this thread. as for the dr.dooom: i'd hate to have to suffer through an intrumental version. as far as i can tell, it's over in england that the hiphop sounds the freshest (by both definitions). as for their neighbours the french, unfortuantely i can't get past how silly rapping sounds en français. tomas