re: kid friendly hip-hop - Easy guess

From: ZeroGravity Sessions (zerogravitytribe_at_yahoo.it)
Date: 2004-01-22 13:20:31

  • Next message: Bob Davis: "[acid-jazz] RE: kid friendly hip-hop - Easy guess"

    i have 2 young girls and i don't want that junk played
    around them.my girls aren't 'b_ _ es' and 'h_ s'.
    and i will take offense to anyone who refers to them that
    way.they will be told by me they are special.
    some music like movies and tv shows aren't intended
    for kids and they shouldn't be exposed to it until they
     reach a level of maturity.
    that's just me and i know i'm 'old school'.
    personally i hate all ot it.
    some of the old stuff was tame but the new hip-hop is
    acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu
     
    Don't you think this statement contains some of the mysoginy we all tend to disagree with in modern Pop?But hey aren't all Dj a bit elitarian!!!
    I am joking( in a language that is not mine)so please do not take offense out of this.
     
    What I find amasing is that a lot of people in Europe are into this stuff and our cultural model is million miles far away from that proposed by those videos.
     
    I would definitely add the Public Enemy to the list of required listening.
     
    Cheers.

    Edwin Portillo <pma_at_xfader.com> wrote:
    this is my opinion:

    personally,
    i think hip-hop will always be misinterpreted by people...especially since
    what is on the radio and played on the video channels IS NOT hip-hop.

    it's pop music

    for some reason the media likes to focus on the negative and not the
    positive...form your own theories as to why that is.

    i understand the frustrations of censoring your children especially since
    they can watch people get shot and watch things get blown up on
    television...even cartoon characters beat each other up.

    to find positive hip-hop you have to turn the radio and TV off and
    do some digging...

    i suggest starting here

    http://sandbox.pair.com

    a lot of artists allow sandbox to post long clips of their music and albums.
    it's up to you as a parent to decide if you want them to listen to the
    abstract stuff...or the soulful stuff...or the super scientifical stuff...or
    the jazzy stuff...the reggae influenced stuff...the turntablist stuff...

    the list goes on and on as how many sub genres have been created now.
    some examples have been citied like de la, uglyd, quannum...

    check labels like stones throw for quality music as well.

    DJ projects from Kid Koala, the xecutioners, dj shadow stuff are also great.

    check new artists like pigeon john and old and new stuff from the
    heiroglyphics crew and freestyle fellowship.

    peace

    king selector pma
    pma_at_xfader.com
    http://xfader.com

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