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Thread #149377   Message #3475267
Posted By: Will Fly
03-Feb-13 - 10:59 AM
Thread Name: [Formerly BS:] Musical snobbery
Subject: RE: BS: Musical snobbery
Ron - there's a class of people in society who are trying to find a voice. They're the people who go for hip-hop, rap, gangsta - call it what you will - because it's their way of articulating what they feel and why they feel it. Doesn't matter what you and I think - if this is the voice of urban, black youth, then this is the voice of urban black youth. It has its value for those who make it and listen to it.

It may have no significance for us - certainly not for me - but we should recognise that it has significance...