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In Reply to: Re: Thank you Fretless posted by Mike in NJ on October 8, 2003 at 14:44:09:
I really don't have a problem with yr position here. I probably agree that rapping in & of itself is on the lower end of the musical ability spectrum. But I insist that it is part of that spectrum. As far as the sameness goes, like I said, I was listening to the stuff a long time ago. Believe me, it isn't all that same thing with the same poses & attitudes & clothing styles & so forth. There's even a bunch of stuff that's remarkably friendly to classic rock ears. It won't matter to D or Fretless, but I honestly don't care about their opinions, just their proclamations about what is & isn't. (D already re-framed his argument, and as such I may disagree with him on the basis of his opinion, but certainly respect his choice to voice it) If you have the slightest interest in hearing something that breaks away from the sameness, try the Beastie Boys, De La Soul, P.M. Dawn, & the Pharcyde. Then there's A Tribe Called Quest. The early Public Enemy records pack a pretty powerful wallop, whether as a political statement or a vocal tour de force by Chuck D, who is probably the best rapper ever. If you have a sense of humor, try the first N.W.A. album, and you might see that 15 years ago the potential was there for gangsta rap to be funny & fresh instead of simply being repetitive & tiresome. If you don't, go back & listen to Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' & Louis Jordan's 'I Want You To Be My Baby' & then tell me what you think. If all I knew of rap was Snoop Dog & Tupac & Puffy, I'd probably hear Eminem as being pretty much the same as the rest of 'em. But he isn't, and if Chuck D isn't the best rapper ever, then it's that guy. These people are capable of using their voices to do things with words that can be, in spite of the 90% or more of it that I consider to be garbage, quite impressive. Nobody has to listen to it. But like anything else, there's something there worth finding.
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