Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Tricia Rose, Author of THe Hip Hop Wars (Text)

"Radio is killing hip hop..."



"...community regulation in early hip hop." I like this part of the text. Rose tells us that the block parites that gave rise to the hip hop culture acted to regulate the culture itself because of the array of generations of people that were present and who played an active role in it. She said that young MC's and lyricists would not get away with the vulgarity that fills the mainstream hip hop world today because of this regulation in content.

more on this piece to come...

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