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nomorenomore08

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46. That is awesome, and hilarious. Do you remember any particular favorites of hers?

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Rap Culture [View all] arely staircase Mar 2013 OP

rap has its roots in reggae datasuspect Mar 2013 #1

yeah, serious reggae influnce here arely staircase Mar 2013 #18

I think it's just as popular as it was gollygee Mar 2013 #2

new stuff or the stuff i was digging in the 80s-90s? arely staircase Mar 2013 #13

Both. I grew up in the 90's basically inundated with rap music. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #23

I'll hear 'older' stuff now and then around here Posteritatis Mar 2013 #24

Jazz and Blues both started in the black community and are now embraced by other ethnicities Fumesucker Mar 2013 #3

As did Rock & Roll...n/t Animal Chin Mar 2013 #6

I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast but RiffRandell Mar 2013 #4

yeah, i think parallels between devil music metal panic an rap's (my grandmother flipped when arely staircase Mar 2013 #14

my grandma demanded to know..... Skittles Mar 2013 #33

You left out a part of the origin of Rap brush Mar 2013 #5

Hip Hop is still going large. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #7

yeah, posters on this thread have turned me on to some pretty cool stuff. eom arely staircase Mar 2013 #41

History of rap... DanTex Mar 2013 #8

I'm tiled of hearing about rap culture. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #9

please explain arely staircase Mar 2013 #15

You're asking the wrong guy. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #17

you mean this blondie? arely staircase Mar 2013 #19

YES. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #21

just as well as it did at arely staircase Mar 2013 #22

Interesting article. LWolf Mar 2013 #10

Agreed - and it has changed .... for the worse. Myrina Mar 2013 #11

well I loved Public Enemy arely staircase Mar 2013 #20

Rap hasn't lost any steam since it first began. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #12

what underground artists do you recommend arely staircase Mar 2013 #16

Some artists I like are Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #25

cool, i'll check them out. arely staircase Mar 2013 #27

A lot of significant Bay Area names in that list. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #36

I found most of my Bay Area music on Townbizz23's YouTube channel. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #40

Thanks for the new things to check out OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #51

Ever heard of Sean Price? He's probably my favorite rapper right now. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #54

I'll look him up OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #57

Good post. Nice to hear that I'm not alone in thinking hip hop nowadays really, really sucks Number23 Mar 2013 #31

my three favorite rap songs (and i date myself here) arely staircase Mar 2013 #49

The first 1:20 is a military marching song, but the rest is the actual piece. ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #26

wow, thanks for turning me on to that arely staircase Mar 2013 #28

Last Poets didn't hold back. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #29

i am now a fan eom arely staircase Mar 2013 #42

I used to get upset in grad school when undergrads would call Tribe "Old School" Recursion Mar 2013 #30

I will embrace Rap Culture when Opera stars start getting blown away on the streets. longship Mar 2013 #32

I agree with you completely, sir or ma'am. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #55

Same here. smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #56

Rap presents a musical idiom you can grow out of... immoderate Mar 2013 #34

Real Rap is mostly gone. MrSlayer Mar 2013 #35

+1 nt arely staircase Mar 2013 #43

I used to listen to quite a bit of rap rollin74 Mar 2013 #37

I don't know, but frogmarch Mar 2013 #38

That is awesome, and hilarious. Do you remember any particular favorites of hers? nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #46

I wish I did. frogmarch Mar 2013 #47

Beastie Boys changed my life. flvegan Mar 2013 #39

hell yeah, arely staircase Mar 2013 #45

That was my daughter's first concert OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #52

LOL, anyone that thinks its a "fad thats come and gone" has been living under a rock for 30 yrs. phleshdef Mar 2013 #44

perhaps i worded my op and poll poorly arely staircase Mar 2013 #48

I ignored rap in the 80's and 90's OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #50

The favorite music of corporate culture will never go away. athenasatanjesus Mar 2013 #53

First rapper I listened to was Bob Dylan. "Subterranean Homesick Blues", 1965. kwassa Mar 2013 #58

i think that case can be made arely staircase Mar 2013 #59