> McWhorter quoting Rose on pg. 318, "Rappers are constantly taking
>dominant discursive fragments and throwing them into relief,
>destabilizing hegemonic discourses and attempting to legitimate
>counter-hegemonic interpretrations. Rap's contestations are part of a
>polyvocal black cultural discourse engaged in in discursive 'wars of
>position' within and against dominant discourses." (whew!) 'sez
>McWhorter.
Dunno about all that, but a lot of it sounds pretty good.
Doug