The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #93585 Message #1802688
Posted By: Azizi
06-Aug-06 - 10:52 AM
Thread Name: Toasts, & Other Roots of Rap
Subject: Toasts, & Other Roots of Rap
I'm starting this thread as a result of a comment that Art Thieme made in the Folklore: It's All About Ass thread.
After reading a contemporary children's rhyme that I had posted, Art wrote that he had no doubt where rap came from. Art's comment got me wondering about the roots of rap. I went searching for Mudcat threads on rap music & I found these archived threads:
Rap music
Talking of Rap
Blues vs Rap
blues lexicon
There are a number of posts on those threads that address the subject of the roots of rap. However, in order to read those comments you have to wade through posts from people declaring their dislike of rap and posts from people indicating that rap shouldn't even be considered music.
I'm starting a whole 'nuther thead with the fervent hope that the focus will remain on the subject of rap's roots and not on the rap {hip-hop} music genre itself.
While I loathe most contemporary rap and like other periods of rap {particularly some pre 1990s, pre gangsta old school rap}, whether I or anyone else likes or dislikes rap isn't the point of this thread.
The purpose of this thread is to explore the roots of rap {hip-hop} music. In my opinion, a discussion of the roots of rap is a relevant topic for a folk/blues discussion forum.
I'll continue this discussion in the next couple of posts and hope that others will join in this discussion.