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« on: November 23, 2005, 11:56:08 AM »
I read this article posted on the AG homepage, and downloaded the slideshow.
I think this lecture/ study was relevant in the sense that HIPHOP music has evolved to a stage where people are questioning it's validity in terms of culture.
To fully understand where on is going one has to know where you have come from.It was nice to have a condensed version of the foundation of hiphop, there arent many protagonists of our culture who would have taken the time to release a document like this.
Many of the trends within south african hiphop become clearer when i read the script.As some one who attended the Homeage ParkJams in CT , I also grasp the importance of such events at atime when hiphop seems to have lost the plot.
That's how it all started , with dj's essentially taking the culture to the ma**es in an informal/outdoor/ghetto setting.
THE BOOTLEG has in its actions essentially reaffirmed the neccesity to renergize hiphop by rekindling the seesnces we may have discarded completely.
Slide 28 mentions issues that i would also like to elaborate on,if the prof wants to engage with another documentarian , i would love to chat with him about them - especially about the role of women in hiphop.
the thread "where r the women at" - started by "neverthem" stated an important issue related to this topic, it's a pity few people bothered to engage his questions properly.