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Re: hmmm.

Date:4:14 am Sun Jun 18, 1995
Number:#142
From:Intelligent Hoodlum
Base:Music
To:Fat Tony
Subj:Re: hmmm.
FT> Please. Don't knock me. I know exactly what rap music is about and I
FT> apreciate what they are about. But you come across people like Lenny Kravi
FT> who writes all the lyrics and all the music for his songs. And I don't mea
FT> just the guitars. I mean have you heard "It ain't over till it's over"? W
FT> the song has an orchestra with all the strings and bass instruments and he
FT> wrote the music for all of them. Now that's talent. And someone like Neil
FT> Young is along the same lines. I mean they know instrumental music. Not m
FT> can compare to their knowledge.

How was I "knocking you"? All I said was that people who *NOTHING* about rap
music shouldn't pass judgement on it without knowing the facts. I don't think
you do know what rap is all about; just because you listened to it when you
were in your teen years! Rap has progressed a lot since those days.

IH

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FT> Please.  Don't knock me.  I know exactly what rap music is about and I      
FT> apreciate what they are about.  But you come across people like Lenny Kravi 
FT> who writes all the lyrics and all the music for his songs.  And I don't mea 
FT> just the guitars.  I mean have you heard "It ain't over till it's over"?  W 
FT> the song has an orchestra with all the strings and bass instruments and he  
FT> wrote the music for all of them.  Now that's talent.  And someone like Neil 
FT> Young is along the same lines.  I mean they know instrumental music.  Not m 
FT> can compare to their knowledge.                                             
                                                                                
How was I "knocking you"?  All I said was that people who *NOTHING* about rap   
music shouldn't pass judgement on it without knowing the facts.  I don't think  
you do know what rap is all about; just because you listened to it when you     
were in your teen years!  Rap has progressed a lot since those days.            
                                                                                
IH