darkmoebius
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| When will rap music be less mainstream? 01-18-10: BongofuryI used to see Ted play down at the Venice boardwalk busking. Incredible talent. Thanks for rekindling a distant memory. Strange story on how he came to be re-discovered.Hawkins had shifted from performing on the Venice boardwalk... | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? 01-17-10: DonjrRAP is not music as far as I'm concerned. You have to be able to read music to make it. Well, that rules out 90% of rock, Pop, Soul, R&B, and country recording artists, too. | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? Foh-schnizzin', Bongofury | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? Thomas, you are killing me! DeDe says you need 20's on your ride, not 26's - DeDe's ride(1:40-2:35 into the video) | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? For Soul/Blues/Folk fans, one of my all time favorite artists (and albums) of the last ~15 years is Ted Hawkins' "The Next Hundred Years". His voice and musical style is a cross between Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, although his songwriting has ting... | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? 01-14-10: Dan_edIntimidate rockers?!?! Bring it on kids. WE were intimidating your grandparents! :-) That was my first laugh of the morning!I'm primarily a rock & jazz guy, trying to learn about classical. Can't get with country, though. There... | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? Oh man, did this thread go off the rails. But, it's getting pretty damn funny, too. | |
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| When will rap music be less mainstream? 01-11-10: AudiofeilHowever, very few rock and roll/country songs advocate cop killing, murder, rape, and general thuggery. Hmmm, off the top of my head:Guns N' Roses "It's So Easy"Ya get nothin' for nothin'If that's what ya doTurn around bitch I g... | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? Now, now, Audiofeil - Rock & roll and country have their own share of convicted felons. | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? 01-10-10: SitThe Arrested Devolpment work you sight is on my all-time favs list. Also dc Talk and PM Dawn. What other rap today has this musical flavor to it? Wow, that's a tough call, they were pretty damn innovative. I'll have to think about th... | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? 01-10-10: SitMost rap I've heard comes off much too angry, misguided, uninformed, full of predujice, rather rote/uncreative/repeticious and the like for my tastes. That is a common misconception by those not experienced with rap/hip-hop. While mos... | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? Macdadtexas, they may have always given them credit in interviews and live concerts, but they didn't always do so where it counted most - legally and financially, in the songwriting credits.That, is a fact.And I agree with you that they worshipped... | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? 01-09-10: MacdadtexasMy point, which you in no way addressed, was that the statement Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin among others didn't acknowledge his/their predecessors was WAY off the mark, and I stand by that. You shouldn't make emphatic stat... | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? Sure, some rap and hip-hop qualifies as art as much as any other form. There is really bad music in every genre, so why should rap be any different? And yes, there are 15+ year old rap albums/cd's that I still play -Digable Planets, NWA, Public En... |