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

[John Adams]

On Jan 30, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Charles Brown wrote:

> 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.
>
> ^^^^
> CB; Sounds like it would be ok to reject 90 to 95% of it though.

Or maybe there's nothing wrong with being a hack who turns out 
competent, uninspired, acceptable crud. Everybody's gotta eat, y'know.