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Originally Posted by itsborken /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I have no love of Kenny G or John Tesh but at least they can play their chosen instrument tolerably well and can compose their own work.
Rap is visual posturing behind a beat; the lyrics/poetry is redundant hear one and you've heard it all. The beat is not incredibly talented at that since most of it is sampled versions of other performers work. It would be like me claiming to be an author by cut and pasting a little Voltaire, Dickens, etc. Sorry, but that isn't talent or creativity in my book.
I guess we could classify mimes as musicians too if we can get them to perform to a beat and make obscene gestures.
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Too many here have thier heads planted firmly....
in the ground.You say you give it a chance every few months ...by listening to the radio !?!!??! and maybe mtv ?
You will
never hear REAL hop hop and or Rap on the radio or the boob tube (something I have not watched since 93).Pick up Illogic's 'Celestial Clockwork',or IllPoetics 'The World Is Ours' ,or Blue Scholars 'Biyani' or there Self Titled album,or Blueprints '1988' or Soul Position's '8 Million Stories',or S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M by One Be Lo,or 'Word....Life' by O.C. or 'The Album' by LATRYX,Bambu's 'I Scream Bars For The Children',Original compositions,original beats,and truly deep lyrics are easy to find and quite plentiful in current Hip Hop,but one has to know where to look,and have an open mind when it arrives.When the student is ready the teacher will appear
Take a listen to those and if you want more suggestions pm me.
Hearing something and understanding it and having an open heart,is one thing,just listening to it are very different things.Some people will never like it or give it a chance,and thats fine,we all have different tastes,it makes life more interesting no doubt !
...I could go on for ever about other recent and past releases,but I get the strong feeling it all go right the heads of many here