RE: Common, Nas, and keepin it Real

From: Marco Baroni (baroni@humnet.ucla.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2000 - 00:35:16 MET DST

  • Next message: Elson Trinidad: "Re: Amen my brother"

    >any performer can decide whether they wish to be artists or entertainers,
    >and we should not get on their backs for choosing to be entertainers,
    >however, they should be called entertainers and not artists.

    Isn't this a little bit tricky? Probably, Esquivel, Martin Denny, Brian
    Wilson, even Otis Redding, considered themselves entertainers, but I would
    say they were great artists...

    And -- is there a clear cut boundary between art and entertainment?

    Regards,

    Marco

    baroni@humnet.ucla.edu

    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Apr 11 2000 - 00:20:08 MET DST