On 11-Feb-2009, at 10:18, Roger Howard wrote: > But I have nothing against rap - though most of it is garbage, and I > might > even grant at a higher rate than other genres, but I chalk that up to > market forces. There seemed to be a higher quality overall in hiphop > before it went entirely mainstream, but there's still a lot of great > rappers out there.
Straight out of Compton and It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back were both amazing albums. From WIkipedia: > In 1989, Australian radio station Triple J had been playing "Fuck > tha Police" for up to six months, before gaining the attention of > Australian Broadcasting Corporation management who subsequently > banned it. As a reaction the staff went on strike and put N.W.A's > "Express Yourself" on continuous play for 24 hours, playing it > roughly 360 times in a row. In 1996, during massive opposition > street protests in Belgrade, Serbia "Fuck tha Police", along with > Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" was continually played for 2 days > on a Belgrade radio station B92. But overall, I think most rap needs to have its leading silent 'c' attached. -- "Remember -- that which does not kill us can only make us stronger." "And that which *does* kill us leaves us *dead*!" _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
