>On a different tip: So, MEK & Ken, if I don't like Prefuse 73 (IDM Whiteboy >does Hip-Hop, no thanks - not my cuppa), is there any chance I'll like any >of the other entries MEK listed? > > - Greg > >
Well if one of your criteria for satisfaction is *non* - "Whiteboy does Hip-Hop", then we have a problem! :-) Also, I'd expect IDM elements to be part of this newer, kind of hip-hop, I'm envisaging, but not in all cases. Then again, there is Madlib. But come on, course we need to keep OutKaste in mind as we do the Neptunes, but I feel if you cut out people - especially like Prefuse 73 - for not very good reason (imho), we are missing the point somewhat. What I especially hope to discover next year is much less well-known artists and acts than the above. If they're good, and have 'The Funk', their facelessness will make a point a lot more eloquently than me. k Oh yes oh yes - I can see what Ken's saying - take a listen to people like Beans, Boom Bip, Prefuse 73, Madlib, Mr. Lif, etc. I do have to say that if you want some coverage of great hip-hop check these two magazines - XLR8R and Grand Slam recently came across the later in a Barnes & Noble of all places - fantastic magazine that covers all of my funk and soul addictions a little old and a litte new MEK
