Re: IS RAP DEAD? REPLY

Gibo (gibo@ripco.com)
Tue, 22 Aug 1995 19:05:36 -0500 (CDT)

> I believe that rap will never die, but will exist similar to our parent's
> funk/rock and roll era. Think about it! The eighties were an ugly
> extention of what the musicians of the late '60s and early '70s created.
> Time's changed, and rock and roll kept rockin', but it wasn't the same.
>
> Now, we're in the '90's, and I feel the same way about hip hop. Whether
> it's underground or not, hip hop has come to that point where it's
> unfocused, with no understood direction. It's lost its innocence, and its
> freedom of interpretation. Nowdays, it's either ganster rap, east coast,
> or west coast...nice, neat and catagorized for the clerks at Sam Goody's.
>
I agree completely. hip-hop may not die per se, but it could easily be
turned into a zombie.

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> BACKGROUND: I have been producing hip hop tracks for the last 8 years. I
> have songs out by Cypress Hill, Sister's With Voices, Me Phi Me, and
> others you know. I currently have a series of breakbeat albums: "Finger
> Juice- Broke Beats", "Drum Crazy Volume 1 thru 5", and the breakbeat
> sample-CD series "Rhythm Madness". Go out and support a brother.......
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background: a fan who's just starting to put his own shit together.

(fogcity, what's your name irl? wanna check your production.)

giles bowkett - gibo@ripco.com
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