She gives a excellent history of RAP that is in her enjoyable flowing style and it brought back a lot of memories for me. I mean, I still have a 12 inch single by the Sugar Hill Gang.
And then read her analysis of what happened to rap and how it sold it's soul.
It was thought that rap was going to be a short lived trend with a limited audience. Now being accepted and sought after in the mainstream may be it's undoing. Rap was about keeping it real and having fun. Perhaps it will find it's way back home.
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I said a hip, a hop, a hippety hop...Well, you know the rest of 'Rapper's Delight'
It's just sad how far rap has devolved from those early days.
Thanks once again for the shout-out, Jackie
Gold mine is right. I'm reading as fast as i can. This got me and my husband talking about the old rap days. i actually liked it then. he still buys some now but i agree it has gone mostly the way of money not art. Grand Master Flash was just inducted in the Rock Hall of Fame.
How are you girls doing?
kim
Fine Kim!
What inspired the post on my blog was hearing a story quoting the huge decline in rap music sales and various conversations I'd had with people decrying the negative direction of rap.
Jackie,
Seems like we're not the only ones concerned about the negative direction of hip-hop.
Check out this April 9, 2007 Jet magazine cover
http://www.ebonyjet.com/magazines/jet/jetmag.aspx?id=3588
http://www.ebonyjet.com/jetmag.aspx
oops...click the link then click on April 9, 2007 to see the Jet cover.
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