[lbo-talk] Too Old for Rap (was Lumpen)

[John Adams]

On Jan 28, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:

> Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>> It's simple: the average age of regular posters is too high for any 
>> informed discussion on rap.  Contrast an absence of concrete 
>> references to rap songs and groups to elaborate, well-referenced 
>> discussion on Mozart, Dylan, etc.
>
> Hey, I'm 53 and I could quote 'em - what's their excuse?

I'm almost your age, and I'm a dilettante when it comes to 
rap/hip-hop/all that jazz. The things I like, I like, but I don't have 
sufficient context to talk about them critically.