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

[Jim Devine]

on the subject of rap, we should remember Sturgeon's Revelation, i.e.,
that: "Ninety percent of everything is crud." That is, only about 10
percent of any genre is worth it. I think for some genres, it's only
5%. But the point remains that it's a mistake to reject an entire
genre based on a cursory study.

On 1/29/06, John Adams <jadams01 at sprynet.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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