I'd made an uninformed assumption that it would be mostly hip-hop and rap
(two things that I've personally never found very entertaining). I thought
it would be, essentially, rappers posing as "serious poets", but I was
completely wrong. For the past few weeks I've watched it every Friday night
and like it more each time... although it's so engrossing that I miss a
half-hour of work. ;^)
Rap is definitely a recurring theme, but it's not at all overwhelmingly.
Besides, without a lyric-obscuring, room-shaking back-beat rap can have a
lot to say.
It's definitely urban and definitely adult (I'm only one of those things, by
the way) but tremendously heartfelt and varied. The pieces are all
intensely personal but they cover a huge range of topics: religion,
relationships, history, childhood, teaching, parenting, etc. It's not all
serious either, I've laughed out loud at least once every show.
Basically all I'm saying is that if you've never seen it and you get the
chance give it a chance (it's on HBO, by the way).
Jim Davis
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