>>'Original' is usually going to be wrong when referring to
>>most artist from the 70s to now.
>>
>>Everything has a root. Some are more blatant/obvious. Others
>>are not.
>>
>>In this case:
>>
>>Innovative? Maybe, but not unarguably. Prince's sound is all
>>over this.
>
>Actually this is straight Funkadelic.
>
>But that's okay, that's where Prince got his shit from.
>

Good point. When you look at it, Funkadelic/Parliament may be directly and/or indirectly responsible for a good chunk of what has come after them.

>>I'ma call this Dre song dope and be done with it.
>
>Agreed. Even though it makes me feel funny to think of this
>as hiphop its just damn good music.

As much as we try not to, most of us at one time or another will catch ourselves falling into a "hiphop has to be like this or that" trap.

Kast has made it apparent that they are heavily against that.

They have put their music on the line over and over as proof. IMO, that is part of their appeal to their most hardcore fans (I am one of them, but I'm not in the blind section).

Jimaveli