Re: Spoken Word Artists

From: Lynne d Johnson (ldj00@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Oct 01 2001 - 17:14:46 CEST

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    I love spoken word. But I am still trying to decide if this stuff is better
    live than it is on CD. Especially a whole CD of spoken word.

    But then, what is the difference between rapping and spoken word? I am still
    trying to figure out why one is mass consumed and the other isn't. 

    --
Lynne d Johnson 
LynnedJohnson@earthlink.net
http://www.LynnedJohnson.com

    "Rap music is a technologically sophisticated and complex urban sound."
--Tricia Rose, Black Noise

    > From: Velanche Stewart <vstewart@calpoly.edu>
> Reply-To: velanche@kcpr.org
> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:01:46 -0700
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: Spoken Word Artists
> 
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I've listened to cuts from Ursula Rucker's "Supa Sista" album not long
> ago, and I do think that it's a very important album in that there
> aren't many that combines spoken words with today's contemporary music.
> I think the blending is rather nice. Of course, I'm sort of partial
> after seeing her live. The album is rather subdued compared with the
> live show, but I guess most albums are.
> 
> In light of this, I'm looking for other spoken word artists in the AJ
> realm that are worth listening to. I know that there are artists such as
> Sarah Jones and Saul Williams. I'd appreciate it if you could throw out
> others. It can either have music or not. Thanks very much.
> 
> V.
> 
> -- 
> Velanche Stewart
> vstewart@calpoly.edu
> Linux, baby!

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