> > I think all the older people who hate hip-hop probably came to their
> >conclusion after hearing this Miami (b)ass-crap first.
>
> There is something to that. Many "middle-aged" people I know won't even
> try to listen to the more AJ-oriented rap that I'll play for them. "I
> don't like rap" is the immediate and reflexive response.
That's my point - they first listened to Crap Rap, and anytime they hear
any kind of syncopated street rhythm with "some 'street hoodlum' shouting
stuff they can't understand but will assume it's filthy anyway" sets off a
Pavlovian response of, "Rap= Bad." At this point, listening to Quality
Hip-Hop unfortunately will do very little to deprogram them.
When you first ate liver, and you didn't like it...
On the other side of the coin, my first exposure to rap came in the form
of the Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, and Run-DMC, and so I've
learned to filter out the horrible stuff, as I'm sure most of us here can.
> Then again, this music wasn't made for those "middle-aged" people in the
> first place!! So, it isn't fair to judge it in that way.
"If it's too loud, you're too old!" :)
Elson
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