Re: Subject: Re: Blue Note mix CDs by hip hop DJs

From: Jason Witherspoon (arzachel@speakeasy.org)
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 19:49:34 MET DST

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    At 01:48 PM 8/28/00 +0200, Vályi Gábor wrote:
    >Sorry for having been offensive. I think our opinions are rather close
    >than far away from each other. Next time I'll be more careful when wording
    >my thoughts.
    >
    >peace,
    >
    >shuriken

    That's the feeling I got as well-- and hey, don't worry about it-- I'm
    offensive 24/7, I just thought I wasn't being *that* offensive when I first
    wrote you!

    I guess it kind of sprung from my feeling that Blue Note has such a
    mediocre history in the hip-hop crossover dept., that anyone still
    surprised that something they put out in that area was blow-worthy at this
    late date kind of missed the bus-- and that, on some level, Blue Note (the
    idealized "greatest jazz label ever" that only exists in the history books
    now, mind) shouldn't be held too accountable for their crossover cheez,
    when we all know what to expect from them on that front by now-- and of
    course, they *should* be held accountable for crappy releases. But then
    again, I would've probably felt the same way about their house/jungle
    crossovers until recently, so I'm just a jaded old crank when you come down
    to it--



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