[kj] OT: Fuck Hip Hop - well not all of it

[Matthew Burke]

classic rap from my faded youth:

Ice-T - O.G.
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91 . . . The Enemy Strikes Black
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted





>From: sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Fuck Hip Hop - well not all of it
>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:09:33 -0700 (PDT)
>
>    I agree. I first heard NWA's 3song ep with Panic Zone,
>8-Ball,
>  and Dope Man. I think they(that ep) had real balls to write and
>  project,a la KJ at their most intense..each one in their own
>way.
>    NWA, Public Enemy, Killing Joke, Rage Against the Machine,
>'89-era Ministry...helluva Fuckapallooza Tour.
>Saul
>
>--- Mark G Holt <akillingjoker at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > got to agree here
> > straight outta compton is awesome, and who honestly doesnt
> > either like or respect eminem?
> > then there's the gravel pit.....it's not hip hop that's wrong.
> > it's what some people say without thinking, i believe
> > as for yoga etc, try taoism, it's working for me....
> > cheers
> > mark
> >
> > Devacor at aol.com wrote:
> > If Osama Bin Laden ever buys a rap album, he'll probably start
> > with a
> > CD by KRS-One.
> >
> > The hip-hop anarchist has declared his solidarity with Al
> > Qaeda by
> > asserting that he and other African-Americans "cheered when
> > 9/11
> > happened."
> >
> > The rapper, whose real name is Kris Parker, defiled the memory
> > of those
> > who died in the terrorist attacks as he spouted off at a
> > recent New
> > Yorker Festival panel discussion.
> >
> > I was always let down by KRS- he actually was raised by
> > parents who were trained in mystic yoga and he was brought up
> > that way. He named was actually Krishna, which he changed to
> > kris and "KRS" - he has a lot of insight but wound up just
> > getting sidetracked by sentiment.
> >  I recently just rebought the first NWA "Straight outta
> > Compton"- its great. I remember my jaw dropped when I heard it
> > when it first came out. It just came outta nowhere and nothing
> > has ever come close.
>
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