[Fmpro] Quote I read today

[Eric Goetz]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 8:20 AM, John Stone <buddhastone at hotmail.com> wrote:

> May I pipe in please?


Thanks for speaking up, John.  Hip hop (it hasn't been called rap since the
80's guys) is one of the most important and influential forms of music in
the world today.  All around the world, it has become the voice of the
oppressed.  There's a great world music program every Tuesday from 6-9pm,
PDT on KEXP, a public radio station that broadcasts in Seattle and NY (or on
the web at http://kexp.org/).  The host Derek Mazzonne, is extremely
well-informed and in touch with what's going on in the world, music-wise.  I
listen fairly regularly and am consistently blown away by the stuff he
shares.  There is some amazing music (dare I say, art?) that is being made
out there in the world today.  Some of it is extremely virtuosic and complex
in it's structure.  Much of it is a fusion of hip hop and traditional music
of the region.

Please don't confuse hip hop, with what you see/hear on TV.  Just as
main-stream film music is mostly crap, the same is true with hip hop.  There
is amazing music being made in both genres.  You just have to look hard to
find it.

Eric