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Thread #112851 Message #2392696
Posted By: Barry Finn
19-Jul-08 - 12:47 AM
Thread Name: What is Folk? Is RAP the NEw Folk?
Subject: RE: What is Folk? Is RAP the NEw Folk?
It's not lyrical IMO, it's not even musical. It's got beat & "rime & rhythm" for sure, it's some form of protest but that doesn't mean it's any more than protest poetry with a beat (see Rap's ancestor's from the 70's the "Last Poets") & a musical backup.
The only one I think that ever came close to inner city folk was Laura Nyro