Re: (313) Re: 313 Best 2003

[Michael . Elliot-Knight]

Oh yes oh yes - I can see what Ken's saying - take a listen to people like
Beans, Boom Bip, Prefuse 73, Madlib, Mr. Lif, etc.
I do have to say that if you want some coverage of  great hip-hop check
these two magazines - XLR8R and Grand Slam

recently came across the later in a Barnes & Noble of all places -
fantastic magazine that covers all of my funk and soul addictions
a little old and a litte new

MEK


                                                                                
                                           
                      Greg Earle                                                
                                           
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Ken Odeluga wrote:
> Most Neglected Genre (by me): Hip-Hop.
> My feeling is that in terms of 'futuristic music' it's likely to have
> something of a renaissance year in 04.

Interesting comment there, Ken!  Hip-Hop as "futuristic music"?
Not quite sure I understand what you mean in that sense, tho.

When I see the term "futuristic music" the first thing that comes to my
mind are, e.g., the tracks that Magda played in the Underground stage at
this year's Movement/DEMF, not Hip-Hop.  All the Hip-Hop I ever get exposed
to (read: Not Much) seems like variants on the old time-honored theme.
(Well OK, not OutKast, but they don't seem "futuristic" to me, just
Different.)

Or do I just not get out enough?  ;-)

Happy Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanza(a),

             - Greg