Re: Jimi & Hip Hop

bPlus (herb@icenet.no)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 16:13:38 +0200


MR BOB DAVIS wrote:
> As far as De La Soul is concerned they are sometimes refered to as
> "flower power hip hop" !!!
> hmmmmmmmmm

Yeah, thats true. Still..i think its somewhat wrong, and i KNOW De La
never intended for that to happend. Last night i heard them comment on
the "flower power/hippie" thing and they said that they didnt see
themselves as hippies, they didnt even know much about that era (the
60's). As for the bright colors, the flowers and the peace signs on
their first two albums, i just think they were so sick of all the
agressive hiphop that they did all they possibly could to be as
different as possible. Since they're suburban (Long Island) violence
isnt really a relevant subject to them...

n-m-out

bPlus
still spinning "A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays"!!!