In a message dated 98-07-24 15:12:33 EDT, Neosoulman@aol.com writes:
<< I understand your overall point, but I want to point out that this part of
your analysis is incorrect. Rap is and always has been been a part of hip
hop. Raping, deejaying, breakdancing (b-boying) and graffiti writing are all
artistic expressions that togther comprise hip hop. What's happened is there
are people (rappers among them) who identify with rap, but perhaps fail to
idenitfy with the other aspects of hip hop, so people have taken to
collapsing
and confusing and using the two interchangably. There was, however, hip hop
taking place in the 70s and 80s, prior to Run-DMC or any other national
acceptance or appreciation of rap.
In a message dated 98-07-24 04:00:21 EDT, dopejazz@webtv.net writes:
<< I feel Drum & Bass is music in it's own genre. Look when Rap came out and
got it's bigtime early in *83-84. Then in 88-89 out of a long progression of
heavyweight jazz, funk, and soul samples and complexed rhymes came hip hop.
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