[Fmpro] Did you know? - Public Library Enemy

[LesHurdle]

On Dec 26, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Pete wrote:

> I tried to backtrack and find the link from the FMN
> homepage. But I found a story about Public Enemy's
> Chuck D now doing library music. (Which is interesting
> because he's a rapper and not a composer.)


Hi Pete,

Not sure I understand ...............  a Rapper is not a composer?
Then what is a Rapper and what do they 'compose'?

compose
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements

Mirriam Webster
compose

Main Entry:
com·pose 
Pronunciation:
\kəm-ˈpōz\
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
com·posed; com·pos·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French composer, from Latin componere  
(perfect indicative composui) — more at compound
Date:
15th century
transitive verb
1 a: to form by putting together : fashion <a committee composed of  
three representatives — Current Biography> b: to form the substance  
of : constitute <composed of many ingredients> c: to produce (as  
columns or pages of type) by composition
2 a: to create by mental or artistic labor : produce <compose a  
sonnet> b (1): to formulate and write (a piece of music) (2): to  
compose music for
3: to deal with or act on so as to reduce to a minimum <compose their  
differences>
4: to arrange in proper or orderly form
5: to free from agitation : calm, settle <composed himself>
intransitive verb
: to practice composition

Perhaps he was only providing Killer with Rap tracks !

L