> Huh? Cuban and brazilian contributions to the
> evolution of Jazz cannot be
> considered 'small', even relatively speaking. The
> same can be said of
> the brittish input into the evolution of hip-hop.
> Acid Jazz, Trip-hop,
> Drum'n'Bass and even 2-step hav been mostly
> non-American contributions to
> the continuing development of hip-hop.
hmm...
the forms you mention are definitely outgrowths of
hiphop culture, but like steve was saying about the
non-u.s. influence on jazz (i.e., that the form had
been around long before the "outside" influence
began), it's taken a while for the u.k. forms to
manifest in the native (i.e., u.s.) hiphop. although
acid-jazz and d&b have left their imprint on u.s.
hiphop (acid-jazz in the early to mid 90's, d&b in the
last 3-5 years) 2-step has yet to leave its mark.
trip-hop is a little murkier. the instrumental stuff
by shadow (a u.s. producer) was always viewed by its
creator as instrumental hiphop--not a new genre, or
even sub-genre. i always viewed the first massive
attack album the same way, a different perspective on
a pre-existing genre.
-t
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