>Why wouldn't it be Hip-Hop? Because there is no RAPPING on
>it?

That's one of the main reasons yes.

>I don't recall Booker T and the MG's "Melting Pot" having
>someone rhyming on it yet it is a "HipHop Classic."

If that's what you think that cut is, *shrugs*.
I guess Kane don't no respect nowadays.

>Growing up in the Bronx and witnessing the birth of this
>thing we call "Hip Hop" I can attest to the fact that "Hip
>Hop" has been around longer than "Rap music".

So you're saying singing = hip hop?

>As a B-boy and later a DJ I would learn to appreciate any
>music that moved the crowd. These jams would all be
>considered "HipHop" in my opinion as this is the shit we
>listened to.

uh huh.

>Hip Hop is supposed to be a culture.

lol.

>KRS-One said "Hip Hop is something you live. Rap is
>something you do."

Now you killing me.

>"Hip Hop Be Bop" by Mann Parrish was Hip Hop yet now it
>would probably be considered "Techno" or "Freestyle" or
>whatever the labels decide to call it.

>I'm sick of all the labels.

labels are important.

one
k. orr