RE: Artist of the Decade?

[JP Riedie]

>On the rap tip, The Sugar Hill Gang pretty much invented it, so....
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>Also, for the 90's The Beasties deserve a shout out...
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>-JF

The Beasties have made a couple of great records.  But they have more in
common with Pearl Jam than with any rap artist.  You can make rap music and
still have no idea what hip-hop is.  The Tibetan concerts are alterna fests
because that's the Beasties audience.  They have zero influence on the
hip-hop community.