In Reply to: Didn't rap evolve from reggae? posted by delaney@rea-alp.com on March 2, 2007 at 08:45:20:
Undoubtedly the toasting style of reggae, the djs who used to talk over rhythm tracks, were a big influence. But well before this, you had people like the Last Poets, and well before that, you had the beat poets reading over jazz. And you also have the griot traditions of West Africa.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - FINALLY! - mauimusicman 02:48:24 03/02/07 (82)
- Re: FINALLY! - guskund@yahoo.com 15:08:09 03/03/07 (0)
- Hard to keep your edge when you become an out-of-touch millionaire... - HOK 05:24:16 03/03/07 (1)
- Exceptions to every rule .... - Elmo 06:01:15 03/03/07 (0)
- You can only write so many tunes about - Presto 18:29:42 03/02/07 (0)
- Bad news for Cadillac (nt) - E-Stat 14:42:34 03/02/07 (0)
- That's about the same percentage of cd sales decline that's happening across the spectrum. - sjb 12:51:43 03/02/07 (2)
- No, according to the Boston Globe it's quite a lot more. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:53:06 03/02/07 (1)
- I was shooting from the hip - sjb 15:40:03 03/02/07 (0)
- Pay no attention to the apoplexy you've generated; instead concentrate on how... - clarkjohnsen 10:35:57 03/02/07 (11)
- I have to say it ... good one, Clark -nt - Feanor 20:03:27 03/02/07 (0)
- Yikes! Would that also mean a release from ... - musetap 15:15:43 03/02/07 (0)
- Re: - J 11:03:09 03/02/07 (3)
- Yes, Clark's fabled open mind --"How can you criticise if you haven't listened?" - Dave Pogue 11:46:11 03/02/07 (2)
- Oh I listened all right -- to the subjects of my topic: Ye apoplectics. Keep up the great show! nt - clarkjohnsen 12:57:40 03/02/07 (1)
- Re: Oh I listened all right - J 14:24:23 03/02/07 (0)
- One of the last stations... - mkuller 10:40:01 03/02/07 (4)
- Country - Jim Austin 12:10:43 03/02/07 (3)
- Re: Country - mls-stl 12:25:20 03/02/07 (2)
- Nothin' here I disagree with (nt) - Jim Austin 12:57:13 03/02/07 (0)
- One favorite local radio program: Hillbilly at Harvard. Totally roots! nt - clarkjohnsen 12:54:41 03/02/07 (0)
- here's the bad news - tunenut 08:58:35 03/02/07 (2)
- best post I've seen in months! nt - Green Lantern 13:48:33 03/02/07 (0)
- LOL! So true! - kerr 11:35:16 03/02/07 (0)
- Glad you're so apparently happy... - musetap 08:46:03 03/02/07 (0)
- I love it when people say: "I listen to "Opera", "classical"....who the F@@#! cares? - Green Lantern 08:30:29 03/02/07 (16)
- Re: I love it when people say: "I listen to "Opera", "classical"....who the F@@#! cares? - Avocat 08:29:46 03/03/07 (3)
- Re: I love it when people say: "I listen to "Opera", "classical"....who the F@@#! cares? - yotacowboy 20:32:37 03/03/07 (1)
- Re: I love it when people say: "I listen to "Opera", "classical"....who the F@@#! cares? - Avocat 08:05:13 03/05/07 (0)
- I love classical - Green Lantern 10:10:54 03/03/07 (0)
- and for the record Opera makes me want to run (not walk) - Green Lantern 14:07:26 03/02/07 (0)
- Re: I love it when people say: "I listen to "Opera", "classical"....who the F@@#! cares? - Mike_in_MD 10:40:12 03/02/07 (10)
- Re: I love it when people say: "I listen to "Opera", "classical"....who the F@@#! cares? - yotacowboy 06:57:52 03/03/07 (0)
- obviously you have no clue as to what 'art' qualifies as.. - Green Lantern 13:34:00 03/02/07 (0)
- Re: - J 11:16:21 03/02/07 (1)
