Re: (TV) rap

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Rap is the poetry. Hip-hop is the culture.
Let's get it straight folks.

Jeff Strell wrote:

> I'm with you, Michael.  Like it or not, rap has established itself as a big
> part of modern pop music -- big enough to spawn lots of subcatagories, and to
> make lots of different types of people happy.  Dismissing rap as a whole
> because you don't like gangsta rap is kind of like dismissing guitar-based pop
> because you don't like death metal.  Not that it's impossible to just plain
> dislike rap.  My dad just plain dislikes rock.  I have a kneejerk dislike of
> opera.  But I find that I'm a lot more open now to types of music I used to
> "hate" -- country, rap, popular vocals, etc.
>
> I think that the world was probably a little bit better off when the general
> public was more inclusive in their tastes.  When I grew up, it would not be
> unusual to hear the top 40 station segue from the Troggs to Aretha Franklin to
> the Mamas and Papas to Frank Sinatra to Johnny Cash.  That openness to
> different cultures is something I really miss.  So all you rap haters, just
> give it one more chance for ol' uncle Jeff, 'kay?
>
> About Lou's voice, well, some people's voices just change when they get older.
>  I agree that recent Lou records have been hit or miss.  But "Set The Twilight
> Reeling," for me, was a "hit."
>
> - Jeff Strell
>
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