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Originally Posted by Adder
Context: The wife says I hate music. I used to argue with her. But really, I have a pretty narrow window of music I do like.
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We are not talking about music you like. We are talking about the definition of "real music."
You seem fairly woke to the marginalization of whole ethnicities and their contributions in all other aspects of society. So your lack of recognition of a long tradition of people with limited resources and access making something beautiful out of essentially nothing is stunning.
Hip hop music is as original, creative, subversive, and post-modern as any art form you can think of. If you can't see the beauty in poor kids taking a turntable and turning it into an instrument that creates a new kind of sound with extraordinary skill, while also sampling the creations of others and turning
their sounds into something new and amazing--a true representation of what one thinks of as the tradition of what it means to be American--then you need to rethink your philosophical approach not only to music, but to life.
TM