- Woo Hoo!!! Great Post J Says it all -t - Sordidman 13:21:24 03/02/07 (0)
- Re: I love it when people say: "I listen to "Opera", "classical"....who the F@@#! cares? - TomLarson 11:12:17 03/02/07 (5)
- Now THAT'S funny. - Jim Austin 12:17:32 03/02/07 (4)
- 'twas, 'twas....thanks. nt - TomLarson 11:26:34 03/05/07 (0)
- I suspect the entendre was doubled... - Wellfed 10:11:09 03/03/07 (2)
- zero entendres !! nt - TomLarson 11:27:24 03/05/07 (1)
- None?... - Wellfed 11:40:17 03/05/07 (0)
- Fox News? For that reason alone - Eldragon 06:09:17 03/02/07 (11)
- So you get your news from the ........ - Ozzy 06:39:11 03/02/07 (10)
- I don't get it.... - Sordidman 11:44:34 03/02/07 (8)
- What the hell are you listening to ??? - 1musiclover 05:54:14 03/05/07 (0)
- I don't always agree with Sordidman - Feanor 06:26:14 03/03/07 (0)
- Jesus Christ Sordidman, you're legitimizing Al Jazeera now? - MarkPR2 12:04:15 03/02/07 (3)
- Did you see the documentary about Al Jazeera? - Budrew 16:15:16 03/02/07 (1)
- "Control Room" -t - Sordidman 17:50:45 03/02/07 (0)
- Nope, I don't have anything to do with it: it is legitimate, - American trained journalists -t - Sordidman 12:32:27 03/02/07 (0)
- Funny youshould mention that. - Bruce Kendall 11:51:22 03/02/07 (1)
- Just a little news from outside the USA - Sordidman 12:33:36 03/02/07 (0)
- Have you watched CNN lately? - Jim Austin 06:59:39 03/02/07 (0)
- I don't get it - Jim Austin 03:59:38 03/02/07 (20)
- Re: I don't get it - mauimusicman 03:50:49 03/03/07 (3)
- so do you like the music of Babbitt and Boulez? - tunenut 15:44:19 03/03/07 (0)
- What a bunch of bullshit! - musetap 11:29:34 03/03/07 (1)
- Re: What a bunch of bullshit! - mauimusicman 03:20:08 03/04/07 (0)
- It's simple. - markrohr 11:42:03 03/02/07 (5)
- Or maybe just smut, violence, and drugs -nt - Feanor 20:08:24 03/02/07 (1)
- There was a great deal of that - markrohr 05:57:06 03/03/07 (0)
- Re: It's simple. - catman78 12:34:58 03/02/07 (2)
- You mean... - Jim Austin 12:58:41 03/02/07 (1)
- Correct. - markrohr 05:48:46 03/03/07 (0)
- BOY do I agree with you...... - waldenpuddle 11:35:42 03/02/07 (0)
- Re: I don't get it - the roofman 05:53:14 03/02/07 (7)
- Most people aren't so unabashed about their racism (nt) - Rob Doorack 06:26:49 03/03/07 (0)
- Well, since you do have that one Kenny G record, then; to paraphrase: - musetap 11:01:21 03/02/07 (0)
- Didn't rap evolve from reggae? - delaney@rea-alp.com 08:45:20 03/02/07 (1)
- It evolved from a number of things - tunenut 09:01:29 03/02/07 (0)
- Wow, you guys are so superior! - Eldragon 06:15:14 03/02/07 (1)
- Supposedly, jass, or jazz also has that same root meaning/definition....N/T - musetap 17:02:22 03/02/07 (0)
- Meaning no disrespect... - Jim Austin 06:09:45 03/02/07 (0)
- He's just venting. I don't care for rap or country myself. - Schu 04:25:46 03/02/07 (0)
- Re: FINALLY! - Ozzy 03:29:58 03/02/07 (6)
- Precisely; I Conclude that Dishonesty and Theft... - Doug Schroeder 09:11:45 03/02/07 (5)
- Amen! (Praise the lord!) - Jim Austin 09:44:13 03/02/07 (3)
- I just wanted to make it clear... - Jim Austin 12:15:40 03/02/07 (2)
- Funny, I came to a different conclusion as to - markrohr 06:02:27 03/03/07 (0)
- You made clear the fact that you Judged me... - Doug Schroeder 13:36:54 03/02/07 (0)
- Re: - J 09:18:11 03/02/07 (0)
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- It evolved from a number of things - tunenut 09:01:29 03/02/07 (0)