[Bombardier]

What a load of manure. Hiphop is to music what a McRib sandwich is to barbecue: A distant relation at best. There have been so many talented black musicians, ranging from Louis Armstrong, to Duke Ellington, to Cab Calloway, Jimi Hendrix, and Smokey Robinson, that to group hiphop in with these greats is an insult to them! The hate, misogyny and sheer racist venom spewed forth from the average rap/hiphop CD is such that if it were to come from say, Twisted Sister (and we all know Dee Snider wouldn't spout that crap), there would be a huge outcry to ban such trash. Unfortunately, hiphop tends to appeal to the stupid and the tasteless who need something to legitimize their bigotries. God help this society if (c)rap is going to be around another thirty years.

[iconoclast]

Unfortunately, hiphop tends to appeal to the stupid and the tasteless who need something to legitimize their bigotries

Unfortunately, it appears to appeal to thousands (millions?) of young whiggers ... explain THAT!

[taxed2death]

Excellent points you made there.

This white guy (me) longs for black singers and musicians to once again sound off with tunes emulating those from Mo-town in the 60's and 70's.

I guess I'm just gettin old....hehehee

(C)rap = fingernails on a chalkboard.

[yankeedame]

There have been so many talented black musicians, ranging from Louis Armstrong, to Duke Ellington, to Cab Calloway,...

Ah, yes....

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"I went down to the st james infirmary
Saw my baby there
Stretched out on a long white table
So sweet...so cold...so fair

Let her go...let her go...god bless her
Wherever she may be
She can look this wide world over
But she’ll never find a sweet man like me

When I die want you to dress me in straight lace shoes
I wanna a boxback coat and a stetson hat
Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So the boys’ll know that I died standing pat

I want six crap shooters for pall bearers.
Chorus girl to sing me a song.
Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon.
Raise Hell as I roll along.

Now that I've told my story,
I'll take another shot of booze.
And if anyone should happen to ask you,
I've got those gamblers' blues. "

[billorites]

Now it's the same old song
But with a different meaning
Since you been gone