On Apr 2, 2006, at 7:34 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I must confess that Mark's earlier observation – saying "this is not music" is really saying "I don't like this music" – is starting to sound more and more true.
Actually I observed only that that's the case for some people. My larger point was that rap is what it is regardless of how you choose to label it.
If I might break the pattern whereby those who appreciate rap call it music and those who don't appreciate it say it isn't, I personally happen to think that Phil's formula of thinking of rap as a form of "performance art" rather than "music" is more conducive to appreciating rap for what it is. My own love for (some) rap came out of an interest in creative live poetry reading. My favorite style of rap is still the unaccompanied improvised street rap and the professional works that harken to that tradition.
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