Hey, Ed:

I don't like rap, but I don't want to knock it. But, the earliest rap was really street music about fighting for equal rights. There was a lot of stuff about police brutality, which rarely gets TV airplay. I have no doubt that there is still "protest" rap being written and recorded. I don't listen to the radio that much, so my exposure is the black video channels and MTV. Every time I flip by, I stop for a moment to see what's happening. Mostly rotating buts, crotch grabbing, breast jiggling and talk about getting a ripe young thang in bed. I wonder if Electric Avenue (not rap, I realize) were released today, if anyone would play it?

Maybe that's where the protests are still alive...

Reggae, Mon.

Jerry