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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
I guess I knew The Message and a few other songs. But in fairness, I graduated high school BEFORE there were any albums by Public Enemy, Ice-T, KRS-One, Beastie Boys, NWA, Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, etc., etc. And suburban Boston kids were not all that plugged into what was happening on NYC radio. In the years between when I graduated HS and when you did, things changed a lot in the rap world.
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Boston had less of a rap scene than Poughkeepsie in those days. I understand.
On the other hand, Boston did have a punk scene. Even if you weren't ready to descend into the Rat. I still have a blood- spattered t-shirt from the Ramones at the Paradise in 1978.
