re: kid friendly hip-hop

From: kevin cummings (n2acidjazz_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2004-01-22 22:56:21

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    i am speaking my mind. i don't want my very young
    children exposed to certain material. you might call
    it censorship, i call it parenting. they do not watch
    tv shows or catoons with violence. i don't watch those
    shows myself. i live outside a major metropolitan area
    and the news is filled with shootings and carjackings.
    i want tv to escape those things. so unless they see
    emeril beat some eggs, or bob villa hammer that wall,
    the most violence they'll see is there cousin, a wide
    out for ut, getting hit by a safety. cause that's the
    most violence i see.

    there's all types of music for all types of people.
    more power to those that like whatever turns them on.
    i don't care enough about hip-hop to look for the
    non-commercial, underground or any other kind. i
    listen to music that makes feel me feel good. i prefer
    to listen to musicians that make me believe they enjoy
    playing their music as much as i enjoy listening it.

    --- 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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