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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
How is it I've got this far in life and never listened to any Jay-Z? on 22:14 - Apr 8 by BrixtonBlue
Good point, well made.
Hey man, us crackers have to stick together.
Pronouns: He/Him/His.
"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
I've always found Jay Z massively overrated, started out as a hype man for Big Daddy Kane who was a much better lyricist. Jay Z is clearly a fantastic businessman but his music is a shadow of the lads he was following.
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How is it I've got this far in life and never listened to any Jay-Z? on 08:41 - Apr 9 with 1862 views
How is it I've got this far in life and never listened to any Jay-Z? on 08:23 - Apr 9 by azuremerlangus
Never got this genre of music.
When Rappers’ Delight came out (‘79?) I thought it was a novelty record (and still see it as such) similar to the Birdy Song.
Each and everyone to their own I suppose.
Mind you, I did enjoy Flight of the Conchords attempt:
"Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros"
Despite my advancing years I like to dip into rap and hippety-hoppity (see, I even know the original term) so had taken the widely accepted 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five as the starting point - released 1st July, 1982. But the Sugarhill Gang released 'Rapper's Delight' in 1979; so well pointed out. Although Gil Scott-Heron and various reggae toasters had put the pathways down for over a decade before then. I've just looked up the Wikipedia page for The Last Poets and find that they formed in 1968. I actually saw this collective at a one day festival in Windsor (!) roundabout 1973 and on the same bill as The Pretty Things and Hawkwind.
So I was aware of '99 problems' not too long after release, but perhaps because it got parodied on 'Mock The Week' or something like that. A few years after I thought I must catch up and buy 'The Black Album' but I find the opening tracks so ludicrous that I haven't really given it a good listen. To get a feel for hip hop I recommend a read of the WIkipedia page for 'Fight The Power' by Public Enemy, it changed my mind about the depth of the genre.
How is it I've got this far in life and never listened to any Jay-Z? on 09:58 - Apr 9 by WeWereZombies
Despite my advancing years I like to dip into rap and hippety-hoppity (see, I even know the original term) so had taken the widely accepted 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five as the starting point - released 1st July, 1982. But the Sugarhill Gang released 'Rapper's Delight' in 1979; so well pointed out. Although Gil Scott-Heron and various reggae toasters had put the pathways down for over a decade before then. I've just looked up the Wikipedia page for The Last Poets and find that they formed in 1968. I actually saw this collective at a one day festival in Windsor (!) roundabout 1973 and on the same bill as The Pretty Things and Hawkwind.
So I was aware of '99 problems' not too long after release, but perhaps because it got parodied on 'Mock The Week' or something like that. A few years after I thought I must catch up and buy 'The Black Album' but I find the opening tracks so ludicrous that I haven't really given it a good listen. To get a feel for hip hop I recommend a read of the WIkipedia page for 'Fight The Power' by Public Enemy, it changed my mind about the depth of the genre.
[Post edited 9 Apr 2020 12:13]
Correction. The first ever rap track was Ahab the Arab by none other than Jimmy Savile.
footers QC - Prosecution Barrister, Hasketon Law Chambers
How is it I've got this far in life and never listened to any Jay-Z? on 10:08 - Apr 9 by NewcyBlue
You don't like rhubarb Radders?
It's splendid in a crumble...
We usually have a decent crop of rhubarb, which has recently been harvested. Fortunately, Mrs Radlett had the sense to make a rhubarb fool, not a crumble. I have also tried some very nice rhubarb & blackcurrant jam made by a friend, but I think it's far more blackcurrant than rhubarb. Took me a few weeks to pluck up the courage to try it, especially as the maker lives in Norfolk.
How is it I've got this far in life and never listened to any Jay-Z? on 11:09 - Apr 9 by footers
Savile's track was 1962...
But really, I think most people would say the first proper 'rapper' was King Tim III in 79.
Tragically I looked up 'Ahab the Arab' too, it should also be noted that Saville's attempt was a cover of a Ray Stevens song from the same year. 'Goodness Gracious Me' was released in 1960, and there was a follow up called 'Bangers and Mash'. But, of course, spoken word records have been with us since time immemorial (excuse me a moment while I tighten my grip on the edge of the forum). I think it was Alexander Graham Bell who intoned 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' to Thomas Edison by virtue of the wax cylinders in each of his ears...
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