tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post7033493739360966357..comments2023-12-01T02:19:48.765-08:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: RapEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-81154307240380976702008-03-09T06:00:00.000-07:002008-03-09T06:00:00.000-07:00Also Public Enemy, at least the early records, ful...Also Public Enemy, at least the early records, full of sound and fury. "Fight the Power" bling? <BR/><BR/>I also recommend Grandmaster Flash ("White Lines" - that sure is street), Eric B. & Rakim, De La Soul, Boo-Yaa Tribe and The Disposable etc. from the older groups that are not all bling. The later gangsta stuff and the like makes us blind and prevents us from noticing the rich heritage rap has.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-1980821553299379682008-03-06T08:21:00.000-08:002008-03-06T08:21:00.000-08:00...and Quincy Jones's collaboration with Peggy Lip......and Quincy Jones's collaboration with Peggy Lipton, Rashida Jones, ia another notable contribution, and she continues to makes her own contributions...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-35149265035360109972008-03-05T16:23:00.000-08:002008-03-05T16:23:00.000-08:00Yes the all-too-brief segment I referred to was ab...Yes the all-too-brief segment I referred to was about The Last Poets.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-35573621872828571112008-03-05T15:18:00.000-08:002008-03-05T15:18:00.000-08:00Well, when Gil Scott-Heron was recording "No Knock...Well, when Gil Scott-Heron was recording "No Knock" and "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" in 1969-1971, rap wasn't about bling or contracts, nor when the Last Poets recorded THIS IS MADNESS around then. And Jones, I hope, was thinking of people such as the Disposible Heroes of Hiphoprisy, whose Michael Franti is now the sparkplug of Spearhead and making documentaries, rather than the unintentional clowns. <BR/><BR/>There's plenty of humanistic music and lyrics in rap, even if the bitchers ain't the ones who make it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com