Re: hip-hop is NOT interesting live...

Bil (bil2@aol.com)
Wed, 30 Jul 97 11:03:08 -0500


>if you want to see hiphop live see the roots, out of philadelphia...all
>live instrumentation -- drums, bass, keys, rahzel the godfather of noize
>(beatbox), plus mad freestyle skills. the highlight of their show is
>"hiphop 101," feat. the breaks of yesteryear. the drummer, brother
>? (pka ?love) knows like, several hundred break beats. damn impressive,

Have to second this one, but from limited experience. Of the few live
hiphop acts I've seen, including De La Soul most recently
(puchahanstugetha, SAYHO--so disappointing), I can look back on the roots
concert as the best, most entertaining and musically innovative and
creative. In fact, I've avoided getting any of their recorded work
because I think I'd be disappointed after hearing them live.

bil
bdwyer@grove.ufl.edu